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Regitube
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About
Regitube is a fan-made Pokémon based on a TikTok video of a man wearing light-blue life tubes all over his body, which looked similar to the Regi Pokémon. The video was originally posted in August 2023 but resurfaced in November of the same year in a series of fan edits and fan-made interpretations on Twitter / X and TikTok.
Origin
On August 29th, 2023, TikTok[1] user @thetubeshack uploaded a video (shown below) of an 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
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The video was shared on November 23rd, 2023, on X[2] by the Pokémon fan page @lightplatinumds. The video has also a Pokémon battle soundtrack playing, which amassed more than 4 million views and 24,000 likes in three days.
— Pokémon Light Platinum DS (@lightplatinumds) November 23, 2023
Shortly after the Pokémon fan page post, users started to call the man wearing light-blue life tubes "Regitube," which is a version of the "Regis" legendary Pokémon of Hoenn, Sinnoh and Galar. On November 24th, 2023, X[3] user @TheYisusOne posted a fanmade video of "Regitube" as if he was in a Pokémon game (shown below). The post received roughly 9 million views and 10,000 likes in two days.
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
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The Sea-Dumpling
Nov 25, 2023 at 01:26PM EST
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Nov 25, 2023 at 09:48PM EST