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031/034: Nidoqueen & Nidoking
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Meet Nidoqueen & Nidoqueen, also known as Jonathan and Babs. These two gentle(ish) giants rule over the Nidoran family with love and care. Honestly? We kind of love them and they deserve the world.
Join Katherine and Claudia as they stumble through the Pokédex and figure out which of these Pokemon might be semi-edible in a podcast full of stupidity and laughs.
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Introduction and Show Name Jokes
00:00:00
Speaker
this is a muck stain productions podcast
00:00:22
Speaker
Hello homies and trainers and welcome back to Unknown Radio, your Muggstain production Pokemon talk show where we take a peek at every Pokemon. I'm Claudia and I'm here with my co-host and apparently hiking buddy, Catherine. Hello, I'm Catherine. I bring the pizzazz that Claudia brings us the facts and I'm thinking we should change our name from Unknown Radio to Unhenged Radio.
00:00:45
Speaker
It's a double entendre.
Nidoqueen's Characteristics and Role
00:00:49
Speaker
This week we are going to be capping off the end of our Nidupalooza with number 31 and number 34 in the Pokedex, but we're going to start with number 31 and this is Nidoquine. Whoop, whoop, Her Majesty. What's her tagline?
00:01:07
Speaker
Kingpin. No. Oh, that's for the good one, for the other one. The Queenpin. They kind of strayed away from the pin thing. She is just the drill Pokémon. More like music, like gangsters now.
00:01:23
Speaker
I was thinking more of the power tool, but that too. It could be gangsters. What does she look like? What's that with that? Oh, what do you mean? What does she look like? She's got big old TIG-old biddies. She's a big blue dinosaur with TIG-old biddies. That is what she is. And she's toothless. Yes. She doesn't have one tooth or two tooth. She has no tooth.
00:01:46
Speaker
Zero tooth. Zero tooth. Yes, she looks like the same ones as before, but now she stands up. She kind of looking like Godzilla. And then while she's blue, we actually have a change from the norm because her shiny colour is green and her titties are pink. Oh, I could get on board with that. Yeah, green with pink titties. Sounds like my ideal Saturday.
Nidoqueen's Motherly Nature
00:02:14
Speaker
I don't know. I don't know where I was going with that.
00:02:17
Speaker
So she is still a poison type, but now she's poison and ground type. They had a change up, I guess. She stands at 4 foot 3 inches and she weighs 132.3 pounds, which is 60 kgs. Do you know what? That's not that heavy.
00:02:34
Speaker
No, it's not that big either. No, that's smaller than my child. No, it's the same height as my child. Oh, so just your child just looking like a dinosaur. So like we said, Nudo Queen is the only Nidoran evolutionary family member whose shiny colour is not the same as its opposite gender counterparts. I like that.
00:02:55
Speaker
Yeah. And she is based on various mammals, such as rhinoceroses or rabbits. You know, rhinoceroses or rabbits, potato, potato. Oh yeah, they're the same thing. As well as being based on some reptiles, mostly theropod dinosaurs. Looks like a dinosaur.
00:03:14
Speaker
And then our favorite fact, the armor, quote unquote, on its chest and its lower body clearly resemble a bikini and is especially notable in the Pokemon shiny form where the plates are pink. Yeah, stunning. So I always notice like the top of the bikini. And once you notice the bottom of the bikini too, it's just funny. She's like Godzilla in a bikini.
00:03:40
Speaker
It's like a sexy Godzilla. And you say that. They are actually based off kaiju, which is Japanese for strange beasts, which is a term that used in Japan, most commonly associated with media involving giant monsters, i.e. Godzilla. Perfect. Absolutely stunning. Yeah, I like that. It's she Godzilla. I love her. Shezilla.
00:04:07
Speaker
Nitto Queen, the Shizilla of Pokemon.
00:04:12
Speaker
So a bit onto the factoids, since they evolved with the use of a stone, the Nidoquine are rather rare in the wild. They lead Nidoran families alongside Nidoking. So you would assume it's kind of like how there was like one Venusaur per forest and then lots of like Ivosaur and Bulbasaur. There'll be like one Nidoquine and one Nidoquine and then all of the
00:04:40
Speaker
like quote-unquote family, which is like the subjects that have families of their own. I like that. That's kind of cool. Yeah, me too. Like a, like a rabbit burrow life, isn't it? Yeah, or like, yeah, because they don't, rabbits, I was thinking meerkats, but meerkats are different because they kind of have a matriarchal female who's the only one that can have babies. Rabbits do have the elders. Rabbits with snoats. They're not linking more.
