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Valor Rising Behind the Scenes - The Making of Valora Part 1 · Pokémon Adventures by Kaden’s Korner

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: In Dallora, where steel and spirit are forged as one, a new journey begins.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_01: With friends by his side and courage in his heart, Caden sets out to rise above every trial.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: This is Pokemon Valor Rising.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to Pokemon Adventures by Cadence Corner.
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  SPEAKER_00: But today, this is not a normal episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are no gym badges on the line, no surprise attacks from Team Crucible, no intense battle music in the background, because today we are revealing the secrets of the Valor region.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're about to find out how the lore was created, where our characters come from, how we invented our own Pokemon, and what actually happens before we hit record.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: Did we plan everything from the beginning?
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: Do we sometimes bec come up with ideas five minutes before the recording?
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: You'll have to listen to find out.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: What started this one simple idea?
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: Hey Dad, what if we made our own Pokemon region?
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  SPEAKER_00: Somehow turned into a full world, new towns, new rivals, new Pokemon, and a story that keeps getting bigger with every episode.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: So, today we are going behind the scenes, and yes, we are definitely talking about Steeleon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, Dad, are you ready to tell them how this whole adventure really started?
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  SPEAKER_01: Alright, guys.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome in.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_01: You may have to bear with us a little bit.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_01: This is our first time not reading off of a script.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we're gonna see how it goes, and uh we'll get started.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's do this, guys.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_01: You should see the audio spike from that.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_01: Holy cow.
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  SPEAKER_01: Alright, so we are Caden and Justice.
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  SPEAKER_01: Caden, say hi.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: Hi guys.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: I'm the voice actor for Rev and Caden and the one Pokemon Pokemon announcer in that one episode.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and you do some of the outros.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_01: Unfortunately, who is not here?
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: Our mom, Rachel.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_01: She's not my mom.
• 2:49
  SPEAKER_00: My mom, Rachel.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: She does the voice acting for a lot of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ray.
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  unknown: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_01: She's herself.
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  SPEAKER_01: Carter.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_01: She's Carter.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_01: Well, Leverney.
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  SPEAKER_01: Crush.
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  SPEAKER_01: Carter Crush.
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  SPEAKER_01: Libby.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh Avery.
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  SPEAKER_00: Avery.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ray.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the Water Gym leader.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: So she's done a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've all kind of done a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: I am Dad.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I voice Jay, who's me, kinda, based off of me.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I do most of the other I mean Bacon.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, most of the other male characters.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_01: And also Bossy, the dog, who is based off of our own dog, but we'll get to that later.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, Cadence, this first question is two parts.
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  SPEAKER_01: When did the idea for Pokemon Valora or Pokemon Valor Rising when did it first start, and was it always going to be a podcast?
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  SPEAKER_00: So, was it always gonna be a podcast?
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: Originally my idea was to start a YouTube channel called Cadence Corner, where we would do gaming videos, craft videos, sports videos.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_00: And the way this started But what happened?
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_01: Who said no?
• 4:03
  SPEAKER_01: You yeah, why?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because you didn't want all my face on the internet.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_01: You didn't want that adorable face all over the internet.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_01: I had to hide it behind a podcast.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: I wish we I wish we could post this on one of the podcast covers.
• 4:17
  SPEAKER_00: Do you so you can see my face?
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe, maybe, maybe someday.
• 4:21
  SPEAKER_01: We did start doing YouTube a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was just the episodes with some pictures to go along with them.
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  SPEAKER_01: They are still out there, but I think we stopped after like episode four because it was taking a lot of work and I didn't have that much time.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this is just something we do for fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: So This is optional, guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: We don't do this for money.
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  SPEAKER_01: Obviously not.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because this is a fun family thing that we enjoy doing.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: So what and I don't know if you remember this, what was the first Pokemon, original Pokemon or variant that we created for the podcast?
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, that's a hard one.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was either Steeleon or Griddo King.
