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Speaker: This is a Muck Stain Productions Podcast.
Speaker: Hello homies and trainers, and welcome to Unknown Radio, your mug stain production Pokemon talk show, where we take a peek at every Pokemon. As always, I'm Claudia, and I'm here with my co -host and partner in Crime Catherine. Hello, I'm Catherine, and I bled, bled. I'll bring the facts and Claudia brings the, wait, no, Claudia brings the facts and I bring the pizzazz. I'm getting confused about who brings pizzazz and who brings facts.
Speaker: I feel like we both have a bit of pizazz. Well, especially this week, which is our Christmas special. We've been doing this long enough to get to a Christmas special and a Halloween special. Look at us go. I'm impressed, actually, that we've committed to something for this long. It's rare that happened. So for this episode, we are going to be skipping forward again to Pokemon number 225.
Speaker: Wow. And this is Delibird. Tell me more. Tell me more. Does he knock on my door? He might actually with his facts. Do you know what his tagline is? The Delivery Bird. That is spot on. It's the delivery Pokémon. Oh yeah. Smashing it. Does name give it away or something? Yeah, I think so.
Speaker: He is a ice flying type. He stands at 2 foot 11 inches and weighs 35 .3 pounds, which translates to 16 kgs. And what does he look like? He's a little red boy, isn't he? But he's got like glasses. Glasses. He's got black bits around his eyes. He has actually got glasses. He has got black bits around his eyes. I'm just thinking too much about Santa.
Speaker: He does look like Santa. That's probably why he is our Christmas Pokémon. So he is a red penguin bird Pokémon with a white hollow tail and then it's face and chest, the covered in white feathers, which do look like a beard. And I only just noticed that now because you said that. Why is his tail hollow? Because he is the delivery Pokémon. We will get to his tail. Oh my God. Does he hold stuff in his tail? Is it like Santa's sack?
Speaker: It is a Santa sack. Oh my God. He's got sack tail. So a little bit about his name. Deli Bird is a combination of delivery and bird. And then the word Deli may have been derived from the Adelie penguin. Oh, that's so cute. Yeah, those are the ones with the little ears on top, which explains why he has those weird little ears.
Speaker: They're not weird little ears. They're like antlers. Oh, another Christmas reference. Reference. Reference. Reference. You're two for two. A beard and antlers. And a sack. That's three.
Speaker: What kind of serve in the spirit? It is the season. So your language fact is that pronouncing Delibird with the same inflection as Delivered yields a very similar pronunciation. So instead of Delibird, Delibird.
Speaker: Delivered. Delivered. Delivered. Yeah, just replacing the V from delivered with a B, being the only variation between the two words. As the V sound does not exist in the Japanese language, it is commonly pronounced as a B sound by Japanese speakers. Oh, I like that. So like in Spanish, where the Vs are like Bs. Exactly like that. So they'll see the word delivered and they'll say delivered.
Speaker: Oh, I like that. Language fact. Thank you, I like that one. So the aspects of his appearance appear to come from the rock copper penguin. However, it's red and white colour scheme, its ability to give presents, and the appearance of carrying its sack -like tail is likely to have been derived from Santa Claus. Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus. Here comes Della Bird. Here comes Della Bird.
Speaker: Right down Delabird Lane! There's probably a place called Delabird Lane in the Pokémon universe. Oh my god, can you imagine? So would you like to go into his basic characteristics and behaviour, or would you like to do some fun facts first? Oh, that's a tough one. Let's have some fun facts first. Mix things up, you know? Yeah, go from the least festive to the most festive. Pfft, buzzing.
Speaker: Okay, that's how we're doing it this holiday season. So, Delibird is the delivery boy for a place in the anime called the Shop and Squirtle. Shop and Squirtle? I love it. Just the good old corner Shop and Squirt. Shop and Squirt right into Delibird's sack. Ew.
Speaker: I hate that. If someone delivered me a sack of squirt, I would not be happy. Worst Christmas gift ever. So my second fact for you is that Team Rocket has a daily bird, and it was tasked to follow Jesse, James, and Meowth to collect money that the three of them owe. Nice. I bet they're in so much debt.