00:05:04
Speaker
Yeah. Rabbits and stoats and stuff have a, they can all breed however many times they want, whoever can breed. But then there is like a lead female and a lead male, usually elders in the burrows. Yeah. Gives me that vibe. I know lots of stoat facts.
00:05:21
Speaker
We love a Stoke fact. So these Pokemon are famously motherly, willing to defend their young with their lives. The Nitto Queen are a powerful Pokemon that are able to execute a variety of powerful, special and physical attacks, like Earth power and superpower. Oh, okay. So actually quite powerful. Hmm. And it seems like just to defend their young.
00:05:46
Speaker
Yeah, which again, quite similar to the others. The last two we flipped up. Yeah, she's like, everybody's Meemaw. Doesn't matter if you're related. You don't have to be related. She's everybody's Meemaw. I like that. That's quite cute. I reckon she would be quite nice. Yeah, I think if you don't mess with her babies, she's not gonna mess with you. She might just adopt you. I like that. I like the idea that she would just adopt you. She just collects children. Come here, my orphans.
00:06:15
Speaker
She's got like a Pikachu and like a human. Oh, just imagine an entire little forest. Fresh. Yeah. Oh, that would be cute. Like she runs the daycare. Yeah, that's really cute. So I'm definitely reading when it says like young, like they look after their young. I don't see it as like necessarily have to be her kids. No. It's just anything.
00:06:44
Speaker
So she's cute, but boy, she will tackle foes who threaten her young with her massive bulk. Yeah, she hefty. She a big mama.
00:06:59
Speaker
They're tough armor and needle-like scales provide them with protection. They bristle outwards when Nidoquine are provoked and can inject a powerful, incapacitating poison. Okay, I like that. So it's like she goes into a rage and just tackles people and gets her poison secretion all over them. We've all been there, you know. You secrete your poison? Well, no, just like a fit of rage, you know, that's what I was thinking of. I don't usually secrete my poison.
00:07:29
Speaker
If you could, you'd be unstoppable. A bloody well would be. So the reason why she's designed for being so big is that she will block the entrances to the burrows using her body with their venomous spines facing outwards in order to defend the nest. Yeah. Again, big mama bear energy.
00:07:51
Speaker
Yeah, doubles as a doorstop. Perfect. What more do you want to know? The Nidoquine are known to set off earth-shaking tremors to scare potential attackers. Ooh. So a tantrum. Another tantrum. And she screeches. So much like myself, younger Nidoran and Nidorina look up to Nidoquine. It is not uncommon for wandering Nidorina to end up lost in the mountains while searching for moonstones to evolve like their motherly figures.
00:08:20
Speaker
that's quite sweet yeah they just want to they want to be the next mimar that's the yeah do you think when like the new one evolves it has to battle the old one like like that's that's interesting because the nitto it does it does say that nitto queen and nitto king lead
00:08:38
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their families. So you can't have two nitto, well, we're not going to get into the topic of LGBT rights. You can get two nitto queens. But two queens can live together happily. Or two kings. It's fine. You would assume that if a younger one does evolve, then they'll either have to battle for their right to be the next queen or
00:09:03
Speaker
move and start a new burrow. Like a bee. Interesting. Finally, the Nitto Queen playsate or playcate. Why do I always say playsate? Nitto Queen playcate crying offsprings by placing them between the spines on their backs. These spines never secrete venom while the young are nearby.
Introduction to Nidoking
00:09:23
Speaker
Oh, I like that. Yeah.
00:09:25
Speaker
I like it when the Pokémon are motherly. I don't know why. It just makes it cute. It kind of reminds me like when alligators and crocodiles swim around with their babies in their mouths. Oh, no, they don't. They do. Oh, that's so cute.
