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'''References to the Pokémon franchise''' are often made in other media. While {{p|Pikachu}} is a common target due to its prominence as the mascot of the franchise, other Pokémon, characters, and elements of the various Pokémon series are often lampooned.
This is a list of '''references to Pokémon in popular culture''', instances where television shows, music and video clips, or other non-[[Pokémon]] media explicitly mention the Pokémon franchise (or even a specific {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}). This list includes only ''notable'' references, where they must either refer to specific details of the Pokémon franchise, or else play an important role in the work making the reference. The following list is divided by the medium of the work, then sorted alphabetically by the name of the work making the reference.


==References in TV, movies and radio==
References that simply mention the Pokémon franchise, use a Pokémon catchphrase, or have a Pokémon character or item briefly appear in the background or as a visual gag are listed separately on the [[list of background references to Pokémon]]. They are also distinct from parodies, which are listed separately on the [[list of Pokémon parodies]]. This list also excludes mere resemblances between character designs, non-fiction shows mentioning the existence of Pokémon, or news shows discussing Pokémon-related news, as well as game show questions about Pokémon.
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==List of references to Pokémon in popular culture==
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===Science===
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* '''''{{wp|Aerodactylus}} scolopaciceps''''' was renamed from ''Pterodactylus scolopaciceps'' in October 2014 due to a newly discovered {{wp|taxon}}omic separation. The name refers to {{p|Aerodactyl}}, a Pokémon based on various pterosaur species because it "seemed a pertinent name for a genus which has been synonymous with ''Pterodatylus'' [sic] for so long due to a combination of features".<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110646#s5 PLOS ONE: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny]</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Alistra}} pikachu''''' is a species of spider described by Yejie Lin and Shuqiang Li in 2021, named after {{p|Pikachu}} due to its yellow appearance.<ref name=Lin2021/> Another species of spider, '''''{{wp|Epicratinus}} pikachu''''', was named after Pikachu due to the female's {{wp|epigyne|epigynum}} resembling Pikachu's face.<ref>Gonçalves, R. A. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). [https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4886.1.1 Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus ''Epicratinus'' Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species]. ''Zootaxa'', 4886(1).</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Bulbasaurus}} phylloxyron''''' is a species of dicynodonts (precursors to early mammals) discovered in January 2017. Although officially named after the bulbous shape of its nose rather than the Pokémon {{p|Bulbasaur}}, the scientist who named the species made several references to Pokémon on Twitter while presenting it, noting that the similarity in name "may not be entirely coincidental."<ref>[https://www.inverse.com/article/27179-bulbasaurus-dicynodont-pokemon-dinosaur Scientists who discovered Bulbasaurus didn't name it after a Pokémon | Inverse]</ref> In addition, ''phylloxyron'' literally means "{{m|Razor Leaf}}".<ref name="Synapsid article">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191222041132/https://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2017/01/31/synapsida-gotta-catch-em-all/ Synapsida – Gotta catch ‘em all!] (Archived Dec 22, 2019)</ref><ref name="Real-life taxonomic influence">[https://peerj.com/articles/2913/ An early geikiid dicynodont from the ''Tropidostoma'' Assemblage Zone (late Permian) of South Africa]</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Binburrum}} {{p|articuno}}''''', '''''Binburrum {{p|zapdos}}''''', and '''''Binburrum {{p|moltres}}''''' are three species of beetles found in different parts of Australia, first described in 2020 and named after the three [[legendary birds]] of [[Kanto]] to reflect their rarity.<ref>[https://twitter.com/YHsiaoBeetle/status/1345310387059625985 Tweet by Yun Hsiao (@YHsiaoBeetle)], posted Jan 2, 2021</ref><ref>Hsiao, Y. & Pollock, D. A. (2020). ''[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/contribution-to-the-knowledge-of-the-endemic-australian-genus-binburrum-pollock-1995-coleoptera-pyrochroidae-pilipalpinae-with-description-of-three-new-species/D9782DFAEEF63A38915484E7CD532F46 Contribution to the knowledge of the endemic Australian genus Binburrum Pollock, 1995 (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae), with description of three new species].'' The Canadian Entomologist. 153 (2): 244–256.</ref>
* '''''Chilicola {{p|charizard}}''''' is a species of stem-nesting bee, which received its name in May 2016. The discoverer, Spencer K. Monckton, was inspired to name the species after Charizard thanks to its mountainous habitat and the orange coloration found in the first specimen he observed.<ref>[http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7731 A revision of ''Chilicola'' (''Heteroediscelis''), a subgenus of xeromelissine bees (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) endemic to Chile: taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography, with descriptions of eight new species]</ref><ref>(June 1, 2016). "[https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/844107 One of 8 new endemic polyester bees from Chile bears the name of a draconic Pokemon]." ''EurekAlert!''. Pensoft Publishers.</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Dicranocentrus}} pikachu''''' is a species of {{wp|springtail}} described in 2017 and named after {{p|Pikachu}}.<ref>Xisto, T. & Mendonça, M. (2017). [https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/49/1/article-p23_23.xml New species and new records of ''Dicranocentrus'' Schött, 1893 (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Southeastern Brazil].</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Hedruris}} dratini''''' is a species of {{wp|nematode}} whose adults parasitize on the stomachs of freshwater turtles. Although the paper describing ''H. dratini'' officially states that its specific name "is an arbitrary combination of two words (dra = dragon; tini = tiny)",<ref>Palumbo, E. et al. (2019). [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-helminthology/article/new-species-of-hedruris-nematoda-hedruridae-from-freshwater-turtles-its-life-cycle-and-biogeographic-distribution-of-the-genus/4E8BB55B37F233B5EBBDD818528D8A72 A new species of ''Hedruris'' (Nematoda: Hedruridae) from freshwater turtles, its life cycle and biogeographic distribution of the genus]. ''Journal of Helminthology'', 94.</ref> the Twitter account for the Journal of Helminthology (in which the paper is published) nonetheless acknowledged that the species is named after the dragon Pokémon {{p|Dratini}}.<ref name=JHelminthology2019>[https://twitter.com/JHelminthology/status/1210384215461642245 Journal of Helminthology (@JHelminthology) on Twitter.] Posted on December 27, 2019.</ref><ref name=JHelminthology2022>[https://twitter.com/JHelminthology/status/1493763359644127235 Journal of Helminthology (@JHelminthology) on Twitter.] Posted on February 16, 2022.</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Hiperantha}} pikachu''''' is a species of beetle first described in 2021. It is named after {{p|Pikachu}} because its {{wp|elytron|elytra}} are yellow with black tips, similar to Pikachu's ears.<ref>Pineda, Cristian R. & Barros, Rafael C. (2021). [https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.5082.1.4 Notes on Stigmoderini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from Brazil, with the description of a new species of ''Hiperantha'' Gistel, 1834, and new distributional records]. ''Zootaxa'', 5082(1): 41–52.</ref>
* '''''{{wp|Nocticola pheromosa}}''''' is a species of cockroach first discovered in {{wp|Singapore}} and described in 2023 by entomologists Foo Maosheng and Cristian C. Lucañas.<ref>Lucañas, Cristian C. & Foo, Maosheng (2023). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1226861523000262 A new macropterous ''Nocticola'' Bolivar, 1892 (Blattodea: Nocticolidae) from Singapore]. ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'', 26(2).</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/BugcatcherM/status/1632556104059359233 BugCatcher_Mao (@BugcatcherM) on Twitter.] Posted on March 6, 2023.</ref> According to Foo, he and his collaborator are both Pokémon fans, and the cockroach was named after {{p|Pheromosa}} due to both having similar features, such as long antennae, hood-like wings, and long slender legs.<ref>Qing, Ang (March 8, 2023). "[https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/new-species-of-cockroach-discovered-in-singapore-named-after-pokemon New species of cockroach found in Singapore, named after Pokemon <!--(sic)--> character]." ''The Straits Times''</ref>