Speaker: Oh yeah, apparently according to the Daily Bird that was literally stalking them for an entire season of the anime, they owed a lot of money. So they sent this visa to collect to be part of Team Rocket. I don't know, but judge. I didn't actually watch those episodes recently, but I think they kept using money to build those stupid big machines that they always did for everything.
Speaker: And then it doesn't pay off because they literally don't do shit. Yeah. The machines, I did always wonder where they get the money from. Apparently it's not their money. So they're borrowing and not paying back. So then they get stopped by Santa. To be fair, the premise of Santa is a little bit creepy, right? Oh, he sees you when you're sleeping. Yeah. And some old guy comes into your house and eats your food and leaves things for your children.
Speaker: Yeah. And then like, he's always watching us. That's weird. He's an old man. He knows if you've been naughty, come sit on his lap. I'm watching you little children. So speaking of Santa, my final fact is that Santa does exist in the Pokemon universe. Okay. And Delaburd is one of the five Pokemon, which is owned by Santa, along with Jinx.
Speaker: Lapras, Stantler, and Ponyta. But why does he need a drink? That was my question. Which one of these don't fit in? I don't understand. He has several of them. Multiple. Is it the boobs? There's some Santa's here with...
Speaker: You know, his deer, his horses, his Lapras, his literal Santa bird, and some tits. Mrs. Claus is fed up with some foolery. Well, the anime never said that Mrs. Claus existed, just that Santa Claus existed, so maybe the multiple chicks is just multiple wives. They're all sister wives. Oh god.
Speaker: Oh, I knew you were going to pick up on that too. I was like, she's going to say something about Jinx. It's just so, why though? Like, why has he got Jinx? Delibird, I get it. I get it. Lapras, you know, he's got a guy through oceans and shit, but Jinx. I don't, unless they help him in the factory, I have no idea. Other Pokemon would be much better. Even Generation 1.
Speaker: Fun fact, I have just googled it and there are lots of jinxes wearing Santa hats. Does it say why? They look like the elves. Okay. I wouldn't pick a jinx as an elf, although I guess they do have opposable thumbs. So does a Machop. Wouldn't a Machop be better? Absolutely. A Machop would be better. And I'm not going to lie to you, I am a little bit horrified of what I've seen.
Speaker: What did you Google? Santa Jinx? Yeah. Right, we're going off on a tangent. Yeah, we are. This is about Deli Bird. I can't wait until we get to Jinx. Oh, that looks like something from my nightmares. Right.
Speaker: Just Santa with an army of jinxes. At least their titties are covered because they're wearing Mrs. Claus outfits, I guess. I feel like it's weird that they're wearing Mrs. Claus's clothes. Like, what have they done? Like, murdered her? And then she stole her clothing. They're all Mrs. Still Your Man. Hide your man, jinx is about.
Speaker: Oh, back to Delibird. We'll just go right back to Delibird. So, Delibird has a signature move which is called Present, obviously, which allows it to carry special items in its tail sack that may cause damage or heal its opponent. So, they just throw random shit at whoever they're fighting and it could be bad, but it could be good. Depends if you've been naughty or nice.
Speaker: Or is it just like a mystery box? It seems like it's a mystery box. I love a mystery box. That's just gonna be really fired up. I'm such a sucker for a mystery box, you know? It's just, even though it's usually shit. It's always shit, but it's so good. It's the excitement of opening it and not knowing.
Speaker: So when threatened, the Delibird defend itself by using the move present, chucking the contents of their tail sacs at attackers, projectiles will include food, rocks, and even explosives, or whatever Delibird has found on their travels. Explosives?
Speaker: I was just throwing it from his sack. I don't know. This is Delibird. Delivery boy, money collector, Santa's delivery boy, also terrorist. You found on your trip today, Delibird. Well, here's a landmark. And some TNT. Thanks, buddy.
