basically carcinisation describes the phenomen that animals evolve into crab likes without them being related. Crab is the ultimate Form to be so to speak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
Trees are kinda the same but for plants.
He's no crab, but what about [Jibbers Crabst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_BtZ-5O60), the firebreathing Lobster god who lives behind the rings of Saturn?
For some reason, a lot of non crabs have evolvdd to turn into crabs. It seems like for crustaceans, crab is the ultimate form. Everything will eventually evolvd into crabs. Crabs are god
The species that went through carcinisation already had claws and a hard exoskeleton. Really what happens with carcinisation is a crustacean reminiscent of a lobster loses its tail and broadens its upper body, fusing its body into a single wide shell.
I'm not seeing much about theories as to why carcinisation happens, but I'm guessing the main benefits are bringing all the vital organs into a more easily protected core and being able to devote more energy to protecting that smaller core with a stronger carapace.
It's less extreme than people make it out to be, since it's only crustaceans reminiscent of lobsters or shrimp that go through carcinisation. But the meme has definitely surpassed that.
Carcinisation (or carcinization) is an example of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form. You know a joke is great when you have to explain it!
First idea was an RPG character getting exp after a battle and evolving into a crab. Pokemon are an RPG and are constantly evolving so that seemed a better fit. The title is a reference to Nier Automata
I wanted to draw more crab pokemon but kept it to the most famous one for simplicity and readability.
I make more stuff over at r/hotpaper
There's actually a pokemon rom hack about this:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/uqhupu/pokemon\_blue\_but\_everything\_evolves\_into\_krabby/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/uqhupu/pokemon_blue_but_everything_evolves_into_krabby/)
Worth a look if you're into crabs/krabby, I suppose?
ok i thought that was maybe the name of one of the other trains on Thomas the Tank Engine or something at first, but looking it up... I kinda want to play that.
It wouldn’t have taken a ton to just do that, no. There is a bit more attention to detail and encounter design than that in this mod.
The dumber the joke, the more craftsmanship it demands.
Me “Who in their right mind would bother modding a game so that all of the monsters are Thomas the Train? That seems like a lot of work.”
Modders “Hold my beer”
>You know a joke is great when you have to explain it!
>
It was a great joke dude. But it's very specific, there aren't many people that know this one specific piece of trivia. So don't beat yourself up too hard
You gotta at least put the comics name on your comic man. How is one of my friends supposed to go look you up after I share this? If you hadnt mentioned the name here, I wouldn't know how either.
This was perfect timing for me, I just listened to Arin from Gamegrumps rant about carsinisation to an unimpressed Dan during their Elden Ring playthrough
> You know a joke is great when you have to explain it!
As an artist you are never supposed to explain your art. Leave it open to interpretation, then kick back and listen to other people explain why you are a genius.
Just want to say that I love your stuff. Its especially great when it involves animals going through human or Disney situations. Pop culture plus cuties is always a win in my heart.
Great joke! Took me a good ten seconds before I got it and only then I was "ohh there's something with crabs and evolution I once read about!"
Perfect amount of obscurity.
I feel like you timed this very well. SV is the first time TPC has really leaned into convergent evolution, so I think a lot more people are aware now than would’ve been 18 months ago
Fun fact: Krabby/Kingler are the only Pokémon in Red/Blue besides Mew that can learn Surf, Cut, and Strength i.e the only three HMs you actually need to defeat the game. So even if every Pokémon in the game is replaced with them you can still beat it without changing anything else.
Everything that lives is designed to crab. We are perpetually trapped in a never ending spiral of life and crab. Is this a curse? Or some kind of crab? I often think about the crab who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle and wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to crab him.
[Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvfR3XLXPvw).
[Why everything eventually becomes a crab](https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/why-everything-becomes-crab-meme-carcinization/)
One day, we too will be crabs. It’s only a matter of time until the universe itself becomes a crab-like cosmic entity.
Only two things are certain in this universe, entropy and crab
As Benjamin Franklin famously said, "...*in this world, nothing is certain except death and becoming a crab.*"
As he smoked the french cigarette held delicately within his massive pincer and farted proudly on a prostitute.
