At its core, Pokémon is a wildlife expedition. The series sends us into nature to capture these wonderful creatures to fight our battles for us. On top of that, we fill out a Pokédex and learn more about them as we capture them in Poké Balls. Over the years, the series has explored different human/Pokémon relationships through the lens of games like Detective Pikachu, but throughout the series, they are largely characterized aswild animals with fascinating behaviors to analyze.

YouTuber and TikTok user Elious Entertainment has created mock-ups of a National Geographic-style Pokémon show (Thanks, Polygon) that examines these little guys in their natural habitat. Each video shows different Pokémon existing in the wild to the backdrop of a soothing narration telling you some of the most fucked up things about the Pokémon universe.

The PokéNational Geographic series has done especially well on TikTok. Entries have surpassed over 200k views on the app, but because YouTube’s horizontal format both shows more of Elious’ animation and fits better on this website, we’ve included them here, Let’s go through the PokéNational Geographic’s attempts to make sense of the wild world of Pokémon.

Welcome to Exp. Share, Kotaku’s Pokémon column in which we dive deep to explore notable characters, urban legends, communities, and just plain weird quirks from throughout the Pokémon franchise.