00:09:43
Speaker
You should look that up. But that's the most dangerous part of an alligator or a crocodile because that bite pressure is so much. But they will so gently close their mouth to keep their babies inside their mouth when they swim long distances to move. Oh, I'm giggling at our patty. Isn't it cute? That's so cute. I love it. So we will move on to her big daddy counterpart.
00:10:08
Speaker
Big Daddy. This is number 34 in the Pokedex, and this is Nidoking, also the Drill Pokémon. What does he look like? He's got many a tooth. Many a tooth. He looks jacked, but also, like, I know none of them look real, but like he looks really unreal. Like, this Pokémon is fake. She looks like a dinosaur, but this one just looks...
00:10:36
Speaker
I don't know. I think he's like the arm. It's all like a weird arm. Yeah, he's definitely more monstery. Yeah, less dino-y. And then like, unlike how you say like Nidorino gave you bad vibes, this guy looks like a gentle giant. He does. Like, he looks like, you know when old men get tufts on their ears?
00:10:59
Speaker
Yeah. He's got like kind of them going on. He does. Yeah. He's got, he's got the old men Tufts. He's got, he's got a dad bod. Yep. Yep. Clearly useful work though. Yeah. But not so much anymore. Yeah. But he's still strong. Yeah. He's still strong, man. He's like a man in those strong men competitions. Yes. But with a tail. And him Tufts.
00:11:25
Speaker
So he's purple like the rest of the males in the line and then he goes back to kind of the regular schedule programming and his shiny color is blue like the females. Boring.
00:11:36
Speaker
He doesn't wear a bikini. He doesn't. He's got a beer belly instead. But weirdly with pecs. Yeah, he's strong, strong man. Yeah. He is, again, a poison ground type. He stands at four foot seven inches, weighs 136.7 pounds, which equates to 62 kgs.
00:11:57
Speaker
So not that much bigger than Nitto Queen. Yeah, just a little. Yeah. So the Nitto King bears a close resemblance to the Baragon, who is a Kaiju from the Godzilla series. He does look just like him. It's strange.
00:12:12
Speaker
Despite this, its jaw bears a striking resemblance to Naranja, which is a similar-looking kaiju from the Ultraman series. He's kind of like a mix between these Japanese monsters. That's cool. I like that. He does have big Godzilla vibes. He does, yeah. But I still think Nido Queen looks more dinosaur-y.
00:12:35
Speaker
Yeah, she's a dinosaur, he's a monster lizard. A monster lizard, absolutely. So again, the Nidoking tend to be very rare in the wild due to the fact that they require the moonstone, much like the female.
Nidoking's Role and Relationships
00:12:49
Speaker
Makes sense. So like we were talking about, the Nidoking kind of is like the matriarch, the muddly figure, the memawl.
00:12:58
Speaker
of the burrow. In Nidoran families, the Nidoking assumes the roles of protectors and hunters, and they patrol in search of food to bring back to their burrows for their mates and for their offspring. Just their mates, not the wife. Just their mates. Just their mates. You know, he's not chad anymore, but he's still got some chad in him. Yeah, you could grow up a little bit, but you know, roots are still deep down.
00:13:26
Speaker
You can take the man out of the chad, but you can't take the chad out of the man. Exactly. You're still in there. He's a little bit more woke, but, you know, you can only do so much. Yeah, exactly. Like, there's only so much you can do. Yeah. Like, he's probably watched a couple of chit flicks, but he doesn't get it. No, he just watches them to make Nino Queen happy.
00:13:46
Speaker
Which, you know, that's fair. So the Nidoking use their brute strength and steel-like armour to overpower their foes, crushing their enemies with their tails and piercing them with their poisonous horns, which, like those of Nidorino, can break diamonds. That's impressive. I would not want this guy to crush me, because he's just gonna crush you, he's gonna kick you, he's gonna bite you, he's gonna suffocate you and then kill you. Yeah, like that doesn't sound like a nice way to go.
00:14:13
Speaker
Now, going back to the idea that they're based off Kaiju's or Japanese monsters, an enraged Nidoking is particularly dangerous, as it will go on a rampage that can only be stopped either by defeating the Pokémon, a difficult task that only a few Pokémon can accomplish, or by being calmed down by its partner, Nidoking. Oh, get out! That's beautiful! I know! Oh, it's true, love.