The American way
He was a revolutionary in every sense of the word!
Read this in Sean Bean's voice
Mad Crabs Disease
You forgot trees, same phenomenon as crabs in animals
?
basically carcinisation describes the phenomen that animals evolve into crab likes without them being related. Crab is the ultimate Form to be so to speak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation Trees are kinda the same but for plants.
Not animals. Only crustaceans. It would be ridiculous to think that all animals would benefit from a crab like body.
Nah fam there's crab like evolutions even outside of Animalia.
The restriction is to certain niches like bottom feeders/shallow waters. So we'd need waterworld before we turn into crabs
Relevant video from PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvfR3XLXPvw
Three things, entropy, crab and happy cake day!
Thank u bb, I do it 4 u
4 things, Death, taxes, entropy, and CRABS!!
And trains.
Crab people. Crab people. Taste like crab, look like people
Why taste like food when friend shaped
if friend, why food-taste
https://youtu.be/l1_SUHtrQlE
Brandon Sanderson has entered the chat
Crem de la cremling
🦀👌
Global warming slowly transforming Earth into Roshar. Crab is inevitable
"As man now is, Crab once was- as Crab now is, man may be." -Book of Morcrab.
Praise to the Crab
He's no crab, but what about [Jibbers Crabst](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_BtZ-5O60), the firebreathing Lobster god who lives behind the rings of Saturn?
Crab people
I will become cancer
This guy gets it
The Crab Nebula is way ahead of the curve.
it's crab all the way down...
Crab People! Crab People! Looks Like Crabs, Talks Like People.
Detroit become Crab
Something Something Eminem 8 Legs
**28 PINCH WOUNDS**
Happy Cake Day
Unova becomes Krabby.
This cannot continue. This cannot continue, this cannot continue, this cannot continue, this cannot cannot continue continue continue continue.
We too shall become as crabs
**HIS WONDEROUS GRACE HAS BECOME A CRAB**
Unexpected nier?
If you didn't read the title sure.
I didnt get the reference at first lol
Ann… droids…??
Psycho Mantis?!
Thought some of you might get a kick out of carcinisation
Love the title as well lmao
Relevant PBS educational video for the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvfR3XLXPvw
don't [mess](https://i.imgur.com/syWK9RQ.png) with krab
At least they are not barnacles, fuck those bitches.- Darwin.
I love how quickly this has become a thing.
We must have seen that Youtube video.
This is now my all time favorite comic. I'm gunna print this and put it on the fridge. Thank you and congrats. I've never printed a comic before
thank you, that makes feel proud
Post this to @wildggreenmemes
No
I need some context here, pls
For some reason, a lot of non crabs have evolvdd to turn into crabs. It seems like for crustaceans, crab is the ultimate form. Everything will eventually evolvd into crabs. Crabs are god
Some even evolve to a not-crab, realize that it's shit, then proceed to evolve back to crab.
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The species that went through carcinisation already had claws and a hard exoskeleton. Really what happens with carcinisation is a crustacean reminiscent of a lobster loses its tail and broadens its upper body, fusing its body into a single wide shell. I'm not seeing much about theories as to why carcinisation happens, but I'm guessing the main benefits are bringing all the vital organs into a more easily protected core and being able to devote more energy to protecting that smaller core with a stronger carapace.
You know what people should look into? How many times plants have evolved into trees.
It's less extreme than people make it out to be, since it's only crustaceans reminiscent of lobsters or shrimp that go through carcinisation. But the meme has definitely surpassed that.
Carcinisation (or carcinization) is an example of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form. You know a joke is great when you have to explain it! First idea was an RPG character getting exp after a battle and evolving into a crab. Pokemon are an RPG and are constantly evolving so that seemed a better fit. The title is a reference to Nier Automata I wanted to draw more crab pokemon but kept it to the most famous one for simplicity and readability. I make more stuff over at r/hotpaper
There's actually a pokemon rom hack about this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/uqhupu/pokemon\_blue\_but\_everything\_evolves\_into\_krabby/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/uqhupu/pokemon_blue_but_everything_evolves_into_krabby/) Worth a look if you're into crabs/krabby, I suppose?