* '''''Parapharyngodon politoedi''''' is a species of {{wp|nematode}} that parasitizes on the intestines of tree frogs, described in 2018 and named after frog Pokémon {{p|Politoed}}.<ref name=JHelminthology2019/><ref name=JHelminthology2022/><ref>Santos et al. (2018). [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-helminthology/article/abs/new-species-of-parapharyngodon-chatterji-1933-oxyuroidea-pharyngodonidae-parasitic-in-osteocephalus-taurinus-anura-hylidae-from-brazil/EF3628BCF9F39DE5F9FF8C60E9CFD00F A new species of ''Parapharyngodon'' Chatterji, 1933 (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae), parasitic in ''Osteocephalus taurinus'' (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil]. ''Journal of Helminthology'', 93(2): 220–225.</ref>
* '''{{wp|Pikachurin}}''' is a protein discovered by Japanese researches in Osaka Bioscience Institute in 2008, which is essential in interactions between cells that carry electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain.<ref>Sato, S. et al. (2008). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51415725_Pikachurin_a_dystroglycan_ligand_is_essential_for_photoreceptor_ribbon_synapse_formation Pikachurin, a dystroglycan ligand, is essential for photoreceptor ribbon synapse formation]. ''Nature Neuroscience'', 11(8): 923–931.</ref> The name refers to the Pokémon {{p|Pikachu}} and its "lightning-fast moves".<ref>(July 22, 2008). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080820232027/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp:80/dy/features/science/20080722TDY02306.htm Researchers: 'Pikachurin' protein linked with kinetic vision]." ''The Daily Yomiuri'' (archived).</ref>
* '''Pokemon''' was the temporary name of gene {{wp|Zbtb7}}. The name officially stood for "POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor", likely as a reference in the form of a {{wp|backronym}}. It was eventually renamed due to [[The Pokémon Company]]'s threats of legal action, who did not wish to be associated with the cancer-related gene.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-usa-threatens-to-sue-cancer-researchers/1100-6141487/ Pokemon USA threatens to sue cancer researchers | GameSpot]</ref>
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* '''''Rathalos treecko''''' (formerly ''Anyphaena treecko'' prior to 2022<ref>Lin, Yejie et al. (2022). [https://www.zootax.com.cn/EN/10.11865/zs.2022303 Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia]. ''Zoological Systematics'', 47(3): 198–270.</ref>), '''''{{wp|Anyphaena}} grovyle''''', and '''''Anyphaena sceptile''''' are three species of spiders described by Yejie Lin and Shuqiang Li in 2021. The species are named after {{p|Treecko}}, {{p|Grovyle}}, and {{p|Sceptile}} due to their forest habitat.<ref name=Lin2021>Lin, Yejie et al. (2021). [https://www.zootax.com.cn/EN/10.11865/zs.2021201 Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia]. ''Zoological Systematics'', 46(2): 91–152.</ref>
* '''''Stentorceps weedlei''''' is the scientific classification of a species of wasp, named after {{p|Weedle}} due to its distinctive feature of having a spike in the middle of its head.<ref>[http://www.waspweb.org/Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Eucoilinae/Stentorceps/Stentorceps_weedlei.htm ''Stentorceps weedlei'' Nielsen & Buffington]</ref>
 
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| ''{{wp|100 Greatest (UK TV series)|100 Greatest}}''
| ''100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross''
| style="text-align:left" | In ''100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross'', Pokémon was featured as the 37th greatest toy, with emphasis being on the {{Trading Card Game}}, and the problems it created for schools dealing with the theft of cards.
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| ''{{wp|97.3 Forth One}}''
| ''{{wp|Ai-Mai-Mi|Ai Mai Mi 3: Surgical Friends}}''
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| ''You're No Friend of Mine!''
| style="text-align:left" | In an airing on 14 December 2011, the [[Pokémon Theme]] was briefly played, as the hosts mentioned that Pokémon was the top Christmas present at the height of its popularity.
| style="text-align:left" | During the next episode preview, Torijiro talks about how the author in her high school days was ambushed by kids throwing leaves and Poké Balls at her, yelling "Don't let her get away!" and "Weaken and catch her!"
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|''{{wp|Adventure Time}}''
| ''{{wp|American Dad!}}''
|''Joshua and Margaret Investigations''
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| style="text-align:left" | In one scene in the episode, Margaret is show entering a weapons room.  Among the weapons on the right wall is a small [[Poké Ball]].
| style="text-align:left" | In ''{{wp|Buck, Wild}}'', Steve is upset about being seated at the kids' table, pointing out that the kids are playing with Pokémon cards and they are not very good. He yells at one of the kids for "wasting his {{p|Charizard}}".
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In ''{{wp|Shark?!}}'', when Roger notices that Steve left his {{p|Bulbasaur}}, he says he might as well go battle an army of {{p|Jigglypuff}}s.
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| ''{{wp|A Piñata Named Desire}}''
In ''Brave N00b World'', Principal Lewis explained he got 50 cats because he thought they were Pokémon, thus captured every one he could find, and got arrested when he made them battle.
| style="text-align:left" | While {{wp|Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve}} was remembering about he and his friends used to have sleepovers when they were little, a pink and purple {{p|Pikachu}} is seen on the t-shirt worn by his friend Toshi.
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| ''{{wp|Buck, Wild}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In the first act, Steve is upset about being seated at the kids' table, pointing out that the kids are playing with Pokémon cards and they are not very good. He yells at one of the kids for "wasting his {{p|Charizard}}".
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Animation Domination High-Def}}''
| ''{{wp|Attention Please}}''
|''Scientifically Accurate: Pokémon''
| ''To the sky!! At the time of departure...''
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon is spoofed in this series of ADHD shorts. References to kids being thrown into the wilderness alone, as well as some of the kinds of Pokémon such as "a pile of gears" (presumably a [[Klink]]) and "a [EXPLETIVE] ice cream cone" (presumably [[Vanillite]]).
| style="text-align:left" | The {{wp|All Nippon Airways}} 747 {{wp|Pokémon Jet}}, can be seen behind the {{wp|Japan Airlines}} flight conducting an emergency landing. {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}} can be seen on the body of the aircraft, while {{p|Pikachu}} can be seen on the tail fin.
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| ''Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies''
| ''{{wp|The Autocrats}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A short features Ash and Misty walking when he runs into a man and his dog. Thinking it's a Pokémon, Ash orders Pikachu to attack the dog, who in turn bites Pikachu. Oak tells Ash that Pikachu has "PokéRabies" (a possible take on [[Pokérus]]) and tells Ash he must put down Pikachu. Sadly, Ash ties Pikachu to a tree and shoots him with a gun, citing that the first shot "wasn't very effective" and continues to fire at Pikachu until he dies. Ash sees Pikachu's spirit dragged to hell, to which Oak replies, "All Pokémon go to hell!" The short ends with Ash encountering another Pikachu.
| ''{{tt|Itse valtiaat – Kuningasmusikaali|The Autocrats – The King Musical}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | During this special musical episode, {{wp|Mauri Pekkarinen}} sings a song called ''{{tt|Politiikan Pokémon|The Pokémon of Policy}}''. In one of the chorus verses, Mauri describes himself as "the {{p|Pikachu}} of {{wp|Jyväskylä}}". This song, along with the other songs from this special, were later collected and published on a music CD titled ''{{tt|200 apinaa – Paavo kuninkaaksi|200 monkeys – Paavo for king}}''.
