Randomized Pokémon Heart Gold 2 Hour Challenge

This page explains how Patterrz's run went during his Randomized Pokémon Heart Gold 2 Hour Challenge run.

For more Pokémon Randomized 2 Hour Challenge runs like this, please see Pokémon Randomized 2 Hour Challenge Runs for a list of all of his runs, or the category page.

### The Beginning - The start of the run

Upon starting the game, Patterrz had these three randomized starters to choose from: Manetric, Cubone & Tropius.

At first, Pat picked the Manetric, which he named **SOOOBER**, but sadly, she could not even take out a wild level 5 Meowth without taking too much damage herself, nor could she learn any good moves for a while.

Patterrz eventually got frustrated & reset his run, killing **SOOOBER** & replacing her with **BANANYAN** the Tropius.

However, **BANANYAN**'s speed was terrible for some odd reason; she couldn't run from a wild Hippopotas, costing Patterrz some time, & a viewer in chat mentioned that he should've kept **SOOOBER** alive instead of resetting his run for a Tropius.

Silver steals one of the randomized starters & Pat plays the "Crime Music" (an Ace Attorney cornered song).

However, due to how the randomizer works in Heart Gold, Silver steals a random Lileep instead of the Cubone.

Silver is then named as JOHN, due to Pat going to Johnstone's stream & getting "Pat, I was thinking we should have a boxing match!" & wants old people to take part in it. Since Pat didn't want to box Johnstone, he named the rival as JOHN in order to beat him up in a different way.

**BANANYAN** then proceeds to knock out a wild Wailord, an Illumise & a Snover for exp, & gets a critical hit on a wild Nidorino, OH-KO'ing it in order to gain some level ups for herself.

Pat then ended up fighting a trainer he could've avoided & begins worrying that a Dragon Rage could cost his run. Luckily, the trainer only had Primape & a Donphan, which **BANANYAN** easily dispatched as she had both type advantages & had Gust.

His mum (in-game mum, by the way!) rang him, & then Pat found a Choice Band, but Pat decides not to use this item.

### The Sprout Tower

Pat encountered a trainer who had a Jynx in the Sprout Tower, which luckily went down in one hit to a Razor Leaf.

Pat finds a Deep Sea Scale & an Expert Belt. Excited, Pat gives **BANANYAN** the Expert Belt in order to make her unstoppable.

Then Pat finds a Sea Incense & questions why there are so many sea-related items in the Sprout Tower.

But then Pat runs into trouble with a mandatory trainer who had a Crobat, which outspeeds & lands an Astonish, but doesn't flinch, but Pat had misclicked, causing **BANANYAN** to use Growth on a turn she could've attacked; this allows the Crobat to troll Pat by landing Supersonic, which confuses **BANANYAN**, who then hits herself twice as Crobat fails to flinch her, & misses a Screech. Then **BANANYAN** got flinched by Astonish.

Because of the bad RNG, the Crobat was able to get **BANANYAN** down to 17 HP from full health & was able to sneak in a Leech Life. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to get through the confusion & hit it with Gust. After a 2nd hit from Leech Life, **BANANYAN** is able to finish off the Crobat with Gust, saving the run.

But then, the elder had a Growlithe, which did half of damage to **BANANYAN** with a Super-Effective Ember.

**BANANYAN** was unable to OH-KO the Growlithe, & she got hit with another Ember. Luckily, it was a low roll, which saved the run, as **BANANYAN** took out the Growlithe. Sadly, the reward was utter trash, as the TM was the move Me First.

### 1st Gym (vs Falkner)

Against the 1st Gym leader, Falkner (named Subnoodle Shadow here), Pat played the Marx Boss Battle music as **BANANYAN** was easily able to kill his 1st Pokémon, a Cascoon with Gust.

However, Pat underestimates Falkner's last Pokémon, his level 13 male Togepi, which survived Gust with half of its health intact, & was able to land a Sweet Kiss, confusing **BANANYAN****,** who then hit herself in confusion as the Togepi uses Growl to lower **BANANYAN**'s attack stat.

**BANANYAN** was still confused, but was able to break through & use Gust. However, due to using Growl, the Togepi tanked the hit, & was able to use Metronome...& luckily, it got Leaf Storm, which was 4x resisted by **BANANYAN**'s Flying/Grass typing.

