The previous post on parkour and Pokémon was actually a neglected draft from five years ago that I've only managed to flesh out more recently. It was also admittedly based on a few YouTube videos, though I had also wanted to keep it from becoming an edition of "YouTube Pokémon Highlights" and thus tried not to write it up in that style. Even so, the videos nevertheless prompt me to make one of these highlights, for the fact that two of them originate from the same content creator and there is more than meets the eye.
With that, the content creator is called DevinSupertramp (stylized as all lowercase letters on the channel page), and the key figure is a filmmaker by the name of Devin Graham, who makes videos along with a host of dedicated people, called Team Supertramp (who else). The videos are a blend of sightseeing, extreme sports, crazy things, and pop culture - and it is obvious where Pokémon fits into this framework, in light of the post from the other day. The filmmaker also has a separate channel under his own name that focuses on the "meta" behind the videos - techniques, tips, and even behind the scenes - which are a part of this highlight as well as the videos from the main channel. Since (at least) one of their videos were shot in or close to my "neck of the woods", that was what led me to posit about helping other Trainers in parkour, hinting at a collaboration; such may never happen, but it's still fun to think about it.
Besides the parkour videos from the other day, there are a couple more videos related to Pokémon on the main channel that deal less with extreme sports and focus more on its pop culture side. A video entitled "Pokémon battle in real life!" is a six-minute spoof based partially on Legends: Arceus and other Pokémon facets, while another entitled "Banette's Curse" is a literal short film (clocking in at 17 minutes) with some dramatic aspects about it; the latter is especially appropriate to be mentioned now, certainly with it approaching Halloween and all. It's important to mention that these as well as the previous parkour videos - for that matter, many on the channel - employ other people to enact their premises, while Devin is simply the mastermind behind the concepts and videography.
Meanwhile, the behind-the-scenes look at the videos are just as fascinating and entertaining to watch as the actual results. For the Pikachu chase parkour, it is revealed that there was a mishap: Calen Chan, the traceur (parkour athlete) in the role of Pikachu, did indeed fall while filming - the "twist" at the end that was retooled in the actual video, also highlighting a certain danger in the sport in general. Then there are the ones for the other parkour video (an apparent fact: it was quickly produced to tie into the hype of the game at that time), as well as ones for both of the videos mentioned above. They're all reminders that these videos come neither from thin air nor instantly, and they have production values of their own.
Looking at the other videos on Devin's channels, all of them may be attractive to certain groups of people, including fans of the pop culture aspects highlighted in them. Regardless, it's the Pokémon aspect I'm interested in, especially for the purpose of highlighting them here, and Devin has made that work so well (or almost) in the two videos involving parkour and the other two featuring just Pokémon in general. That much speaks to me as a Pokémon fan, as much as Devin (and Team Supertramp) express other things in the other videos.
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Two years ago: Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 10/29/2022
Three years ago: Holowear Wonderings
Four years ago: Road to 25th Anniversary: Getting Warmer
Five years ago: Psyduck Is Missing
Six years ago: Expression of Care
Seven years ago: Three-Line Episode Summaries
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