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| ''{{wp|Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day}}''
| ''{{wp|Animation Domination High-Def}}''
| ''Menma the Hero''
|''Scientifically Accurate: Pokémon'' and ''Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies''
| style="text-align:left" | Tetsudō suggests that the wish Menma might want granted was to have a rare monster from a video game called "Nokezori Monsters" ("Nokémon" for short), which Jinta buys from the game shop Anaru works at. Some other games that were referenced were Gold, Opal, and Emerald.
| style="text-align:left" | The first episode spoofs Pokémon, referring to kids being thrown into the wilderness alone, as well as some of the kinds of Pokémon such as "a pile of gears" and "a [EXPLETIVE] ice cream cone" (referencing older fans' distaste for the designs of {{p|Klink}} and {{p|Vanillite}}). The second feature Ash's Pikachu catching "PokéRabies" after fighting a rabid dog, leading to Pikachu having to be put down.
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| ''{{wp|Austin Powers in Goldmember}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | The movie features people in costumes of {{p|Charmander}} and {{p|Pikachu}} among those running from "not Godzilla" in the Tokyo scene. The deleted scenes also feature background appearances of {{p|Meowth}} and {{p|Celebi}} costumes, the Pikachu car and a {{p|Dragonite}} plushie.
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| ''{{wp|Arthur (TV Series)|Arthur}}''
| ''Arthur Loses his Marbles''
| style="text-align:left" | Muffy says that she has fifty-four Dopeyman cards in a pack, in resemblance to Pokémon cards, and with one card a take on a Pikachu called "Stinkachu".
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| ''{{wp|Are We There Yet? (TV series)|Are We There Yet?}}''
| ''{{wp|Are We There Yet? (TV series)|Are We There Yet?}}''
| '' The Bad Dream Episode''
| ''The Bad Dream Episode''
| style="text-align:left" | After Nick says "You can't make a sequel for everything", Kevin says "They should've told that to the Pokémon people thirteen movies ago!" and then names all Pokémon movies up to [[M13]], including [[Mewtwo Returns|MR]].
| style="text-align:left" | After Nick says "You can't make a sequel for everything", Kevin says "They should've told that to the Pokémon people thirteen movies ago!" and then names all Pokémon movies up to [[M13]], including [[Mewtwo Returns]].
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| ''{{wp|Bad Santa}}''
| ''{{wp|Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | One child asks "Santa" for Pokémon.
| style="text-align:left" | Several of the Nonet Bakugan's abilities are named after moves from the ''Pokémon'' franchise, for example Ventus Worton has the ability "{{m|Air Cutter}}".
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| ''{{wp|Barter Kings}}''
| ''{{wp|Barakamon}}''
| ''Tazed and Confused''
| ''Guys from Tokyo''
| style="text-align:left" | During interviews for a new employee, one of the interviewees cites his history as a collector of Pokémon cards as relevant work experience.
| style="text-align:left" | Naru hands Kousuke a Poké Ball-like capsule containing shieldbugs. Kousuke, who hates insects, immediately screams and yells "Argh! Monster ball!" and throws the capsule just like Poké Balls are thrown.
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| ''{{wp|Beast Machines}}''
| ''{{wp|The Big Bang Theory}}''
| ''Revelations, Part I: Discovery''
| ''The Cooper/Kripke Inversion'' and ''The Perspiration Implementation''
| style="text-align:left" | Jetstorm says "[[Gotta catch 'em all!]]"
| style="text-align:left" | In the first episode, even after being taken off his joint checking account with his wife until he learned the value of money, {{wp|Howard Wolowitz}} still spent his lunch's allowance on [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon cards]]. In the second, when Sheldon asks a woman out at a bar, he says "I choose you," which he claims {{Ash}} did to {{AP|Pikachu}}. He specifically mentions that he is referencing Pokémon.
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| ''{{wp|Ben 10: Omniverse}}''
| ''{{wp|Big Mouth}}''
|"Rook Tales"
| ''{{wp|Ejaculation}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Max Tennyson and Sheriff Wat-Senn are competitively fishing and catch two fish that look like {{p|Magikarp}} and {{p| Gyarados}}
| style="text-align:left" | When Andrew tells the hormone monster that Nick looks really upset, he replies "''Fucking forget about that little Pikachu and dance with a girl!''"
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| ''{{wp|Bernard's Watch}}''
| ''{{wp|Black (TV series)|Black}}''
| {{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}
| Episode 5
| style="text-align:left" | Bernard's room is often shown to have first-generation Pokémon posters.
| style="text-align:left" | The teacher asks one student if he drew a {{p|Pikachu}}.
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| rowspan="2" |''{{wp|The Big Bang Theory}}''
| ''{{wp|Black Books}}''
| The Cooper/Kripke Inversion
| ''He's Leaving Home''
| style="text-align:left" | Even after being taken off his joint checking account with his wife until he learned the value of money, {{wp|Howard Wolowitz}} still spent his lunch's allowance on [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon cards]].
| style="text-align:left" | When Fran tells Bernard that he knows nothing about the modern culture, she lists a few examples of things he doesn't know, one of which is Pokémon. Bernard quickly interrupts her by saying that it's pronounced "Pac-Man".
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| ''{{wp|Camp Camp}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When Sheldon and Amy are at an electronics store and Sheldon is trying to decide between buying a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One, advertisements for {{g|X and Y}} are seen.
| ''A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever''
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| style="text-align:left" | When the campers are opening up their Christmas presents, Nerris is seen playing with "Tapámon" cards, and a squared-out [[Poké Ball]] design can be seen on the back.
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| ''{{wp|Brum (TV series)|Brum}}''
| ''{{wp|Chronicles of the Going Home Club}}''
| Unknown
| ''Ultimate Decision / A Magnificent Training Camp / Starry Sky Imagination / Mankind's Greatest Invention is Air Conditioning ...and the dead freedom that results''
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon plushies can be seen at a stall in a fairground.
| style="text-align:left" | There are two references in this episode. First, before the opening, Sakura's suggesting ideas for things to do in a training camp, and she says "We could also carefully breed the best [[Individual values|IVs]], then train our [[Effort values|EVs]] and form dueling parties." Later, the girls are talking about ultimate decisions when deciding between two things. During this, Sakura at one point says "Should your starter be a fire type or a water type?" while the screen shows images of a generic lizard and turtle. Botan then chimes in, saying "Yeah, no one goes for grass."
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| ''{{wp|The Cleveland Show}}''
| ''{{wp|Close Enough}}''
| ''{{wp|Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'}}''
| ''Prank War''
| style="text-align:left" | While {{wp|Cleveland Brown|Cleveland}} and {{wp|List of The Cleveland Show characters#Rallo_Tubbs|Rallo}} visit the County Fair, one of the stands has {{p|Gengar}} plushies.
| style="text-align:left" | Bridgette and Emily are walking at night, when a silhouette of a man behind them says "I'm going to catch you, I'm going to catch you." The man gets closer, revealing himself, holding his cellphone, and then asks if anyone seen a {{p|Poliwrath}}, to which Emily replies that nobody plays [[Pokémon GO|that game]] anymore.  
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| ''{{wp|Codename: Kids Next Door}}''
| ''Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.''
| style="text-align:left" | A character that can be seen in the audience looks similar to {{Ash}} in his [[original series]] clothes.
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| ''{{wp|Community (TV series)|Community}}''
| ''{{wp|Community (TV series)|Community}}''
| ''{{wp|Digital Estate Planning}}''
| ''{{wp|Digital Estate Planning}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Hilda's long list of conversation topics includes "{{ka|old man}} {{pkmn|Trainer}}", "{{m|fly}} on a bird", "[[Cinnabar Island|cinnamon island]]", and "{{m|Surf|seal}} along the shore", a reference to the [[Old man glitch]]. Also when Gilbert is escaping from Cornelius he changes into [[Missingno.]] for a split-second.
| style="text-align:left" | Hilda's long list of conversation topics includes "{{ka|old man}} {{pkmn|Trainer}}", "{{m|fly}} on a bird", "[[Cinnabar Island|cinnamon island]]", and "{{m|Surf|seal}} along the shore", a reference to the [[Old man glitch]]. Also when Gilbert is escaping from Cornelius he changes into [[MissingNo.]] for a split-second.