**BANANYAN** was able to snap out of confusion & take out the Togepi, winning Pat the 1st badge.

### On the way to the 2nd Gym

Pat finds a randomized TM for Magnet Bomb, which at first, he doesn't feel like he needs, but then a viewer mentions it will be good coverage for Ice Types, the biggest threat to **BANANYAN**, a Tropius with a 4x weakness to Ice Type moves. However, he never actually teaches **BANANYAN** Magnet Bomb in this run.

A trainer's Pelipper was able to cause Pat some trouble along the way, as it was able to confuse **BANANYAN** with Supersonic. Luckily, she pulls through & OH-KOs the Pelipper with a critical hit from Razor Leaf.

Since Pat needed to teach something the HM Cut, he began to search for an HM Slave, but then Pat got into trouble with his 1st encounter, a wild male level 6 Salamence. **BANANYAN** wasn't fast enough to escape from the Salamence, allowing it to use Bite on her a few times. **BANANYAN** & was forced to kill it with Gust in order to safely escape.

After facing some hiker trainers, Pat ran into a male level 5 Meganium, which, despite being able to learn Cut, he decided not to get it, due to its low catch rate & he killed it for exp instead by using Gust.

Pat runs into trouble when a trainer's male level 11 Stantler lives at 1HP & lands a Hypnosis, which put **BANANYAN** to sleep. Luckily, the Stantler threw by using two Leers & an Astonish, which allowed **BANANYAN** to wake up & use Stomp, which finished it off.

After killing a male level 6 Salamence out of confusion due to the chat, Pat tries to catch a wild level 6 female Salamence, which actually manages to be caught in a Pokéball in one try!

Just like the Unnamed Flaffy from his Randomized Pokémon Emerald 2 Hour Challenge, the Salamence doesn't get a name, thus becoming **Unnamed Salamence**. Luckily, the **Unnamed Salamence** can learn Cut, thus ending Pat's hunt to find an HM Slave.

Then Pat runs into a Blastoise, & **BANANYAN** levels up to level 18 after killing it.

### The Slowpoke Well

In the Slowpoke Well, Pat ironically encounters a female Rocket Grunt had a Bidoof & a Wailmer (a day after Bidoof Day), which he quickly gets through, alongside of the other Rocket Grunts.

### 2nd Gym (vs Bugsy)

A gym trainer in the Bug gym managed to confuse **BANANYAN** with their Kadabra by using Confusion. She luckily pulled though & finish it off, however.

Also, a double battle had a level 10 Charizard & a level 10 Chimchar, both of them possibly having a chance to destroy **BANANYAN** & her Grass/Flying typing. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to take them both out, & the **Unnamed Salamence** was never targeted in the battle at all, turning the threat into an Epic Win.

Upon beginning the battle against Bugsy, Pat underestimated Bugsy's 1st Pokémon, a level 17 male Eevee; Pat thought it was a good idea to set up Growths on the Eevee, which he forgot had Sand Attack around that level.

Because of this, while **BANANYAN** got one Growth set up, the Eevee retaliated with Sand Attack, dropping **BANANYAN**'s accuracy. Pat had to rid of the Eevee with a Razor Leaf.

Then Bugsy sent out his Snubbull, who's intimidate ability cancels out **BANANYAN**'s Growth set up. Then, **BANANYAN** was nearly OH-KO'd by Bugsy's Lopunny who used Return. Luckily, **BANANYAN** endures the hit & was able to defeat Bugsy.

### On the way to the 3rd Gym

Silver (JOHN) attacks Pat with his brand new team. The rival nearly wrecks **BANANYAN** with his last Pokémon, a Slaking, which used Yawn. Luckily, **BANANYAN** took out the Slaking before she could fall asleep.

As Pat tries to capture the Farfetch'd to get the HM Cut, he finds out that **BANANYAN**'s stats have been randomized by mistake, & realizes why **SOOOBER**, his replaced starter did so badly before, because her stats were terrible & finds out that, despite **BANANYAN** being super slow, she hit like a truck.

A trainer was able to nearly screw Pat over by having their Dunsparce use Yawn on **BANANYAN**, & then have their Cloyster use Protect, which then caused **BANANYAN** to fall asleep. The Cloyster then used Arora Beam, which is bad for his team. Then Pat stupidly lets **Unnamed Salamence** faint instead of his Tropius.

Pat luckily managed to save his run by using a revive on **Unnamed Salamence** , let's **BANANYAN** get KO'd, then revives **BANANYAN** as **Unnamed Salamence** is taken down.