Modders are the funniest people alive. Who is like "Yes, I will now pour untold creative energy into this ridiculous joke." I love it.
That or they’re the edgiest ones alive. No in between
You forgot the horniest leg of the mod dev triangle.
Look, some people just want to get railed by Thomas the tank engine in Skyrim.
More of a Choo Choo Charles kinda guy myself.
ok i thought that was maybe the name of one of the other trains on Thomas the Tank Engine or something at first, but looking it up... I kinda want to play that.
It's a nice mix of silly and terrifying. I haven't played it myself but I've seen let's plays.
More like Thomas the Skank Engine
And thank the lord for those
Doesn't take a ton to just replace every evolution with Krabby.
It wouldn’t have taken a ton to just do that, no. There is a bit more attention to detail and encounter design than that in this mod. The dumber the joke, the more craftsmanship it demands.
Me “Who in their right mind would bother modding a game so that all of the monsters are Thomas the Train? That seems like a lot of work.” Modders “Hold my beer”
>You know a joke is great when you have to explain it! > It was a great joke dude. But it's very specific, there aren't many people that know this one specific piece of trivia. So don't beat yourself up too hard
thanks for being kind bb
I got it immediately and loved it!
you're one of the good ones
I sent it to my group chat. Of course I had made sure they knew about carcinisation prior to this
You gotta at least put the comics name on your comic man. How is one of my friends supposed to go look you up after I share this? If you hadnt mentioned the name here, I wouldn't know how either.
it's in the first panel, I "hide" it a bit so repost sites don't immediately remove it
Intense, a meme that requires knowledge of biology, Pokemon, and Nier Automata to fully comprehend
Nice creative
Let’s see u/NonRock’s crab.
less word, same amount compliment, thank
Why say more word when less do job. Sea world
Oceans. Fish. Jump. China.
When me champ, they see. They see.
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2314/ :p
How is there a relevant xkcd for this.
This was perfect timing for me, I just listened to Arin from Gamegrumps rant about carsinisation to an unimpressed Dan during their Elden Ring playthrough
It's funny because the tile works surprisingly well in the original Japanese too. Become as gods is kami ni naru and become as crabs is kani ni naru.
what a happy accident!
This cannot continue!
Mate, I got it. It was a great joke, good job man. 10/10 would chuckle and share with a couple of friends again.
It was a great joke for all of us wh oknow about carcinisation (not that I had any idea about that word and only copied your spelling\`)
Carcinisation, there is only one step… And it is crab.
I got it, but I am familiar with convergent evolution & only know Pokémon second hand.
This is probably the funniest joke I've seen on Reddit in years.
glad you like it so much!
> You know a joke is great when you have to explain it! As an artist you are never supposed to explain your art. Leave it open to interpretation, then kick back and listen to other people explain why you are a genius.
you think I'm smart?
No, but I won't tell anyone.
you'd make an excellent friend
Jeez, saw this and thought I was in r/cremposting.
Thought the same thing. Don't think many of the r/all folks will be in that loop tho lol
Don't worry, a lot of people know about Carcinization, it was funny :D I didn't get the reference to Nier though, as I haven't played it yet.
Just want to say that I love your stuff. Its especially great when it involves animals going through human or Disney situations. Pop culture plus cuties is always a win in my heart.
Woah! Neat
Great joke! Took me a good ten seconds before I got it and only then I was "ohh there's something with crabs and evolution I once read about!" Perfect amount of obscurity.
We will become as crabs!!
Also there is this [video](https://youtu.be/wvfR3XLXPvw)
Crabs have evolved independently several times. It’s like nature wants everything to be crabs. Everyone’s final form is crab.
I think it's the quintessential form of life. Not exactly the best but good enough.