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| ''{{wp|Daybreak (2019 TV series)|Daybreak}}
| ''Josh vs. the Apocalypse: Part 2''
| style="text-align:left" | After arguing which one is better, [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] or {{wp|Magic: The Gathering}}, Josh and Eli proceed to blindfold play the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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| ''{{wp|Coronation Street}}''
| ''{{wp|The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.}}
| {{tt|N/A|Coronation Street episodes do not have titles.}}
| ''Absolutely the Worst! Nendou's Father''
| style="text-align:left" | A character said, "What's up with you, Pikachu?"
| style="text-align:left" | Near the end of the episode, in order to stop Nendou's deceased father's spirit from following him, Kusuo Saiki detaches his soul from his body. He then proceeds to talk to the audience, saying "Now, boys and girls watching at home. Here's a question for you. I went from being a psychic to a ghost. Do you know what happens when a ghost-type fights a ghost-type in that world-famous video game? The answer is..." He then stops and performs an uppercut on Nendou's father, sending him into the sky, and then finishes his sentence by saying "...it's super effective!"
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| ''{{wp|Case Closed|Detective Conan}}''
| ''{{wp|Doctor House}}''
| Unknown
| ''{{wp|Perils of Paranoia}}''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} make a cameo appearance as kids staying in a train station. However, the distinct facial features each possess, such as their hairstyles and Brock's eyes, were slightly altered and switched between them.
| style="text-align:left" |During a diagnostic at the patient's home, Dr House says "Which is why Arceus created the universe with 3 states of matter and 300 solid or liquid poisons that could cause his symptoms".
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| ''{{wp|Drawn Together}}''
| ''{{wp|Doctor Who}}''
| {{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}
| ''{{wp|The Return of Doctor Mysterio}}''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the main characters, {{wp|List of Drawn Together characters#Ling-Ling|Ling-Ling}}, is a direct parody of {{p|Pikachu}}. He mentions that one of his pastimes is [[EP038|giving children seizures]].
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} and Nardole arrive at the {{wp|Tokyo}} branch of Harmony Shoals. Nardole comments that it is empty. {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} replies "Yes, I created a distraction. I flooded downstairs with [[Pokémon GO|Pokémon]]".
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| ''{{wp|Drunk History}}''
| ''{{wp|Drunk History}}''
| '' Boston''
| ''Boston''
| style="text-align:left" | After the retelling of the 1990 {{wp|Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum}} art theft, a man says he knows how they must feel because he had $100 worth of Pokémon cards stolen as a kid including holographic [[Charizard (Base Set 4)]], [[Blastoise (Base Set 2)]], and [[Professor Oak (Base Set 88)]].
| style="text-align:left" | After the retelling of the 1990 {{wp|Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum}} art theft, a man says he knows how they must feel because he had $100 worth of Pokémon cards stolen as a kid including holographic [[Charizard (Base Set 4)]], [[Blastoise (Base Set 2)]], and [[Professor Oak (Base Set 88)]].
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| ''{{wp|Dustin the Turkey|Dustin in Fowl Play}}''
| ''{{wp|Emmerdale}}''
| N/A
| {{tt|N/A|An episode shown on 25 August 2011. ''Emmerdale'' episodes do not have titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | When {{wp|Dustin the Turkey}} was wondering what new job he should get, Socky asks "are we going to become [[Pokémon Trainer]]s?"
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|Sandy Thomas}} plays an orange DSi, a sound effect from a ''Pokémon Ranger'' game is heard and he cries out in annoyance "Every time I get to the big boss Raikou on level 3, I need {{wp|Gabby Thomas|Gabby}}, only a child can work this wretched thing", much to his son {{wp|Ashley Thomas|Ashley}}'s annoyance.
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| ''{{wp|EastEnders}}''
| {{tt|N/A|An episode that aired sometime between 2001 and 2003. EastEnders episodes do not have titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | Doctor {{wp|Anthony Trueman}} explains {{wp|Yin and Yang}} to his ex {{wp|Kat Slater}}, who then replied "Yin? Yang? You're not letting Pokémon characters take over your life?"
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| ''{{wp|Emmerdale}}''
| ''{{wp|Early Edition}}''
| {{tt|N/A|An episode shown on 25 August 2011. Emmerdale episodes do not have titles.}}
| {{wp|List of Early Edition episodes#Season 4 (1999–2000)|Fatal Edition: Part 1}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|Sandy Thomas}} plays an orange DSi, a sound effect from a Pokémon Ranger game is heard and he cries out in annoyance "Every time I get to the big boss Raikou on level 3, I need {{wp|Gabby Thomas|Gabby}}, only a child can work this wretched thing", much to his son {{wp|Ashley Thomas|Ashley}}'s annoyance. However, the music that is heard from the game is the initial encounter theme, which is inconsistent with what Sandy had stated to have happened.
| style="text-align:left" |While Gary Hobson is in court, he receives the next day Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. On the paper, the title of the bottom left article is "Pokémon craze includes [hidden] cons."
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| ''{{wp|ER (television series)|ER}}''
| ''{{wp|ER (TV series)|ER}}''
| ''{{wp|And in the End...}}''
| ''{{wp|And in the End...}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A patient says "I am [[M02|the chosen one]], come to be known as {{p|Lugia}}."
| style="text-align:left" | A patient says "I am [[M02|the chosen one]], come to be known as {{p|Lugia}}."
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| ''{{wp|Evil Con Carne|Evil Con Carne}}''
| ''Search and Estroy''
| style="text-align:left" | General Skarr and Major Dr. Ghastly create the Poké-Digi Tank. A parody of both Pokémon and Digimon.
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| ''{{wp|Everybody Loves Raymond}}''
| ''Hackidu''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode focuses "Hackidu", which is a spoof of Pokémon and {{wp|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}. Ray's daughter Ally makes a trade with a boy, giving him a sizable stack of cards for just one of hers, called "Scramisaur". Ray thinks the trade is unfair, so he talks to the boy's father and the trade is reversed. Ray then learns that he shouldn't have gotten the trade reversed, and attempts to get the card back. Hackidu is also watched on TV during the episode.
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| ''{{wp|Family Guy}}''
| ''{{wp|Family Guy}}''
| ''{{wp|April in Quahog}}
| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | A poster depicting a superhero that strongly resembles a {{p|Machoke}} can be seen in {{wp|Chris Griffin|Chris's}} room.
| style="text-align:left" | At the end of the second story of ''Three Directors'', Stewie says that Peter died chasing a Pokémon on the street, referencing reports of deaths of players playing [[Pokémon GO]].
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In ''Baby Stewie'', Brian tries to revert the changes to Stewie's DNA using his own machine, and one of the results is "Stewiechu".
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| ''{{wp|Fillmore!}}''
| ''{{wp|Fillmore!}}''
| ''Test of the Tested''
| ''Test of the Tested''
| style="text-align:left" | A cheerleading coach says that her team, while in a human pyramid, is "as strong as a {{p|Geodude}} using its {{m|Harden}} attack".
| style="text-align:left" | A cheerleading coach says that her team, while in a human pyramid, is "as strong as a {{p|Geodude}} using its {{m|Harden}} attack".