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  unknown: Mm-hmm.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cause even though Steeleon and Gridoking are didn't don't come up until later in the podcast, they were the first two that we made up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cause like I remember we were going, me and my dad were going in the mall and we were like talking about Eveolution, and I'm like, what if there was a Steel variant Eevee Lution and like a football variant of Nidoking?
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  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, because Nidoking is based off of Gridoking.
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  SPEAKER_01: And because what's our favorite sport?
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: Football.
• 5:35
  SPEAKER_00: American football.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_01: American football.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_00: Vikings football team is our best favorite, even though they didn't do good last year.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nidto King being purple.
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  SPEAKER_00: Giving him electroplated armor.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so turning him into Griddo King, which is really just a Nidoking variant, turning him into Gritto King with electric allowed us to make him purple and gold, just like the Minnesota Vikings.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I thought I thought it was fun to kind of talk about where it started.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's talk about the process of actually making the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_01: So for the episodes, who comes up with the main idea?
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  SPEAKER_00: You.
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  SPEAKER_00: Really you?
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_00: Because you write all the episodes, I just do the voice acting.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that's fair.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_01: I would say the general storyline comes from me, but a lot of the ideas for things that should happen and different evolutions and different Pokemon we have, that comes from you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So Where do all those ideas in your brain come from?
• 6:36
  SPEAKER_00: I have no idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm thinking of a Pokemon and then like I think of a Pokemon and if it's evolved, especially like Eevee.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, they only made eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: They should make they should make more Eeveolutions.
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  SPEAKER_00: There should be a dragon one, there should be a psychic one, steel one that we created.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_01: But guess what?
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  SPEAKER_00: No copyright.
• 6:59
  SPEAKER_01: Since there's not, what does that mean we can do?
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_00: We can create some.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe maybe Pokemon will actually publish them into one of their later games.
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  SPEAKER_01: Mm-hmm.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if that's really their MO, but we'll see if that happens or not.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so let's see, what's next?
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: Uh do we outline first before I write?
• 7:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, I do.
• 7:27
  SPEAKER_01: I have a general outline that I create, and then I go through and fill in the blanks.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but oh, this is a good one.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um, do we ever disagree on what should happen in the story and what happens if we do?
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we really don't disagree, but then if we do start disagreeing, we go into a sometimes we go into a full-on debate, sometimes we just meet in the middle and compromise.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think that's fair.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_01: You do have a lot of ideas, so it's not so much that we disagree, it's that you have so many good ideas.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: You can't just add them.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_01: We can't fit them all into the podcast.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_01: But the good thing is we don't plan on stopping anytime soon, so we have more room to get them in there.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're gonna do many more um regions based off of states.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so this is a question for both of us.
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_01: We both get to answer.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_01: What is the hardest part about making the podcast for you?
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_00: I think the hardest part is like really just like it's just really just waiting.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_00: Like, it's hard for me to wait for my voice line.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't want all of this, this, this, this, this, then I finally get a two-word voice line, then it's a repeat.
• 8:44
  SPEAKER_01: So, what you're saying is I don't let you talk enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_01: But you can't clap in the microphone.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, if you if you guys, if you guys knew how many claps and burps and coughs and sneezes from Caden I have to edit out of this thing, you would be amazed.
• 9:04
  SPEAKER_01: It's kind of crazy how many noises come out of this kit.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's fair though.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's hard because I want to put in a lot of storytelling.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, and sometimes if you do too many voice lines, it takes away from the storytelling.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: But I will do my best to try and let you talk more when we're recording.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: And we started letting you do the outro.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe we can have you do the next version of the intro.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_01: That could be good.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, I think that's fair.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: For me, the hardest part probably writing them.
• 9:40
  SPEAKER_01: You know, writing them is difficult, but it's really fun because I enjoy writing.