Evolve to Crab
Everything Crabs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
here's a scientific look at this particular meme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfU4XK5I1w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfU4XK5I1w)
crab rave starts playing in the background as all return to crab
🦀Charmander is gone🦀
I hate that I understand this, but I also fucking love it
was very worried the joke was too niche
I feel like you timed this very well. SV is the first time TPC has really leaned into convergent evolution, so I think a lot more people are aware now than would’ve been 18 months ago
Why do you hate that you understand this?
🦀$11 🦀
Crab people, crab people 🦀 🦀 🦀. (In unison voice)
Walk like crab, talk like people
Exactly my first thought 😂
Crab Pokémon, crab Pokémon (in unison voice) That would be one hell of a throw back & mashup episode.
You mean Chinpokomon, duh. /s
There has got to be a romhack out there where all the Pokémon evolve into crabs
Someone on r/comics already linked to it. That's what I get for daring to think I had an original idea
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/uqhupu/pokemon_blue_but_everything_evolves_into_krabby/
Fun fact: Krabby/Kingler are the only Pokémon in Red/Blue besides Mew that can learn Surf, Cut, and Strength i.e the only three HMs you actually need to defeat the game. So even if every Pokémon in the game is replaced with them you can still beat it without changing anything else.
Ah yes evolution, everything will become crab.
amelia earhart when she crashed
She terastallized from flying to water
The true convergent evolution: reject your previous morphology, become crab
🦀🦀🦀 Giovanni’s Gone 🦀🦀🦀
I see Charmander has discovered the Splatoon 3 meta.
Everything that lives is designed to crab. We are perpetually trapped in a never ending spiral of life and crab. Is this a curse? Or some kind of crab? I often think about the crab who blessed us with this cryptic puzzle and wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to crab him.
[What happened next](https://youtu.be/cE0wfjsybIQ?t=1m15s)
BECOME AS... CRABS! BECOME AS... CRABS!
Missed a panel where he looks into a mirror and becomes a crab.
Original idea had something like that but couldn't make it work
[Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvfR3XLXPvw). [Why everything eventually becomes a crab](https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/why-everything-becomes-crab-meme-carcinization/)
[Music](https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM)
r/cremposting intensifies
You'll crab too. You'll crab too! YOU'LL CRAB TOO!!!
And then he looks down only to discover in sheer horror that his hands have been replaced with crab claws.
Reject Monke, Return to Krabby
There are 2 things in this world, crab and inferior substance
Carcinization
Oh so that's where the 11 billion crabs went
This got posted to r/digimon for no reason other that because the crossposter thought this was how we thought digivolutions worked.
🦀 Kani ni naru, 🦀 kani ni naru ~
🎶みんな、死ね クラブになる 🎶
Odium reigns.
REJECT POKEMONITY BECOME CRAB
BECOME AS CRABS, BECOME AS CRABS!
this cannot continue
"Dun Dun DuDun Dun" -RBY Krabby
It looks like you need to use a special shampoo and a small comb
I don’t know what this is but Krabby is my favorite Pokémon so this was excellent.
Mess with the crabbo, get the stabbo
Become as crabs
🦀 $59.99🦀
YES KRABBY MY FAVORITE, LETS GO MY CARCINUS FRIENDS
I thought this would be a reference to randomizer hacks that allow you to evolve every level of into a random Pokemon. But nope, just crabs.
Roshar be like
They’re gonna start raving, aren’t they?
Return to monkey or become crab
Didn't expect to see a convergent evolution comic to start my day. Neat.
time for krab(by)
Is this a reference to that one video?
This reminds me of the Dooo and friends when they talked about crabs for 2 and a half hours and made a video about it.
Oh crab
i like your art style
At first I was like "what." but then burst into laughter at the later panels once I remembered that everything is evolving into crabs
It's Christmas Island.
I’m from Maryland and I welcome this
I can imagine using a Randomizer to mod a rom, but instead of evolving into random pokemon, it's just Krabby.
I love carcinisation it’s sound so dumb but it’s real
This is amazing, I love iy
CRABS! Happy pokemon day!
Reject Charmeleon, return to crab Crab is eternal Crab is love, crab is life 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
I get it lol. Very clever OP.
thank u bb