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| ''{{wp|Gabriel Iglesias}}''
| ''{{wp|The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash}}''
| N/A
| ''Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash''
| style="text-align:left" | His friends have given him the nickname "Pikachu" and this is often referenced during his stand-up performances, occasionally mimicking Pikachu's voice.
| style="text-align:left" | When Cisco is thinking of random numbers for Cecile to guess, he then thinks "{{p|Bulbasaur}}". Cecile questions what a Bulbasaur is and Cisco said he wouldn't be thinking about Pokémon at a time like this. When Cecile then asks why Cisco is still thinking about Bulbasaur, Cisco says that he's the cutest one of all.
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| ''{{wp|George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez}}''
| ''{{wp|George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez}}''
| Unknown
| ''George Drives The Batmobile''
| style="text-align:left" | When George and Benny discuss ways to make money, the former suggests that the latter pretend to be a {{p|Pikachu}} in Mexico.
| style="text-align:left" | After Benny passes out George tells Angie that in the eight hours it would take for her to wake they could take her to Mexico, put her in a {{p|Pikachu}} costume with a note saying beat me I have candy. Shortly after George says Pikachu a couple times while swinging his arms as if he was hitting a piñata with a bat.
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| ''{{wp|Ghost Stories (anime)|Ghost Stories}}'' (dub)
| ''Akane-san of the Broadcasting Room!! Voice of the Dead''
| style="text-align:left" | The [[Pokémon anime]] is referenced when Leo states that the broadcast begins right after Pokémon.
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Good Luck Charlie}}''
| ''A L.A.R.P. in the Park''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode features a card game called "Pokeo", based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and {{wp|Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}. [[Type]] advantages are mentioned ("{{t|Grass}} power is no match for {{t|Fire|volcano}} power") and the chicken character "Chikapu" is a parody of {{p|Pikachu}}. A creature named "Slugmar" is also mentioned, presumably a portmanteau of {{p|Slugma}} and {{p|Magmar}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | A picture of an {{p|Eevee}} is drawn on a chalkboard in the basement.
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| ''{{wp|Good Vibes (U.S. TV series)|Good Vibes}}''
| ''{{wp|Good Vibes (American TV series)|Good Vibes}}''
| ''The Grass is Always Greener''
| ''The Grass is Always Greener''
| style="text-align:left" | When Mondo sees Woody's room for the first time, he comments on all the awards for competitions he has. Woody admits that many of them were purchased on {{wp|ebay}} by his parents. Mondo then asks how much they spent on the "lame Pokémon tournament participant ribbon", a gold ribbon with a {{p|Pikachu}} on it, to which Woody claims that he won on his own.
| style="text-align:left" | When Mondo sees Woody's room for the first time, he comments on all the awards for competitions he has. Woody admits that many of them were purchased on {{wp|eBay}} by his parents. Mondo then asks how much they spent on the "lame Pokémon tournament participant ribbon", a gold ribbon with a {{p|Pikachu}} on it, to which Woody claims that he won on his own.
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| ''{{wp|Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern}}''
| N/A
| style="text-align:left" | A cartridge of Pokémon Sapphire can be seen in Dr. {{wp|Hector Hammond}}'s apartment.
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| ''{{wp|The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}''
| ''It's Hokey Mon!''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode features a trading card game named "Hokey Mon".
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| ''{{wp|Grojband}}''
| ''Super Zeroes''
| style="text-align:left" | In this episode, the lead guitarist Corey tries to come up with a gimmick for their band, and is seen in a purple Pikachu costume.
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| ''{{wp|Haiyore! Nyaruko-san}}''
| ''{{wp|Haiyore! Nyaruko-san}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | Nyaruko summons her pets Shanta and Nephren-Car from a [[Poké Ball]]-esque object, during which she says 「君に決めた!」 ''Kimi ni kimeta!'' ("I choose you!")<ref>[http://nyaruref.blogspot.ca/2012/04/haiyore-nyaruko-san-episode-1.html NyaruReferences: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Episode 1 References]</ref><ref>[http://nyaruref.blogspot.ca/2012/05/haiyore-nyaruko-san-episode-5.html NyaruReferences: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Episode 5 References]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | Nyaruko summons her pets Shanta and Nephren-Car from a [[Poké Ball]]-esque object, during which she says 「君に決めた!」 ''Kimi ni kimeta!'' ("I choose you!")<ref>[http://nyaruref.blogspot.ca/2012/04/haiyore-nyaruko-san-episode-1.html NyaruReferences: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Episode 1 References]</ref><ref>[http://nyaruref.blogspot.ca/2012/05/haiyore-nyaruko-san-episode-5.html NyaruReferences: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Episode 5 References]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|Hayate the Combat Butler}}''
| Many episodes
| style="text-align:left" | Pikachu has made background cameos; the pet tiger has referenced Pikachu when assuming himself to be the mascot character and in one episode the cast travel on a plane based on ANA Flights. In the sixth episode, a framed image of a blue Pikachu can be seen near the beginning of the episode. The image was based on one of {{AP|Pikachu}}'s anime art. In some episodes, various sound effects and background music make a reference to Pokémon.
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| ''{{wp|Heroes (TV series)|Heroes}}''
| ''{{wp|Himouto! Umaru-chan}}''
| ''{{wp|One of Us, One of Them}}'' and ''{{wp|Dual (Heroes)|Dual}}''
| {{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|Hiro Nakamura}} was called {{p|Pikachu}} once in each of those two episodes.
| style="text-align:left" | During the opening of the series, Umaru walks to a table that has her signature hoodie and three Poké Balls, and interacts with the hoodie. In addition, in the episode ''Umaru and her rival'', after being told not to play with a cat souvenir, Umaru plays with it the next day alongside her hamster toys, calling it "Pocket Hamsters GK". She makes them battle, and during the battle, she starts by shouting "A wild Hamsaburou has appeared!" She then proceeds to summon the cat souvenir, shouting "Metal Nyankos! I choose you!" She makes the cat bob its head, saying that it makes Hamsaburou's defense fall while a health bar on the side of the screen drops by about half. She then reaches for a capsule to use to catch Hamsaburou, but trips and knocks the cat off the table, breaking it. Later, while trying to rebuild it, she remakes the head from scratch, but can't remember its face, and gives it a face similar to that of Pikachu's, with a voice shouting "Pukka!" Lastly, in between scenes, the room from the opening's reference appears, with a logo underneath it very similar to Pokémon's Japanese logo. Taihei walks up to a sleeping Umaru and tells her in a dialogue box "Umaru, starting today, you're a trainer!", to which she responds "Ugh, just five more minutes."
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| ''{{wp|Hetalia: Axis Powers}}'' (dub)
| ''Episode 18''
| style="text-align:left" | During a battle against the Axis Powers, America chooses China to fight and says, "China, I choose you!" After beating and capturing the Axis Powers, America then says, "Yeah, we caught them all!"
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| ''{{wp|House (TV series)|House M.D}}
| ''{{wp|House (TV series)|House M.D}}
| ''{{wp|Perils of Paranoia}}''
| ''{{wp|Perils of Paranoia}}''
| style="text-align:left" | While having a discussion with his diagnostic team, {{wp|Gregory House|House}} says, "Which is why {{p|Arceus}} created a universe with three states of matter and 300 solid or liquid poisons that could cause his symptoms," upon which {{wp|Chris Taub|Taub}} asks, "Arceus?" House then suggests he look it up.
| style="text-align:left" | While having a discussion with his diagnostic team, {{wp|Gregory House|House}} says, "Which is why {{p|Arceus}} created a universe with three states of matter and 300 solid or liquid poisons that could cause his symptoms", upon which {{wp|Chris Taub|Taub}} asks, "Arceus?" House then suggests he look it up.