Speaker: What would you pick up? Oh, just three sticks of dynamite, a rock, and an apple, and a piece of trash. Some trash. I love him. Oh, he's great. So as part of the behavior, Delabird is omnivorous, so he eats meat and...
Speaker: foliage. Why did I say foliage? And it carries the food bundled up in its tail sack. It normally gives stored food to its chicks, but has been known to share its food with humans who are stranded on icy mountains. Oh, that's cute. Like, imagine a deli bird, like Mountain Rescue, you're waiting for them and a bloody deli bird appears and empties his sack. He's like, here you go, here's a Tesco meal deal.
Speaker: Yeah, I'd be a bit terrified. It's a nice gesture. You just stuck on a mountain and you're like, oh, wow, a deadly bird. I've heard they give food to travelers who are lost. And they're like, oh, his Sunday times of rock and some TNT I found. Good luck. You're like, all right, great.
Speaker: Why the Sunday time? I don't know. I was gonna say it. I was gonna say like a Playboy magazine. So it's either pornography. Or Sunday times. I don't know. That's my brain. Chalk or cheese. Sunday time porn magazine.
Speaker: Oh, can you tell it's near Christmas? Oh, absolutely insane. So in a flock, the deli bird with the largest tail sack is its leader, that tracks, with the largest tail penis. And they tend to live in mountainous regions, making its nests over sharp cliffs. One notable area of the world is around Mount Everest. So apparently that exists in the Pokemon universe. Yeah, well, it'd have to, wouldn't it?
Speaker: Yeah. I don't know why you would have to. I'm just trying to think of a world where Mount Everest doesn't exist. I'm trying to think what region that would be in. Where is Mount Everest? It's in Tibet, isn't it? I think so. It's in Asia. I know it's in Asia, but it's in between China and Nepal.
Speaker: Oh, okay. They haven't made a Pokemon region for that yet, but this is my official ask that when they do, there has to be Mount Everest because they've said it. They've already said the fact and they can't go back on it now. Like turning Rattata - Rattatak into just Rattata. You've said it, you can't take it back now. I mean, we've asked them for so much, but they give so little. Hashtag that. Take that to the Twitter X. Twitter X.
Speaker: So the male and female daily bird mate for life. While females stay with their young to keep watch, males spend the day looking for food which they roll up and store within their sacktails to bring home. So that's pretty accurate to penguins or I don't think penguins mate for life. Yeah they do. Do they? Yeah and they give each other rocks. And then they'll die of heartbreak when their mate doesn't come back.
Speaker: Oh, is that true? You can also get gay penguins. You can get gay penguins, which means you can get gay deli birds. Oh. Apparently they do mate for life, but they are also non... They are monogamous, but occasionally a female will have three partners. Oh. Go penguins. Do you know what I mean? That sounds amazing. What a time to be alive. But no, they do mate for life and they give each other rocks. That's adorable.
Speaker: The daily birds give each other TNT. Yeah. Same thing. I mean, it's not far off, is it? I like that's also a penguin thing where one stays with the young to keep watch while the other one looks for food. There's normally the men, the male penguins. Yeah, I was gonna say. And then the females go and look for food.
Speaker: But I think it's because the males go and look for like half the year and then the woman lays the egg and then the men have the egg and then she goes to get food. I don't know. I do love penguins though. If that is not apparent. You do love the penguins. So they're also very curious Pokémon. Besides food, they also collect pretty strange and sometimes even dangerous objects with their tail. We know that. They have explosives. Yeah. Yeah. So they're like magpies.
Speaker: Yeah. I would like to befriend one. Just so it could bring you gifts? Yeah, I love gift - gift - if giving is my love language, you know. Me and the deli bird would get on well. Oh, so the deli bird can give you gifts and then you can give the deli bird gifts. It'll be like Christmas all year. Oh my god, imagine. Oh. So speaking of, their very generous reputations have made them symbols of various holidays centred around gift giving in the Pokémon universe. That's cute.
Speaker: bless them. Bless their little cotton beads. And sack tails.