00:14:42
Speaker
Yeah, so he says that's just my mate, you know, we just raise kids together, but like, he's a softy deep down. He is, 100%. But you know, he's got to put up that toxic masculinity front. Yeah, exactly. Like, you saw where it's come from. So the idea of if one of these did go on a rampage that you have to go and find his wife and be like, you know, your husband's doing it again, and she goes out and somehow calms him down is really sweet. Yeah.
00:15:10
Speaker
I can imagine the need a queen rolling her eyes and I'm like, for fuck's sake. Again? Just a nice bit of wash on. I gotta call the babysitter. He's always doing this. But she labs in really. Jesus Christ, Jonathan. Jonathan the new king.
00:15:29
Speaker
So Nidoking can easily topple transmission towers and snap telephone poles, and will destroy everything in their paths while on a rampage. Yeah, I get that. It's like a huge tantrum. Well, kind of, it gives me the vibe of, you know in Glee when Sue Sylvester gets mad? Yeah. And then she's like throwing over xylophones. Oh god, yeah. Oh my god. And that music's playing the...
00:15:58
Speaker
It's just like smacking everything around. That's a Nidoking. Amazing. So threatening their families is one of the most common triggers for such attacks. Luckily, their rarity in the wild, in combination with their tendency to stay away from human settlements, makes Berserk Nidoking a very rare, albeit still very dangerous problem in most metropolitan areas.
00:16:25
Speaker
Yeah, I wouldn't want him climbing up my skyscraper. No. We've all seen the film. We've all seen it. It happens. You have to get the choppers out. Not again, Jonathan! Which, that kind of... fucking Jonathan.
00:16:41
Speaker
That kind of begs the question, if there is a job in the Pokémon universe, kind of like, maybe, like, Ranger-esque, like, Pokémon Ranger-esque, where if any Nitto, like, Nitto burrows are too close to a city or a village, then they have to try and somehow move them, because, you know, he's gonna get angry and you don't want him to ruin the village. Yeah, absolutely. Maybe they, like, bribe them.
00:17:08
Speaker
They just put lots of food in other areas and be like, look, food is plentiful down here. Hey, girly, come and get this food. Let's go. Be a way to do it.
00:17:20
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Like I can't see how else we do it. So you ready to move on to our question section? Question section. Question section. Let's go. So we're back in Viridian Forest. You just had that little run in with those Nidorino and Nidorina. You didn't want to fuck with them. I didn't want to talk to them, mate.
00:17:41
Speaker
And then you look, you get to a nice open clearing and you see in there, there's a big old Nitto Queen just hanging out in the sun, surrounded by some random assortment of Pokémon that she's decided to make her children. What would you do?
00:17:57
Speaker
I want to be her friend. I can't lie to you. I don't know how I'd be her friend, but I want to be her friend. So you have to somehow prove that you're not a threat and be like, I just want to take a nap with you, please. Yeah. Like maybe see, maybe if I have a flask with me, be like, yo, should we have a cup of tea?
00:18:14
Speaker
Oh, she would love a cup of tea. Yeah, like a little snacky snack, a little hot drink. Maybe a nice cold glass of wine. Yeah. Oh, I bet she's a Pinot girl. Oh, she looks like a Pinot girl.
00:18:29
Speaker
Just get her a pinot and a cheese board. Don't worry, babes. I got a pinot box in my bag. We're here for the night. So you're hanging out with the Nido Queen, having a girl's night and a pinot grigio.
Hypothetical Scenarios with Nidoqueen and Nidoking
00:18:44
Speaker
And then in comes in big daddy himself, Nido King, after a long day of looking for food. What would you do? I like to think if I'm in with Nido Queen, I can get in with Nido King.
00:18:56
Speaker
I agree. Yeah. I'm not saying I want them to adopt me, but I wouldn't be against them adopting me. I wouldn't say no. You know, even though he's like the big scary one, the protector, the one that hunts and gets food, but you know, she, she rules the roost.
00:19:14
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. She's obviously like, you know, well, she says goes. Yeah. And he has no choice. And the matter, like he rampage and she's like, no, not today. And he's like, okay, I guess I'll come home. Yeah, sorry. That makes him apologize. I like to think he'd bring us a cheese board.