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| ''{{wp|IS (Infinite Stratos)|Infinite Stratos 2}}''
| ''{{wp|High School DxD}}''
| ''Open Your Heart''
| ''I Get a Familiar!''
| style="text-align:left" | Tatenashi grabs Houki's breasts while saying ''Houki-chan getto da ze!'' ("Houki, caught you!"), a reference to the Japanese [[Gotta catch 'em all!|slogan]] of the Pokémon franchise, ''Pokémon getto da ze!''.<ref>[http://youtu.be/3WnNItb5lUw&t=12 Infinite Stratos 2 - Her breast are bigger than mine!]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | The familiar master, Zatouji (parody of Satoshi) is a parody of Ash Ketchum. He uses the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all" many times.
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| ''{{wp|Inside Amy Schumer}}''
| ''{{wp|Last Week Tonight with John Oliver}}''
| ''Clown Panties''
| ''Chiitan''
| style="text-align:left" | A 6-year-old Amy interviews states that the {{pkmn|anime}} is one of his favorite TV shows.
| style="text-align:left" | Introducing the segment, John Oliver mentions Japan as "the country that gave us Pokémon", and a {{p|Jigglypuff}} appears on-screen. Oliver says, to the audience, to throw a [[Poké Ball]] at it (in the style of [[Pokémon GO]]), and the on-screen Poké Ball does so, albeit too hard, resulting in the Jigglypuff exploding and spraying blood everywhere. Worth noting is the fact that, when it shows up, the Jigglypuff {{m|sing}}s with its voice from ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
 
Later on in the segment, a {{p|Porygon}} plush makes a cameo.
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| ''{{wp|Jackie Chan Adventures}}''
| ''{{wp|Lucky Star (manga)#Anime|Lucky Star}}''
| ''Tough Break''
| ''Base of the Sun'' and ''Pandora's Box''
| style="text-align:left" | A franchise called "Gnomekop" appears in an episode, which is Pokémon spelled backwards plus a "G". It also uses the slogan "Gotta collect 'em all", similar to Pokémon's [[Gotta catch 'em all!]]
| style="text-align:left" | In ''Base of the Sun'', Kagami asks Konata if she has any talents besides making faces. Konata replies by stating that she can name every Pok{{tt|***|the anime censors this part}}n. In ''Pandora's Box'', Konata states that {{wp|Kinkaku-ji}} is gold, but {{wp|Ginkaku-ji}} isn't silver, referencing both the [[Bell Tower|Bell]] and [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]]s, and {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. She also wonders if they're like Po{{tt|*|the anime censors this part}}émon, and "if they have a {{game3|Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire and Ruby|s}} or something".
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| ''{{wp|Jeopardy!}}''
| Several
| style="text-align:left" | The franchise and parts thereof has been used in [http://j-archive.com/search.php?search=pokemon&submit=Search a number of clues and responses].
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| ''{{wp|Johnny Bravo}}''
| ''20,000 Leagues Over My Head''
| style="text-align:left" | Clam-League 9000 is a show which Johnny Bravo watches and enjoys. Due to his addiction with the show, Johnny goes to great lengths to secure all of the Clam-League 9000 toys, but unfortunately goes about it by deep-sea diving for actual clams. The Clam-League 9000 is somewhat of a lampoon fusion of both {{wp|Dragonball Z}} and Pokémon. The main rival characters of the show bear resemblance to Goku, Vegeta and Piccolo, the latter of which were combined into one green skinned antagonist.
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| ''{{wp|Johnny Test}}''
| ''Johnny'mon'' and ''The Return of Johnny'mon''
| style="text-align:left" | Two episodes featured Tinymon, with a [[Pokédex|Tinydex]], [[Poké Ball|Tiny Cubes]] that contain creatures, a character named [[Ash Ketchum|Blast Ketchup]], and the slogan "Gotta snatch 'em all!". The episodes feature a legendary Tinymon known as "Screechereen," which greatly resembles [[Shadow Lugia]]. Blast Ketchup's Tinymon, Kadoomerang, also slightly resembles {{p|Squirtle}}. Evolution and attacks are also featured. For example, Screechereen evolves from Cuddlebuns, who is said to be the {{p|Magikarp|weakest}} Pokémon. It turned out that it needs love in order for it to evolve into the legendary Tinymon. Something similar to link cables are also featured. In the plot, Johnny and his sisters get stuck in a Tinymon game and need to trade with a cable in order to get out. However, a battle must first be won in order to access that function.
|[[File:Johnnymon.png|200px]]<br>[[File:Johnnymon 2.png|200px]]
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: SVU}}''
| ''Uncivilized''
| style="text-align:left" | A victim was last seen on his way to a store to buy Pokémon cards.
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| ''Home Invasions''
| style="text-align:left" | The father of the victim's boyfriend stated that his son still has his Pokémon cards.
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| ''{{wp|Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land|Let's Go Quintuplets!}}''
| ''{{wp|MAD (TV series)|MAD}}''
| ''Make Up for Mother's Day''
| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | There is a scene in which Krystal runs past a shop which has a Pikachu-esque plush in the window.
| style="text-align:left" | Several ''MAD'' sketches have included references to Pokémon. These include notably "Grey's In Anime" (a mashup of ''{{wp|Grey's Anatomy}}''and various anime series) where a Pikachu-like character known as Checkaflu is used as a defribilator; there also is a sketch in the episode ''Cliffordfield / Big Time Rushmore'' features a skit titled "Rejected Pokémon", and in another episode, "Pokémon Park" (a Pokémon-based spoof of ''{{wp|Jurassic Park}}''). Other sketches have included "Big League Pika-Chew" (an advertisement for chewing gum made from shredded Pikachu), "Pokémon of Interest" (a crossover with ''{{wp|Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest}}''), and "Pokémonsters, Inc." (a crossover with ''{{wp|Monsters, Inc.}}''). Other sketches have used Pokémon to spoof other modern culture trend: "PokéHarmony" spoofing the dating website {{wp|eHarmony}}, "The less you know", spoofing ''{{wp|The more you know}}'' with alleged Pokémon facts, and "Psyduck" spoofing ''{{wp|Psych}}'' using the titular {{p|Psyduck|Pokémon}}.
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|''{{wp|Lost (TV series)|Lost}}''
| ''{{wp|Ji Yeon}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In a flashback, {{wp|Jin-Soo Kwon|Jin}} is looking for a stuffed panda in a toy store that has an extensive amount of Pokémon merchandise on the shelves in the background.
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| align="center" rowspan="3" | ''{{wp|Lucky Star (manga)#Anime|Lucky Star}}''
| ''Base of the Sun''
| style="text-align:left" | Kagami asks Konata if she has any talents besides making faces. Konata replies by stating that she can name every Pok{{tt|***|the anime censors this part}}n.
|[[File:BaseOfTheSun.png|200px]]
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| ''The Famous Shooter''
| style="text-align:left" | The characters go to a festival, and Kagami has trouble catching fish as they just swim away from her. When she finally catches one, she shouts "get da ze!", which is "''[[Gotta catch 'em all!]]''" in Japanese.
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| ''Pandora's Box''
| style="text-align:left" | Konata states that {{wp|Kinkaku-ji}} is gold, but {{wp|Ginkaku-ji}} isn't silver, referencing both the [[Bell Tower|Bell]] and [[Burned Tower|Brass Tower]]s, and {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. She also wonders if they're like Po{{tt|*|the anime censors this part}}émon, and "if they have a {{game3|Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire and Ruby|s}} or something".
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| rowspan="13" | ''{{wp|MAD (TV series)|MAD}}''
| ''2012 Dalmatians / Grey's in Anime''
| style="text-align:left" | In the "{{wp|Grey's Anatomy|Grey's}} In Anime" skit, {{wp|Derek Shepherd|Derek Shepherd}} (who wears a hat similar to Ash's) throws a [[Poké Ball]]-esque object, and a Pikachu lookalike, known as "Checkaflu", shocks the patient as the doctor says "clear!"