• 9:44
  SPEAKER_01: I've always really liked writing, and I really like Pokemon.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_00: Also, ChatGPT helps you.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: Chat GPT, especially with the the the artwork.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, in the artwork, yeah, that's not that stuff's not hand-drawn.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_00: ChatGPT did that.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, unfortunately.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_00: We can't do that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I can't afford to pay an artist to make all of those.
• 10:03
  SPEAKER_01: At least not yet.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe someday.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe someday we become rich from this podcast.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think that's we'll see.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_01: That's not really the point.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um, that's not the point.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_01: But you never know.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_01: If it happens, it happens.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe maybe Pokemon loves the story so much that they want to buy it from us someday.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: But we won't do it.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_01: Well, if they're gonna turn into a game, we will.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_01: That would be so fun.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_01: What if we got to play through the Valora region in Pokemon games?
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but they would have to pay us a million dollars for that.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_00: But that would that would be an easy payment.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: That would be an easy payment.
• 10:35
  SPEAKER_01: Pokemon Company.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_00: So, Pokemon Company, if you listen to this, if you want to buy our podcast from us, you can do it, but you have to pay us a million dollars.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, well, let's move on from that.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_01: Other than writing and trying to argue with Chat GPT about the artwork.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um It's so funny.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_01: Like Some of the mess-ups.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: There was this one.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um, it was during the um Water Gym, where it literally gave me a reef tail.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, it put a tail on you, which was crazy.
• 11:11
  SPEAKER_00: And then they turned um the gym leader, they made a version of her that looks like Poseidon.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_00: From Greek mythology.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_01: Like it's gotten better though.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_01: I've gotten better at working with it and they've improved the software some.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I mean ultimately I would love to have an artist do that stuff, and um we'll see.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe someday.
• 11:32
  SPEAKER_01: Or if there's an artist out there that wants to help us with the podcast, let us know.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_01: Um but I think the most time-consuming part is the editing.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_01: Editing is difficult, and I don't enjoy that part.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: Sorry, Dad, I can't help it.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's not just you.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_01: I mess up, mommy messes up, and editing just takes a while.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_01: So what when we're recording, after we've done all the the writing and everything, what usually happens first?
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_01: What do we come down here and do before we can record?
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_00: We usually get everything set up.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_00: My dad makes um um like scroll we first first we always do a read through.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_01: We do a read through before we do the official recording so that we have less mistakes, but we still make errors.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: So let's break into It's still crazy that I can't still um pronounce particularly correct.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_01: That was good.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_01: You just nailed it right there.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, anyway, let's move on.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_01: So we talked about how the podcast happens, um, how the writing and everything happens.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_01: Let's talk about character creation.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: Alright!
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_01: Because there are a lot of characters in the show, and they all have to come from somewhere.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_01: So, Caden, how did we decide with your character, which is you?
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_01: We just use your name.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_01: Because we wanted to put you in the story.
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  SPEAKER_01: How did we decide what your character was going to be like, like his personality and the Pokemon he chooses and things like that?
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're tr so just so before I really answer the question about this, we're supposed we're trying to base this off of the original story with Ash catch him.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_00: Catch him.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry, guys, we we have to bleep that out.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_00: We have to bleep that out.
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_00: Bleep it out, Dad.
• 13:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we're trying to base this off of the original story um in the like nineteens and twenties.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_00: Like in the beginning of the twenties.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_01: Started in the nineties.
• 13:43
  SPEAKER_01: Started in the nineties.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_01: And then went into the two thousands.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_01: But yes, it's based off of Ash's version.
• 13:49
  SPEAKER_01: So we're basing it typically I grew up with the original with Ash and Brock and Misty and the Indigo League stuff.
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  SPEAKER_01: So when I write, that is the one I picture in my head.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: Now we have all of this like weird stuff.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_01: Craziness.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: Like, where did Go come from?
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_00: He's just a whiny baby.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, be nice.
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  SPEAKER_01: So what makes your character different from Ash?