Speaker: the shop and squirty sacks. So that note, you want to move on to our questions section? Absolutely. So if you were just wandering around Mount Everest, as you do on a typical Friday night, and you're shivering and you're called and you're waiting for mountain rescue, and out waddles this little daily bird, what would you do?
Speaker: i'll want it i want to take it home keep you warm on the cold mountain nights i would yeah like i don't care how i just want it like i just want to take it home it is my you know it's like a penguin and it looks like santa and it's got a sack full of goodies you know it's my dream animal you could become its mate for life oh i would mother it so much sorry sir kicking you out
Speaker: No one would - this is like a Pokémon, there's nothing wrong with it. So no one should be like, nah, it's not like a Rattata or like a Weedle. You have to love it. How would you not love it? Maybe if it blew up your house, it would probably be quite annoying.
Speaker: That would be quite unfortunate, but you know, you give some and you get some and you lose some. It's a mystery box, and we do love a mystery box. It's a Pokémon mystery box. Oh, I love him even more. So other than being a little delivery boy, or I guess other than battling, what is the array of jobs that this Pokémon could do?
Speaker: There's, he would also, I reckon, he'd be good to befriend people. Oh, so like, oh, I need to make friends with so -and -so down the street. Go and give him a gift from me? Yeah. Perfect. And also, like, going into old people's homes and being like, here we go. Oh, you could take him to old people's homes for Christmas. Right? Or nursery. So cute.
Speaker: Oh, the kids would love him. Hospitals. Oh, yeah. Oh, that'd be cute. He'd be a good bag. You could just use him as a bag. Yeah, like, I'd happily just have him walk around with me as I'm going shopping. Because I'm going to be funny, but 20p a bag now, like, it's getting ridiculous. You'd just be like, oh, can I have my wallet? Just charge 70p for a bag. That's ridiculous. They like robbery. You just have him. He walks himself. You don't have to worry about the weight.
Speaker: Exactly. He's got it. He'd be great. And you can just be like, oh, I need my wallet and then he'll pass you a stick of TNT. And you're like, no, no, try again. Yeah, like the good place when they ask Janet for things. He's Janet. Oh my God, he's Janet. He just keeps popping out with the wrong stuff. But you know, it's fun. Oh, I love him. What else? Could you put people in the sack? Right. I was just thinking that. Like, could I fit in it?
Speaker: Maybe not us, but maybe small children. Yeah, he's like two foot eleven. That would be so much fun. Take him into like a preschool. It could be like everyone have fun at the timeout sack. It wouldn't be a timeout sack. It'd be a tree, right? You're not going to use that as a... Like a tent. Oh, like a sensory deprivation tent. Brilliant. Perfect for all of the autistic kids. Yeah. I mean, I'm not being funny, but he would be great. I would have him with me at work just all the time.
Speaker: Aww, just have him buy it. He's only two foot eleven, that's quite small. I could sit him on my desk. Kids would love him. He looks like he'd give a good cuddle. Oh, tagline. So what do you reckon he eats?
Speaker: And what we already said is an omnivore. Yeah, I think fish. I could definitely see him chowing down on a fish. But is he not bigger than a Magikarp? No, smaller than a Magikarp, because aren't Magikarp's disgustingly big? Yeah, maybe not a Magikarp. If he cut it up, he could eat a Magikarp. We could share a Magikarp with him. I would invite him over for Christmas dinner. Oh, me too.
Speaker: You know if it loves some milk and cookies. Magikarp is the same size as Deli Bird. You could put it in a sack. Bring it home for dinner. Save it for later. So could we eat Deli Bird? Yeah. It would upset me, but we could. I reckon because people eat, you can eat penguin can't you? Probably yeah. I reckon that would just taste like fishy chicken.
Speaker: Oh, 100%. And then that means if you're stranded on like a mountain and it comes up and it doesn't have any food in that sack, you know what? He'll be looking like food at that point, depending on how hungry you are. Oh. Is that dark? No. No, I'm absolutely here for it.