00:19:31
Speaker
And then he'll just go to his bedroom and watch sports and give you the rest of the house. Yeah, leave us to it, you know? So what kind of function of them battling do you think the Nido Queen would have? Well, I think she would be a really good nursery manager.
00:19:50
Speaker
Oh, the manager, she would. She would. And you know, she's the one that they'll call like if a kid's having a particularly bad tantrum and then whoever is in charge of that group of kids can't deal with, they'll be like, she'll be like, I got it. And you know, she'll sit down and she'll have like a proper level headed,
00:20:09
Speaker
communicative conversation with this child. The ones that you see on TikTok, yeah. Or a head teacher. Oh, she'd be a great head teacher. It would have to be for like a primary or a middle school though. I reckon she could do secondary. Yeah. Oh, you think so? Absolutely. Yeah. I think she'd be scary, but like in a good way. Like she's scary. But fair. Yeah. And everybody likes her. Yeah, but also a little bit scared.
00:20:38
Speaker
Because she could crush you at any minute. There'll be definitely some kids with a crush on those teachers. Oh yeah, with that bathing suit. Woo hoo! Especially the pink and green one. So what about our Nido King? He's going to be a bouncer, isn't he? Oh, I didn't even think about that. I was here thinking construction. Bouncer is perfect. No, as soon as I saw him. Bouncer. I was like, yep.
00:21:02
Speaker
I've had that locked away for the past 25 minutes waiting for this question. But I do, please. Because he blocked the whole door. Yeah, exactly. You ain't getting past him. Put some shades on him.
00:21:12
Speaker
Imagine walking into McDonald's after a heavy night out and seeing him in there. You ain't messing about, are you? Yeah, I'd piss. Exactly. Imagine him at the front door of spoons. Oh, I like the idea of a head teacher being married to a bouncer. Yeah, I do. But you know, he'd be a nice bouncer too. Like, there'll be a group of girls that got way too drunk and you know he'd be the one to order them an Uber.
00:21:38
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Like he'd make sure they got home safe. Yeah. And if any guys are being, you know, creepy, he'd get them out. He'd just whack them with their tail. He'd be like, Jog on, son. Yeah. Not today sunshine. He'd also be good in construction. He'd be like the, the one that he's going to be older and bigger than the rest of them. So he's kind of on his way to retiring. Like site manager.
00:22:02
Speaker
Yeah, but you know, if the other guys are struggling to do something, he'll just be like, Oh, I got this fellas. Yeah. Even though he's worked his way up. I think him and Bulbas and the Blastoise would be good friends. Oh my god. Yes. That just means the dad friends. The Blastoise and Enando King. Ain't no one messing with you. No. So what what do you reckon these two eat?
00:22:31
Speaker
I reckon they're vegetarians, but even though they're dinosaurs. I think so too, because the rest of them was like berries, fruit, foliage, and I reckon these two. But you know what? Plant protein is still protein for your gains. It is. You can still gain with plant protein.
00:22:50
Speaker
Yeah, I definitely don't see them being meat eaters. No. They're vegan king and queen. They're gonna...
Nidoking's Temperament and Apology
00:22:58
Speaker
Them, along with Venusaur, are saving the world, mate. One vegan at a time. Exactly. So could we eat them? Well, they're poison, so. Yep. So we cannot. But if we... They weren't poison, yes, because it'd be like an alligator, I reckon. Oh, like that good meat. That good muscle meat. Exactly. Like a really jacked cow.
00:23:20
Speaker
I know exactly what kind of cow you mean as well. Yeah. All right. So you're back in your Viridian forest bar having your, you know, Appletinis and your Berry Margaritas in walks a Nitto Queen. She's in a good mood. She's doing, she's doing all right.
00:23:36
Speaker
But as you're compensated with their ovino you know you have in a couple of she's drinking her pinot grigio you both had a little bit too much to drink and you make a bad comment about her bikini and it upsets her it just hurts feelings you know she's she's a couple of glasses away from being blackout.
00:23:56
Speaker
So she starts to get a little bit leery. Yeah. Start swinging. Yeah. Who would win? Her. You think so? I mean, she's not that heavy and she's not that tall. But I just feel like she's gonna be strong. Yeah, I don't know if I could take her. I'd like to think I could, but I don't think I could.