• 14:15
  SPEAKER_01: So we took In your mind, not about what I did or what we took.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think makes your character different from Ash?
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_00: First, the partner.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_00: Because I have an Eevee, he is a Pikachu.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: And also, like Pokemon cho choosing.
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he chooses Pokemon by like friendship and stuff.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_00: I just say, ooh, there's a there's a buck nut right there.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna throw a poke ball at it.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but some of his in the show he caught just because he came across them.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_01: Now obviously there were others like the Charmander that he was because somebody didn't want it and was really mean to him.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Squirtle, abusive.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_01: Talking about the Squirtle Squad?
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: Squirtle squad, and the trainer was abusive to the Charmander.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_01: So some of them are like that, but some of them he catches just because he finds them.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_01: And he wants to catch them all.
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_01: Ooh.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_00: And there's a that's Go's.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: But in the new show.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_01: The whole catchphrase for the Pokemon show is gotta catch them all.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_00: Gotta catch them all.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_01: And that was well before Go even existed.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_01: So what copyright us?
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think in the show Caden's biggest strength is?
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: I think my biggest strength It's definitely not strategy, because I get stuck a lot.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: Well you're learning.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_01: You're a new trainer.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_00: I'm yeah, I've only been doing this for a couple months.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: So what's his biggest strength?
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_00: I think my biggest strength is just keeping my team going and like So positivity.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: Positivity and also the use of of like switching out Pokemon.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: Like I can tell like I can tell when I need to swap something out.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_00: Like if Sentinel's really tired, but I know that Bucknut could finish it off, I say Sentinel come back, Bucknut will finish this off.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so you would say your knowledge of your Pokemon.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 16:19
  SPEAKER_01: And your positive attitude?
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_00: Positive attitude and knowledge.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's good.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_01: Strength.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_01: Like you know, like you have a good idea.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_00: And that's also my strengths in real life.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think that's fair.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_01: You are very empathetic.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_01: I like I got a um You feel what other people are feeling.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: I get a I got a ball um game ball for just keeping my team going.
• 16:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you did, because you're you're a good teammate.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, so you would say his biggest weakness is strategy?
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, probably strategy.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: Like when I get and like when I get stuck.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_00: When I get stuck, it's just like You get frustrated.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_00: What do I do?
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_00: Apparently stuck.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, let's move on and talk about another character.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_01: Let's talk about Crush.
• 16:58
  SPEAKER_01: Where did his name come from?
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_00: So his real name is Carter.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_01: The person he's based off of.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_00: And his middle name is the the person he's based off of is Carter.
• 17:10
  SPEAKER_01: Right, and Carter's nickname is what?
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_00: Crush.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_01: So he's bit who is who is Crush in real life?
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_00: Crush is How do you know him?
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_00: He's my cousin.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_00: He's my cousin.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_01: He's your older cousin.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_01: And he's a tough guy.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's a pretty tough guy.
• 17:30
  SPEAKER_01: He's pretty strong.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_00: He's pretty funny, also.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_01: So the relationship between Caden and Carter is a lot like Ash and Brock.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_01: Which is kind of what we model it after in the show.
• 17:41
  unknown: Yeah.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_01: I think Carter's a little bit smarter than Brock is in the show.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, and also has less of a deception of girls.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: Carter really likes girls, too.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_01: We don't we don't need to get into that.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_00: Brock falls in love with girl any girl he sees.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_01: He falls in love in just about every episode with a different girl.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: And then it's Misty has to pull him by the ear to snap him out of it.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_00: That's my favorite parts of the show.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so what would you describe Crush's personality as in the show?
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_00: Um very protective.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_00: Like sometimes even overly protective.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_00: Um also pretty serious and takes thing take thing takes things that are supposed to be not as tough and turns them into like tougher, so like it's good to make things tougher, but he just makes stuff like too tough and tense sometimes.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's I think it's a l that's why he's a little bit different than in real life, because in real life he's he is protective and tough, but he's a lot more fun.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_01: He's a lot he's not serious all the time.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, so let's talk about Libby.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_00: Liberty!
