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What Is 'Regitube'? The Fan-Made Pokémon And Its Memes On Twitter Explained
The so-called Fakemon or Pokémon characters created by fans are a common tradition in the fandom of the Japanese franchise. The creative minds of the fans have inspired Pokémons like Ballio / Pinnister, Tentaquil and many others.
Recently, a Legendary Titan pokémon inspired by the original quartet Regirock, Regice, Registeel and Regigigas, popularly known as the Regi Pokémon, has gone viral on social media: Regitube, a Water-Type fanmade golem made entirely out of swimming rings.
Let's investigate how a viral TikTok video was the basis for this fanmade Pokémon concept.
Where Did The Original 'Regitube' Video Come From?
Before Regitube, there was the Tube Shack monster, which is a video (shown below) of a water park employee trying to hold as many life tubes all over his body. The video amassed over 3 million plays and 600,000 likes in four months.
@thetubeshack What do Tube Shack employees do for fun? #lakecowichan #cowichanvalley #tourismcowichan #cowichan #thetubeshack #floatthecow #cowabunga ♬ Powerful cinematic orchestra [war] – Sino
How Did 'Regitube' Became A Meme?
Pokémon fans who saw the original Tube Shack monster video felt inspired to create a Fakemon similar to the existing Legendary Regis. Thus, Regitube was born. One of the earliest examples of fan art was posted on November 24th, 2023, by X user @TheYisusOne, who shared an in-game video as if the character was in the Pokémon game.
Damn I remember this fight from that one Pokemon game, Regitube is the coolest Regi if you ask me. https://t.co/GJZephKCML pic.twitter.com/XynL3Cx76k
— Yisuno ⚝ (@TheYisusOne) November 24, 2023
Fans even added more lore to the character going as far as creating stats for Regitube. For example, on November 24th, 2023, X user @MAGNEDETH explained how Regitube stats and tubes would function, saying "The tubes would provide terrible physical attack and defense, but excellent special attributes."
For the full history of Regitube, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