00:24:16
Speaker
It's the tail. Yeah, and she has got poison, but I reckon she's a lady and she's not gonna just pull out the poison. Because she's drunk. Yeah, like she's gonna use everything. She's gonna be pulling hair. Yeah. And gumming you with her no teeth. Exactly. She's gonna be a toothless bite, but it's gonna hurt.
00:24:36
Speaker
Oh yeah, like a snapping turtle. Exactly. You could give it a good shot and I think it might be a close. But I don't know if I could take it. I'm more willing to fight her than him. Yeah? So if you're fighting her and he walks in... I'm out. He's scary. Yeah, but I'm done.
00:24:55
Speaker
I don't think, if I was to watch him fight against any Pokémon, even in a Pokémon battle, my money would probably be on him, even Charizard. I don't know. I love Charizard. Well, he's a ground type, so Charizard's not going to be doing much, is he? That's true. That is true.
00:25:13
Speaker
Yeah, first, actually. Blastoise could take this guy. Yeah, Blastoise could. But, you know, their buddies, they ain't gonna be fighting. But, so if, like, I walk in and Nido King is on his own. Yeah. I've made friends with his wife. I'm calling her up. That's true. You could be like, hey, your husband's trying to pick fights with me. And she'd be like, Jonathan, put him on the phone.
00:25:36
Speaker
Exactly. I'll use my words again. We don't always have to resort to violence. True, because we've already learned through his entries that, you know, violence doesn't have to meet violence with him. He can be reasoned with. Exactly. So I'm ringing up Nido Queen and I'm telling her to calm Jonathan down.
Hosts' Affection for Pokémon and Conclusion
00:25:58
Speaker
And he'd feel bad about it too. You know, the next day, kind of when he's had a, or the next couple of days when he's had a bit of a time to cool off, you know that he's going to be sent to your house with some flowers and a bottle of wine with a sincere apology. Yeah, exactly. Like, I feel like he'd calmed down and he'd come to his senses and realized what he did was wrong. He'd invite you over and cook your dinner. Yeah, exactly. While me and Nido Queen sat drinking our peanut.
00:26:25
Speaker
making fun of the way that he puts a tea towel over his shoulder. I'm gonna call her Barbara, but Bab's for short. So Bab's and... Bab's and Johnny? No, Bab's and... He's always Jonathan. Is he always Jonathan? Yeah, I don't think he goes by John. I think on the site maybe, but he's a Jonathan. We have finished Bab's and Jonathan.
00:26:50
Speaker
What do you think? I actually love them. I love them too. I didn't. I was not looking forward to this at all, but I'm in love with them. Yeah. I want Pops and Jonathan. I want them to take me to the Elite Four. You know, they'd do it too. They would, yeah. There'd be one on your left, one on your right, you're in the middle. This has turned into some kind of weird polyamorous thing now.
00:27:15
Speaker
I'm not in a relationship with Babson Jonathan. We just hang out at the weekends when the kids are playing. We go on play dates. Yeah, I like what they're based on. I like the family structure. I like them individually. I like how they interact. They're at 10-10. They are. I haven't said that in a while. No, I like them apart and I like them together.
00:27:40
Speaker
I like the fact that they're based off dinosaurs. What's it called, the Kinji? Yeah, the Kaijus. Kaijus, there we go. I like the fact they're based off Kaijus. All in all, I think that might be one of my favourite top dogs. Yeah, they've got some personality. Yeah, and that's what I like. They're not just fighting machines.
00:28:06
Speaker
yeah they're babs and jonathan yeah our friends to the end our friends to the end they're gonna look after us i bet i bet babs makes a killer gammon i bet she does make oh no now i'm seeing them as my parents oh god
00:28:21
Speaker
Well, if the shoe fits, if the need around fits, then it is what it is. All right, next week we're gonna be, we're actually hitting some interesting ones now. So next time we're gonna be turning our sights on Clefairy. Clefairy, Clefairy, Clefairy. This was a blast, I enjoyed this. It was a blast, I had fun. Yeah, we had a drilling good time. Way. Way.
00:28:50
Speaker
Yeah, what a king, what a queen. What a king, what a queen. Alright, we'll catch you later. See ya, bye!