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, and Libby is who in real life?
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_00: Liberty.
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_00: And she is also a cousin.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, and Carter and Liberty are brother and sisters.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_01: In real life, just like in the show.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_01: Which is cool.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: So why did we make Libby, the character, so tough in the show?
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_00: Because in real life, she's also pretty tough.
• 19:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_01: She's a tough cookie.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_01: She doesn't put up with any goofy stuff from you or from Carter, huh?
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_00: And also she's pretty goofy.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_00: Like we were gaming together and she was calling me a really funny name.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: So in the show, do you think Crush is more like Carter in real life, or do you think Libby is more like Liberty in real life?
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_00: I'd say they're both pretty equal to each other.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_00: But if I had to choose one, I'd say Carter is probably more like himself in real- Wait, no, Liberty.
• 20:03
  SPEAKER_01: I think Libby's character is a lot like her.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_01: She's very spunky.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_01: She's very energetic.
• 20:09
  SPEAKER_01: She's got a lot of energy.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_00: Loves sparkles.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_00: And then sparkles.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_00: And then Carter has to ruin it by says, Sparkles that can twist an ankle.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_01: Carter does have a good sense of humor in the show, just like he does in real life.
• 20:21
  SPEAKER_00: And also like Brock.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: He's pretty Brock's a little goofier though.
• 20:26
  SPEAKER_01: He's a little bit more of a knucklehead.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, what's your favorite moment with Crush and Libby in the show so far?
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think my favorite moment is when they're walking down and telling each other why they were they they started their journey journey and Lib's like and then Cardo's like, really?
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_00: I only came because Liberty get went and needed to protect Libby.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_00: I need to protect Libby, and then Libby's like, crush, I don't need a bodyguard.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I wasn't saying I don't know.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_01: It's just like them in real life, too, because Libby would say that she doesn't need to be protected, but she does.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_01: Sometimes.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_01: So do you sometimes.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but uh my tricks.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_01: Next, Team Crucible.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_01: Ray and Jay.
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_01: Who are they based off of?
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: My mom and my dad.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_01: And are they just like us?
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_00: Um not as evil or misunderstood.
• 21:27
  SPEAKER_01: We're more evil in real life?
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_00: No!
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, we're more evil in the show.
• 21:31
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_00: You're not booby trapping me when I walk out of my room with a giant evil spike that fills up with water.
• 21:38
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: So in the show, are they actually evil or do you think they're just misunderstood?
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_00: Um It's I think they're just I think they're evil because they don't set up a booby trap.
• 21:54
  SPEAKER_00: You don't set up a booby trap in the middle of a pathway where they're about to go to a city.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: Then try to drown them.
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's just pure interesting.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_01: So Team Crucible, Ray and Jay, who did we base them off of?
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: My mom and my dad.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_01: Right, but in the Pokemon world, who did we base them off of?
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, um, Jesse and James.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, which is where all the catchphrases and the crazy entrances and stuff comes from.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_01: And then who's the third member of Team Crucible?
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_01: Bosse.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_01: And Bosse is based off of Freya, our real dog.
• 22:32
  SPEAKER_01: And that character is probably the most like the character in real life because Freya, our dog, who is scared of everything.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_01: And she is a Mastiff mix, so.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_00: So she's gigantic.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_01: So she's just like Mabastif, which is what she is in the game.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_01: She is And she's terrified of all the things.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_00: She's terrified of chihuahuas, which I'm also a little bit scared of.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_01: She's afraid of a strong breeze outside.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_01: She's scared of the things.
• 23:01
  SPEAKER_01: She's a lovely dog, but she's a lovely dog.