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| ''Cliffordfield / Big Time Rushmore''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode features a skit about rejected Pokémon. Among these is Punchachu, a punching mouse with huge arms and small feet, whose Trainer looks like [[Max]]. Ironically, its special attack is kicking. Another rejected Pokémon is Glasstar, a bear-like creature made out of glass. Its special attack is "frailty". Another reject Pokémon is Buzzkill, an owl-based Pokémon that looks similar to {{p|Hoothoot}}, whose special attack is indifference. When told how it loves battles, all it said was, "meh" while shrugging its shoulders. The last reject Pokémon is Uncle Hank (who was just an old man). His special attack is {{m|Confusion}}; all he does is get confused about what was going on.
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| ''Pokémon Park / WWER''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode that features the skit "Pokémon Park", a spoof of ''{{wp|Jurassic Park}}''. An unknown {{pkmn|Professor}} invited Ash (who has curly hair and glasses), Misty (who holds a [[Nintendo DS|DS]] and has blond hair), Jessie (with blue hair) and James (with green hair). It features characters similar to {{p|Charmander}}, {{p|Charizard}}, {{p|Magikarp}}, {{p|Gyarados}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Pidgey}}, and {{p|Bulbasaur}}. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Island" and "Digimon Island" are mentioned too.
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| ''The Straight A-Team / Gaming's Next Top Princess''
| ''{{wp|MADtv}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Misty is among the contestants in "Gaming's Next Top Princess," among the likes of {{met|Samus Aran}}, {{smw|Princess Peach}}, {{zw|Princess Zelda}}, {{wp|Amy Rose}}, {{wp|Felicia (Darkstalkers)|Felicia}}, {{wp|Tifa Lockhart}}, {{wp|Lara Croft}}, and {{smw|Birdo}}.
| ''Season 5, Episode 16''
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| style="text-align:left" | In the "Reality Check" sketch, Belma Button mentions that she took her kids to ''[[M1|Pokémon: The First Movie]]'', chastising the Japanese for sending it to America. Tovah says, "Who drew it? Stevie Wonder?" and Belma says it sounds like the name of a homosexual Jamaican adult film.
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| ''Pooh Grit / Not-A-Fan-A-Montana''
| style="text-align:left" | One skit features a brand of gum called "Big League Pika-Chew" (a take on {{wp|Big League Chew|Big League Chew}}), made of real live Pikachu, and it helps people in baseball by giving the ball a shock when they hit it with a bat.
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| ''Kung Fu Blander / Destroy, Bob the Builder, Destroy''
| style="text-align:left" | The "Kung Fu Blander" skit has Po, the main character of the ''{{wp|Kung Fu Panda}}'' movie series, fighting the main villain of the {{wp|Kung Fu Panda 2|second}} ''Kung Fu Panda'' movie, Shen. When he learns that only a hero in "black and white" can defeat Shen and that it isn't him, he resorts to pulling several items and characters matching the description to use against Shen. One of the objects Po pulls out is {{p|Reshiram}} and {{p|Zekrom}}.
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| ''Twilight: Staking Dawn / Cookie Blue''
| style="text-align:left" | One skit shows "PokéHarmony", which spoofs the dating website {{wp|eHarmony}}. It starts with a Geodude who can't get a date with a boulder, and then shows a female {{tt|Hitmonchan|Hitmonchan can only be male however}} paired up with a Machamp, a Bulbasaur who decided a Venusaur was right for her despite Venusaur being "evolved enough to be her father", and Mewtwo, who didn't need anyone. Ash Ketchum hosted the fake commercial.
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| ''Men in Black to the Future / Pokémon of Interest''
| style="text-align:left" | The "Pokémon of Interest" segment was a crossover between Pokémon and ''{{wp|Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest}}''. John Reese was assigned to capture a {{p|Psyduck}} and bring it to Harold Finch. When using [[Poké Ball]]s didn't work, he hits it with a shovel. Harold then turns to {{Ash}} and asks "What have you been doing for 14 seasons?!", referencing how many seasons the anime was up to at this point.
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| ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus / The Adjustment Burro''
| style="text-align:left" | The "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus" skit was a crossover between the {{wp|Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series}} and ''[http://kidicaruswiki.com/wiki/Kid_Icarus Kid Icarus]''. In the skit, Pikachu is shown to be part of the gang that harasses [http://kidicaruswiki.com/wiki/Pit Pit], and {{wp|Ms. Pac-Man|Ms. Pac-Man}} uses Squirtle to extinguish the flames in the science lab.
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| ''Pokémonsters, Inc. / Bane and Kate''
| style="text-align:left" | This skit was a crossover between Pokémon and ''{{wp|Monsters, Inc.|Monsters, Inc.}}'' In this skit, Ash Ketchum ends up in the world of Monsters, Inc. and goes crazy, attempting to catch all of the monsters. His {{AP|Pignite}} and {{AP|Krookodile}} are featured as well (but have different body styles/colors) throughout the skit, along with his {{AP|Pikachu}} who appeared briefly at the end.
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| ''Les the Miz / The Lex Factor''
| style="text-align:left" | This episode featured a skit parodying ''{{wp|The More You Know}}'' titled "The Less You Know". In this skit, the announcer claimed that Poké Balls were able to hold Pokémon because they're airtight, with a {{pkmn|Trainer}} resembling [[Misty]] expressing disgust at the stench left behind after sending out her {{p|Squirtle}}.
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| ''Jaws the Great and Powerful / Off Their Spockers''
| style="text-align:left" | This episode featured a spoof of ''{{wp|Psych}}'' called ''{{p|Psyduck}}'', with the tagline "They'll pretty much let anything be a cop these days".
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| ''The Dullverine / Under the Dumb''
| style="text-align:left" | In the first sketch, a Japanese girl who tells {{wp|Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine}} that they have to go to Japan to film ''{{wp|The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine}}'' is shown carrying a Pikachu umbrella.
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Malcolm in the Middle}}''
| ''{{wp|List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 3: 2001–2002|Company Picnic (Part 1)}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Dewey is sitting at a picnic table with a boy and both Pokémon cards in their hand, and can be seen making a trade. There are also cards laid on the table. The boy then offers Dewey some candy, which he is not supposed to be eating due to hyperactivity. After eating it, Dewey freaks out and throws some of the cards in the air.
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| ''{{wp|List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 3: 2001–2002|Bowling}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A {{p|Charmander}} doll can be seen sitting on the bed in some episodes, along with a Squirtle doll.
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| ''{{wp|Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya}}''
| ''Endless Eight'' ({{wp|List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes#2009_version|part two}})
| style="text-align:left" | Two {{p|Pikachu}} masks, a purple {{p|Turtwig}} mask, a yellow {{p|Chimchar}} mask, and an orange {{p|Piplup}} mask can be seen on display.
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|''{{wp|The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It}}''
| N/A
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon bed sheets can be seen on multiple occasions.
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| ''{{wp|My Babysitter's a Vampire}}''
| ''{{wp|My Babysitter's a Vampire}}''
| ''{{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire episodes#Season 1: 2011|Friday Night Frights}}''
| ''{{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire episodes#Season 1: 2011|Friday Night Frights}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When the ghost of {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Coach Ed|Coach ED}} ({{wp|Clé Bennett}}) haunts {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Ethan Morgan|Ethan Morgan}} ({{wp|Matthew Knight}}), threatening him that he'd ruin his life if he didn't win a trophy for their school, the young boy gets into a wrestling match with {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Kurt the Hurt|Kurt the Hurt}} ({{wp|William Greenblatt}}). When it becomes clear that he cannot win, Ethan exclaims that he has "never won a fight" to which his friend {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Benny Weir|Benny Weir}} ({{wp|Atticus Mitchell}}) replies, "False; remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunchbox?"
| style="text-align:left" | When the ghost of {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Coach Ed|Coach ED}} ({{wp|Clé Bennett}}) haunts {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Ethan Morgan|Ethan Morgan}} ({{wp|Matthew Knight}}), threatening him that he'd ruin his life if he didn't win a trophy for their school, the young boy gets into a wrestling match with {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Kurt the Hurt|Kurt the Hurt}} ({{wp|William Greenblatt}}). When it becomes clear that he cannot win, Ethan exclaims that he has "never won a fight" to which his friend {{wp|List of My Babysitter's a Vampire characters#Benny Weir|Benny Weir}} ({{wp|Atticus Mitchell}}) replies, "False; remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunchbox?"