The chat then recommended Pat to get the Spearow encounter, **Kenya**. This was a good idea, since **Kenya** had actually randomized into a male level 20 Magmar, which was good for Pat's run.

### 3rd Gym (vs Whitney)

Unluckily, a trainer in Whitney's gym had a Moltres. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to take it out in two hits using Stomp.

Pat then decided to put **Kenya** to the test the trainer's next Pokémon, a Snubbull intimidated **BANANYAN**, lowering her monstrous attack stat to almost nothing. **Kenya** smashed this challenge & OH-KO'd the Snubbull.

Against Whitney, the battle was surprisingly easy; Whitney's Phione was able to land Supersonic on **BANANYAN** , confusing her. Luckily, **BANANYAN** pulled through & *destroyed* the Phione, earning Pat the 3rd badge.

### On the way to the 4th Gym

After **BANANYAN** used Stomp on a trainer's Infernape, Pat jokingly mentioned how many times **BANANYAN** has stomped on so many monkeys.

Pat then watered the odd "tree", & it hilariously ended up being a Ho-Oh, which caused him to play the Xenoblade 2 music. The Wild Ho-Oh then spared his team by using Whirlwind. Pat then ended up in a double battle against a Lugia & Electabuzz, & once again played the Xenoblade 2 music, & luckily won with the help of **Unnamed Salamence**'s Bite.

Pat then found a TM...for Razor Leaf...which **BANANYAN**, his Tropius already had.

At the Burned Tower, Silver (JOHN) looked like he had an entire starter team; he had a Marshtomp, a Cyndaquil, a Chariard &...a Sentret....oof! The Charizard was trolly however, due to having both Growl & Smokescreen.

### 4th Gym (vs Morty)

A mandatory trainer's Vileploom landed Poison Powder on **BANANYAN****,** which caused her to get slowly damaged by poison as she was forced to deal with the trainer's remaining team of Pokémon: a Serviper, a Phanphy, a Drowzee & a Gligar; she was left with 39 HP, which forced Pat to heal at the Pokémon Centre, costing him time.

**BANANYAN** then gets hit by Smokescreen from yet ANOTHER mandatory gym trainer's Quilava. Once again, **Kenya** proves himself by taking out the next Pokémon, a male Combee.

Morty started off the gym battle with a level 21 female Wrigglytuff, a bulky Pokémon, & Pat's worst nightmare move, Double Slap gets used on **BANANYAN****.**

He then sent out his level 21 male Blaziken, which was able to not only take **BANANYAN** down to 8 HP, but gave her a burn, taking **BANANYAN** out, which forced Patterrz to send out **Unnamed Salamence** in order to use a Revive & tried to let **Kenya** take out the Blaziken. Unfortunately, the Blaziken took out **Kenya**.

As Pat sent a revived **BANANYAN** back out, Smokescreen got used on her, but she was able to take out the Blaziken with a Gust. Monty sent out his Bidoof, & **BANANYAN** takes it out. Then, Morty's Prinplup was the last threat to face. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to OH-KO it without a problem.

### The Hunt for a Surf HM Slave

Pat had 17 minutes remaining & needed to teach Surf, to his HM Slave, but unfortunately, **Unnamed Salamence** could not learn it, so, Pat had to find a new HM Slave & fast. The chat recommended him to get the free Eevee, but Pat declined this because it would waste his time trying to get to the location of the "Eevee".

Pat kept forgetting to heal his team, which soon came back to bite him, as he accidently encountered a trainer with a Lairon. Luckily, **BANANYAN** OH-KO'd it.

Then, he encountered a wild Spinda, which attacks **BANANYAN** as she was not fast enough to run from it. Then he encountered a wild Garchomp, which again, **BANANYAN** couldn't run from due to being too slow.

The only Pokémon Pat encountered during his hunt that COULD learn Surf was a Suicune, which is almost impossible to catch, & a Walrein, which he COULD catch, but would prove difficult, due to being a fully evolved Pokémon.

The Walrein however was stubborn, & broke out of six Great Balls, which wasted more of Pat's time. Once again, the "Gameboy Luke" trick was the only thing that helped Pat catch the Walrein. He ended up with only 11 minutes remaining after the struggle.

Yet again, he did NOT name the new HM Slave, making the **Walrein** the 3rd Unnamed Pokémon to be caught during a 2 Hour Randomized Challenge. He then quickly taught **Unnamed Walrein** Surf to avoid forgetting.

