{"id":23492,"date":"2023-11-29T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=23492"},"modified":"2023-12-01T12:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T03:24:28","slug":"20231129-23492","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231129-23492\/","title":{"rendered":"Unofficial Pok\u00e9mon Regitube makes a huge splash \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new unofficial Pok\u00e9mon has been born! Named Regitube or Regifloat by fans, the rubbery water type Pok\u00e9mon has a bizarre TikTok origin story and is fast becoming a fan-favorite. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It started back in August, when The Tube Shack posted a comedic TikTok of its employees having fun. The Tube Shack is a company in Canada that rents out inflatable rubber rings to swimmers, so the video featured an employee trying to wear as many of the big rings as possible. One employee managed to fit a total of 15 rings onto themselves. This almost completely obscured their body, creating a mysterious rubbery blue creature that plods past the camera in the clip below:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/\" data-video-id=\"7272915315497962757\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/?refer=embed\">@<\/a> <p><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c  -\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/?refer=embed\">\u266c  &#8211; <\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video has since gone viral, receiving over 8000 comments. Pok\u00e9mon fans were quick to point out the visual similarity to Regi Pok\u00e9mon, naming the creation Regitube. Regi Pok\u00e9mon are a type of legendary Pok\u00e9mon that first appeared in the Ruby and Sapphire games. Beginning with Regirock Regice and Registeel, there is now a total of six official Regi Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These Pok\u00e9mon tend to have geometric appearances with bulky arms. Regice and Regirock in particular look like they were made out of chunks of ice and rock respectively. Therefore, it is easy to see why fans dubbed the rubber ring creation Regitube or Regifloat, musing on whether it was some kind of aquatic Regi Pok\u00e9mon. In response, the Tube Shack posted a new version of the video with different music, asking viewers to choose which name they like best out of Regi-tube, Regi-water, Regi-float and Regi-rubber. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thetubeshack\/video\/7273317553605266694\" data-video-id=\"7273317553605266694\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@thetubeshack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thetubeshack?refer=embed\">@thetubeshack<\/a> <p>Replying to @Nik ATL Waddell yes it is a Regi-tube\u2026 a Regi-water\u2026. a Regi-Float or a Regi-rubber?? What do you guys think? <a title=\"lakecowichan\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lakecowichan?refer=embed\">#lakecowichan<\/a> <a title=\"thetubeshack\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thetubeshack?refer=embed\">#thetubeshack<\/a> <a title=\"vancouverisland\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/vancouverisland?refer=embed\">#vancouverisland<\/a> <a title=\"pokemon\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemon?refer=embed\">#pokemon<\/a> <a title=\"regipokemon\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/regipokemon?refer=embed\">#regipokemon<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Gwisin \ud83d\udc7b\ud83d\udc7b\ud83d\udc7b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7069884799016061701?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Gwisin \ud83d\udc7b\ud83d\udc7b\ud83d\udc7b<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon fans have truly claimed Regitube as their own, with an outpouring of artwork and tributes. Some have given Regitube plausible abilities and have even jokingly made videos that retcon him into the Pok\u00e9mon universe. The Pok\u00e9mon games do not feature a water type Regi Pok\u00e9mon yet- which may partially explain fans\u2019 love for the adorable blue rubber creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Regifloaty isn&#39;t real, it can&#39;t hurt y-&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pokemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pokemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fakemon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fakemon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Legendary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Legendary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pRK3OnRCDe\">https:\/\/t.co\/pRK3OnRCDe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U45VmDDuT4\">pic.twitter.com\/U45VmDDuT4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ImazArtz (@ImazArtz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImazArtz\/status\/1727437656618062177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Regitube<br>Type: Water<br>Inner Tube Pok\u00e9mon<br><br>Ability: Overcoat<br><br>\u201cIts body is made of a durable yet light material, making it appear as if it is skiing across the water. It\u2019s theorized that it formed after Regigigas went whitewater rafting once &amp; wouldn\u2019t shut up about it.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGDLAU0Guy\">https:\/\/t.co\/CGDLAU0Guy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DaydreamerDan \ud83d\udd1c PAX EAST (@Daydreamerdan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daydreamerdan_\/status\/1728167517166973035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The buoyant monster has brought surprising attention to Tube Shack, who seem to be thinking about using something similar as their company mascot. Their TikTok below features a concept drawing of a fish-faced character similar to Regitube, and asks for name suggestions (other than Regitube!)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thetubeshack\/video\/7296945672102644998\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Verity Townsend based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20231128-273649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article\u00a0<\/a>(<em>original article\u2019s publication date:<\/em> 2023-11-28 13:31 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubber ring TikTok monster has been adopted by Pokemon fans as the first water-based Regi Pokemon: meet Regitube!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":23497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,33,70],"class_list":["post-23492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news","tag-nintendo","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unofficial Pok\u00e9mon Regitube makes a huge splash \u00a0 - 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