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_00: But the one thing she's not afraid of snow.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: That's true.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: She loves the snow.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, she eats the snow.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: So I want to touch on three more characters.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_01: There are a bunch.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_01: And I think the the main point is a lot of the characters uh are based off of people that we know in real life that listen to the podcast.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_01: And we love like Reven Avery.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_01: Shout out to them.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_01: Reven Avery, that's what I was gonna ask about.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um so a lot of them are based off of people who exist in real life, and we love doing that.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_01: So if there are more of you out there who want to comment and tell us a little bit about yourselves, and tell us your name so we can include you on the show.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_01: At least what you want your nickname to be.
• 23:45
  SPEAKER_01: We would love to put more people in the show.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: And if you click on the episodes, when you're I think it's on the podcast app for sure.
• 23:51
  SPEAKER_01: I'm not sure about how it works on Spotify or some of the other ones, but if you click on the individual episodes, there's actually a button in there that says send us a text, and that goes right to our website, and we can get those and we can respond to them and we can put them on the website.
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_01: And that's probably the best way that you could give us ideas and things like that.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, if you guys want something special happening, and yes, Garchomp will evolve soon, guys.
• 24:16
  SPEAKER_01: Eventually.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_01: Eventually.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_00: You guys don't know how long it takes to evolve, get bite into Garchomp.
• 24:22
  SPEAKER_01: It does take a long time.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_01: So, you mentioned Rev.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_00: So much grinding.
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_01: A lot of grinding.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_01: You mentioned Rev and Avery.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_01: Who are they in real life?
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_00: Their names are Rev and Avery.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: Avery is the older one of the group.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_01: They're brother and sister.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_00: They're brother and sister, like Carter and Mary.
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_01: They are also your cousins.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_00: I have so many cousins.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_01: But they're a little bit younger.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they're they're younger than me.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_01: Which is why they're younger in this show, but they're also very smart.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_01: Very cool, very fun, and that's why they get to be dual gym leaders who hopefully this isn't a spoiler, because hopefully you guys listened to the last episode.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_01: That's why they get to save the day in the last one.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so if you So spoiler, if you haven't listened to it's a late spoil alert, if you haven't listened to the last episode, scroll out of this one, completely forget about it.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_00: Then go to the last episode.
• 25:23
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_01: One more person.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_00: Alright.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_01: Uncle Wes.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: Uncle Wes.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_01: Is he actually your uncle?
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_01: Who is he?
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_00: He's actually my dad's best friend in real life.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_01: He's one of my best friends in real life.
• 25:39
  SPEAKER_01: He's a great guy, and he is just as goofy in real life as he is in the show.
• 25:44
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe not as clumsy, but pretty close.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_00: My favorite moment with Uncle Wes was when we were in a rock.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_01: Mm-hmm.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_00: And then he kept falling on pebbles.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_01: He's tripping over everything.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: And then and then eventually he's like, he face plants into a pile of dust and he's like, Is this place trying to kill me?
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_00: It's so funny.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_01: Does he have a southern accent in real life?
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_01: Like I give him.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_01: No.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_01: He's just a normal guy.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_00: He's a normal American person.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_01: Well, Southern accents are also American.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_00: He's not he's a regular O H I O, if you know what that spells put in the reviews.
• 26:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um why is his whole team cat Pokemon?
• 26:28
  SPEAKER_00: Because he has a cat in real life.
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_01: And he loves cats.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_00: He loves cats.
• 26:35
  SPEAKER_01: He loves cats.
• 26:36
  SPEAKER_01: Now, he maybe wouldn't have a full team of cat Pokemon, but we thought it was funny and it kind of matches his personality in real life.
• 26:44
  SPEAKER_00: Also, there's an entire backstory that we will get to later about Uncle Wes.
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_01: Sure.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_01: We'll get there.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, guys.
• 26:55
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you for listening to the first part of this three-part behind the scenes series.
• 27:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um, we started talking about the podcast and just kept talking for longer than we expected.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_01: So we've split this one into three episodes so they're not too long.
• 27:09
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, thank you guys for listening, and we'll see you next time.