Then, in a twist of irony, the Togepi Egg hatched & it turned out to be a **Polywhirl**, a Water Type that can learn Surf. Once again, he didn't name the new Pokémon.

### 5th Gym (vs Chuck)

With 7 minutes remaining, Pat was forced to fight a mandatory gym trainer with a Scarmory. **Kenya** wasn't able to OH-KO it, but was able to still take it out, but it costed Pat some time.

A Sandslash was sent out next, which used Rollout, & **BANANYAN** was hit with it twice as she failed to land a Razor Leaf.

Pat had to heal his team in order to face the 5th Gym leader, Chuck.

The 1st Pokémon of Chuck's team was a Makuhita. **BANANYAN** missed a Razor Leaf, which wasted precious minutes. Then, **BANANYAN** got crit by Chuck's Hitmonchan using Thunder Punch, but she was able to take it out with one final Razor Leaf. Ironically, **BANANYAN** then learned Magical Leaf, which replaced Razor Leaf.

**Unnamed Salamence** was then taught Fly over Rage.

### The last 3 minutes

With only 3 minutes left, Pat was unable to reach the next gym, due to the many trainers outside not letting him get to Jasmine or Amphy, thus ending his run, stuck in a battle against a Sailor trainer's level 15 male Octillery at full health.

However, Pat had already won 5 Gym Badges, making this the furthest he has gotten in a 2 Hour Randomized challenge.

## Close Calls

* A mandatory trainer in the Sprout Tower had a Crobat, & Pat misclicked on Growth instead of an attacking move, which allowed the Crobat to live more turns & troll Pat by being able to land Supersonic on **BANANYAN**, who hit herself TWICE, & she got flinched by Astonish. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to take out the Crobat after living two attacks from Leech Life, but it left her with only 15 HP (she leveled up, changing it to 17 HP).
* The Elder in the Sprout Tower had a Growlithe, which was able to take **BANANYAN** down to half of her health using Ember, meaning that a critical hit would kill her. After a 2nd Ember, **BANANYAN** was left with only 6 HP. Luckily, she wasn't burned & was able to take out the Growlithe.See the Clip
* Pat underestimates Falkner's last Pokémon, a Togepi, which survives Gust on half HP, & is able to confuse **BANANYAN** with Sweet Kiss. **BANANYAN** hits herself & doesn't snap herself out of confusion the next turn. **BANANYAN** lands a Razor Leaf, but, due to Togepi using Growl, it lives at 1 HP & uses Metronome. Luckily, Togepi gets Leaf Storm (4x resisted), allowing **BANANYAN** to snap out of confusion & take out the Togepi. See the Clip
* A trainer's Pelipper was able to cause Pat some trouble along the way, as it was able to confuse **BANANYAN** with Supersonic. Luckily, she pulls through & OH-KOs the Pelipper with a critical hit from Razor Leaf. See the Clip
* While looking for an HM Slave, Pat runs into a Salamence 1st try, but **BANANYAN** was too slow to outrun it & **BANANYAN** got hit by Bite continuously from the Salamence as she couldn't run. She was eventually forced to kill it with Gusts to escape instead, costing Pat time. See the Clip
* Pat runs into trouble when a trainer's male level 11 Stantler lives at 1HP & lands a Hypnosis, which put **BANANYAN** to sleep. Luckily, the Stantler threw by using two Leers & an Astonish, which allowed **BANANYAN** to wake up & use Stomp, which finished it off. See the Clip
* A trainer's Kadabra in the 2nd Gym manages to confuse **BANANYAN** using Confusion. Luckily, she was able to break through & finish off the Kadabra. See the Clip
* A double battle in the 2nd Gym both had fire types & it was lucky that Patterrz's **Unnamed Salamence** didn't even faint! See the Clip
* The ENTIRE battle against Bugsy; Patterrz underestimated Bugsy's male level 17 Eevee; the Eevee retaliates with Sand Attack, which could've costed Pat the run. Then Bugsy's Lopunny used Return, which nearly took out **BANANYAN**. Luckily, she lived & Pat was able to beat Bugsy. See the Clip
* Against Silver, BANANYAN got hit by a Slaking's Yawn; if Pat didn't take it out on time, it may cost him. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was able to take it out on time. See the Clip
* A random trainer nearly screwed Pat over by having their Dunsparce use Yawn on **BANANYAN** & then used Protect with their Cloyster, causing her to fall asleep & the Cloyster had Arora Beam, a 4x Super Effective move! Pat stupidly lets his Salamence faint instead of his Tropius. Pat luckily managed to save his run by using a revive on his Salamence, let's **BANANYAN** get KO'd, then revives **BANANYAN** as the Salamence is taken down. See the Clip
* A trainer in Whitney's gym had a Moltres, **BANANYAN's** worst nightmare! Luckily, it was taken down in two hits from Stomp. See the Clip
* After just beating a Ho-Oh from the odd "tree", a double battle had an Electabuzz & a Lugia! Luckily, both of these legendries were unable to take out any of Pat's Pokémon, as Ho-Oh used Whirlwind, & the Lugia was defeated with no casualties. See the Clip
* A mandatory trainer's Vileploom landed Poison Powder on **BANANYAN****,** which caused her to get slowly damaged by poison as she was forced to deal with the trainer's remaining team of Pokémon: a Serviper, a Phanphy, a Drowzee & a Gligar; she was left with 39 HP, which forced Pat to heal at the Pokémon Centre, costing him time. Luckily, **BANANYAN** was not fainted during that tedious battle. See the Clip
* While trying to find an HM Slave for Surf, Pat encountered a wild Spinda, which attacks **BANANYAN** as she was not fast enough to run from it. Then he encountered a wild Garchomp, which again, **BANANYAN** couldn't run from due to being too slow. Luckily, she survived this onslaught. See the Clip