Speaker: I just googled, are penguins edible? And you can buy them in Chile. Oh! But nowhere else. Well hopefully, hopefully Delibird will not be going to Chile. Hopefully not. But no, I reckon we could eat it. But I wouldn't want to. So if you're just wandering around the base of Mount Everest, you've had a good hike.
Speaker: you know, typical Christmas weekend behavior. And you go into a bar and it's nice and toasty in there and you're taking a load off, you know, after your big hike in the icy mountains. And sat at the bar is a Delabird nursing a warm glass of milk.
Speaker: And you didn't realize until right now, milk and cookies, you didn't realize until right now, but you owe Team Rocket a lot of money. Oh no. And he wants that money back. Oh no. So he wipes off his milk mustache on his beak, and he begins a fight. Who would win? You or the deadly bird. Right. So, deadly bird with sack.
Speaker: Like with the stuff in sack, I wouldn't risk it because he probably has explosives in there. But with an empty sack, I could take him. If you had a zip tie handy, you could zip that sack shirt. I could actually, yeah, no, that's true. But if it was filled with rocks, would you then use it, you know, like a sock filled with rocks?
Speaker: Oh, he could. Yeah. But he is two foot 11. I would say I'd give it my best shot. I'd like to think I'd win. This would be quite a good bar scuffle. Yeah. Although I have been told that I overestimate my ability to beat up Pokemon on this podcast, which I find very offensive, actually. You know what? When I'm talking through it with you, I can see it in my head so clearly. And I've seen you get a little bit rowdy, so I don't think it's an overestimation.
Speaker: I reckon I could take it with an empty sack. Like I said, full sack. I don't know, it's a mystery. He could throw gold at me, but he could also throw TNT. And he could throw you a Glock, so then you'd win. Yeah, instantly. Say, it'd be quite exciting to fight him. I won't lie. Yeah. There's no clear cut on that. It's just the luck of the draw, the classic mystery box.
Speaker: The classic mystery box. Oh, that's why we love it, Si.
Speaker: Well, what a fantastic way to end this podcast with a classic mystery box. Every podcast is a mystery box too. That is true. We don't know what we're going to get until we get into it. No. That's the point of a deep dive. So what did you think of Delibird? Do you like him more than before? I'm absolutely in love. There is, I think he might be my new favorite Pokemon. Like not to fight with, like I wouldn't have him on my party to battle. Right.
Speaker: But oh my god, I love him. Right, I didn't really know anything about him other than that thing was a sack. I didn't know any of the other fun facts. Or that Santa existed. I just knew it was a little red bird that delivered things. And now I'm obsessed with him. He was a penguin.
Speaker: He's my new favorite. He's great. This is the fun about jumping forward to the Pokémon generations we're not so clean cut and knowledgeable about because we're old and we know Generation 1 very well. Too well. We know Generation 1 far too well. We've got a strong opinion.
Speaker: We haven't yet developed an opinion about this Pokémon and now we have. And he's great. And we love him. 10 out of 10. Yep, 10, 10. The perfect Christmas treat. Oh, he's like a Yule Log. Just don't burn him. Now you know what a Yule Log is? The chocolate cake. The perfect Christmas treat.
Speaker: Oh, you're talking about the food and not a literal Yule Log. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. We can eat him. We just won't throw him on a fire. I'm fine with that. Right. And he won that night.
Speaker: We'll be back to our Regula scheduled programming next week. And with that, happy holidays. And I don't have ho, ho, ho from Delabird and Co. And all of Santa's jinxes.
Speaker: yeah happy holidays and enjoy your three days off work if you're lucky enough to get three days off work um if you're not i apologize yeah that's the real treat for old people is days off work days off all right have a hoppingly good time no he's not a bouncy bird i don't know
Speaker: Have a delilightful Christmas. Hang on. I hope Santa delivered everything you asked for. Oh. Ho, ho, ho. Happy season's greetings. All I can think of is jinx. Let's just end it here. End jinx. Okay, bye.