## Clips

Pat chooses **SOOOBER** the Manetric - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=1039

**SOOOBER**'s struggles Part 1 - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=1157

**SOOOBER**'s struggles Part 2 - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=1223

Pat resets the run - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=1366

Pat chooses **BANANYAN** the Tropius - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=1460

Vs Silver/JOHN 1 - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=2089

Close Calls: Trolly Crobat - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=3125

Battle Against the Sprout Tower Elder - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=3233

1st Gym Battle/Vs Falkner - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=3492

Close Calls: A Pelipper lands Supersonic - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=3832

Close Calls: Can't Escape from a wild Salamence - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=3910

Close Calls: A Stantler lands Hypnosis - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=4144

Pat catches an Unnamed Salamence - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=4256

Close Calls: A Kadabra confuses **BANANYAN** - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=4771

Close Calls: Double Battle with fire types - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=4815

2nd Gym Battle/vs Bugsy - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=4897

Vs Silver/JOHN 2 - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=5063

Pat teaches the **Unnamed Salamence** Cut - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=5260

Close Calls: Yawn & Protect combo trolls Pat - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=5456

Pat gets **Kenya** - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=5785

Close Calls - A trainer has a Moltres! - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=5937

3rd Gym Battle/vs Whitney - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=6079

Pat encounters BOTH Box Art Legendaries - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=6439

Vs Silver/JOHN 3 - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=6770

Close Calls: **BANANYAN** deals with Poison Powder - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=7019

4th Gym Battle (vs Morty) - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=7355

The hunt for a Surf HM Slave - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=7711

Pat teaches the **Unnamed Walrein** Surf - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=8002

The Egg Hatches - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=8025

5th Gym Battle (vs Chuck) - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=8275

Pat teaches the **Unnamed Salamence** Fly - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=8400

The final 3 Minutes - https://youtu.be/FEmezBmH7ZI?t=8430

## Trivia

* When Patterrz waters the "odd tree", it turns out to be a Ho-Oh. Shortly after OH-KO'ing it, he ends up in a double battle...with a Lugia! That means Pat had to fight the two box art legendries back to back!
* A Rocket Grunt had a Bidoof in the Slowpoke Well, & Gym Leader Monty also had a Bidoof, which is ironic, since this was literally a day after Bidoof Day.
* A Tropus killed Patterrz's starter, **Yoink** in his Pokémon Platinum 10 Year Anniversary Sleeplocke. **BANANYAN**, Patterrz's starter in his Pokémon Heart Gold Randomized 2 Hour Challenge is a Tropius & just happens to be Patterrz's starter.
* Pat could've had a male Meganium as an HM Slave in his team alongside of **BANANYAN**, his female Tropius. Ironically, there's an anime episode where a female Meganium fell in love with a male Tropius over Ash's Sceptile, so his team nearly became a reverse of the anime.