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| ''{{wp|My Family}}''
| ''{{wp|My Family}}''
| ''{{wp|List of My Family episodes#Series One (2000)|Pain in the Class}}''
| ''{{wp|List of My Family episodes#Series One (2000)|Pain in the Class}}''
| style="text-align:left" | After finding out that his mother {{wp|Susan Harper (My Family)|Susan Harper}} ({{wp|Zoë Wanamaker}}) has invited the parents of his school bully round to solve his bullying problem, {{wp|Michael Harper (My Family)|Michael}} ({{wp|Gabriel Thomson}}) says 'goodbye' to some of his possessions, including his Pokémon cards, commenting that he only had 212 left to collect.
| style="text-align:left" | After finding out that his mother {{wp|Susan Harper (My Family)|Susan Harper}} ({{wp|Zoë Wanamaker}}) has invited the parents of his school bully round to solve his bullying problem, {{wp|Michael Harper (My Family)|Michael}} ({{wp|Gabriel Thomson}}) says 'goodbye' to some of his possessions, including his Pokémon cards, commenting that he only had 212 left to collect{{tt|*|note: 251 Pokémon were know at the time}}.
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| ''{{wp|My Hero (UK TV series)|My Hero}}''
| ''{{wp|My Hero (series 1)|Christmas}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When Ultronian superhero {{wp|Thermoman}}, aka. George Sunday ({{wp|Ardal O'Hanlon}}) is visiting his cousin Arnie ({{wp|Lou Hirsch}}) in {{wp|Las Vegas}} to ask him about the human holiday of Christmas, he says that he doesn't understand Christmas as although it is the season of goodwill, he says he was in Manchester the previous day to stop a pitched battle. Arnie asks if it was between rival gangs, but George says it was "three mums wanting the last Pokémon".
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| ''{{wp|The Norm Show}}''
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| ''{{wp|Paradise PD}}''
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| ''Top Cops'' <br /> ''The Shartist''
| style="text-align:left" | During a speed round in a {{wp|sushi}} bar, {{wp|Regan Burns}} asks the contestants, "{{p|Pikachu}} is a character in what cartoon?" Another one of the contestants answered the $20 worth question correctly, the answer being {{pkmn|anime|Pokémon}}.
| style="text-align:left" | In ''Top Cops'', Bullet tries to get back the money he lost by selling a knockoff Pokémon Card, of {{OBP|Detective Pikachu|character|Detective}} Bullshit.
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In ''The Shartist'', Hobbson asks how he can "fuck a Pokémon". After being tricked into having his mind uploaded to a smartphone, he is in someone's [[Pokémon GO]] game having sex with a Squirtle.
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| ''{{wp|Rick and Morty}}''
| ''Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri''
 
''Final Desmithation''
 
''Mort: Ragnarick''
| style="text-align:left" | Rick tosses a couple of capsules that look like Poké Balls, and two creatures pop out and attack each other.<ref>[https://gfycat.com/infamousgiganticjohndory Reference in Rick and Morty Episode]</ref>
 
In ''Final Desmithation'', Rick is fighting the employees of a fortune cookie factory where the fortunes become true. When Rick encounters one who controls {{t|Fire}}, and another who controls {{t|water}}, he decides maybe he "can Pokémon this shit."
 
In ''Mort: Ragnarick'', Rick had apparently trapped Bigfoot in a Poké Ball. Rick later uses it to catch the Pope (with a retro jingle upon success), calls it a "Popey Ball", and later sends him out to get beaten by a monster from someone else's Poké Ball.
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| ''{{wp|Osmosis Jones}}''
| ''{{wp|Robot Chicken}}''
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| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | When Ozzy tries to stop Drix from leaving Frank's body, one of the germs carries a Pikachu, as a joke on allergies.<!--No relation to the protein named after Pikachu—Pikachurin—which was named seven years after Osmosis Jones came out.-->
| style="text-align:left" | Several skits in ''Robot Chicken'' have parodied Pokémon. Notable skits include "Poké Ball High Life" showing {{Ash}}'s {{AP|Pikachu}}'s party life in a Poké Ball, "The Greatest Pokémon Generation" showing former Pokémon fans in their old age and "Timely Michael Vick Joke" in which Ash and Pikachu must battle {{wp|Michael Vick}} and his {{wp|Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation|Rottweiler}}, and "Bloopers", in which an outtake from the Pokémon anime is shown. Other sketches appear in the episodes ''The Hobbit: There and Bennigan's'' where Ash plays tennis with Pikachu's Poké Ball to punish his Pokémon for urinating on his rug, ''Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition'' where Santa Claus' elves mention Pokémon toys in a musical number titled "Toys Through the Years", ''Strummy Strummy Sad Sad'' where the elderly Pokémon Day Care owner is shown to film the Pokémon breeding, and ''3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3...66?'' which features Ash and Pikachu battling {{wp|Henry Kissinger}} and a "Happy Monday" where Ash's {{AP|Greninja}} is shown to have changed quite a bit after going its separate ways with its former trainer, attempting unsuccessfully to hit on a female coworker. In ''What Can You Tell Me About Butt Rashes?'', after Pikachu is horribly injured, Ash reveals his newest Pokémon, Glinda the Good Witch of the North from ''The Wizard of Oz'', and she is used to fight a {{p|Blastoise}}. In ''Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying'', there is a short sketch where [[Tim Goodman]] is questioned on how he can understand {{OBP|Detective Pikachu|character}}, and after he is asked what Detective Pikachu is saying, Detective Pikachu tells Tim to {{wp|Murder of John Lennon|kill}} {{wp|John Lennon}}. In ''Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know if His Mother's A Size Queen'', an exterminator finds a dead Pikachu underneath a homeowner's sink. He says to the homeowner: "There's 802 of them, you [[gotta catch 'em all]]."
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| style="text-align:left" | In several episodes, Tyler is shown talking about or playing with action figures called "Moo-Moo Miggy Monsters", which is based off of Pokémon. In one episode, Tyler plays a video game with a style very similar to Pokémon.
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| ''{{wp|Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia}}''
| ''{{wp|Saturday Night Live}}''
| ''Alexandra''
| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | In a sketch depicting a pair of Japanese toy specialists assisting a worker at the fictional ''Jewel Case Inc.'' in becoming more noticeable, a {{p|Victini}} figure, among many other toys, is placed on the worker's desk as a conversational piece.
| style="text-align:left" | In the "Pokémon Parents" skit of the ''Jennifer Aniston / Sting'' episode, a boy trades his holographic {{p|Charizard}} for weaker cards like {{p|Metapod}} and {{p|Diglett}}. {{p|Mewtwo}} and the [[M01|first movie]] are also mentioned. In the "Hardball" skit (''John McCain / The White Stripes''), Harry Belafonte refers to Pokémon as a slave trade wheel describing the unfair treatment of blacks. Finally, in "The Abacus Conundrum" skit of the ''Robert De Niro / Diddy-Dirty Money'' episode, a fake book is shown called "The Pokémon Directive" with a Pikachu on its cover.
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| ''{{wp|Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice}}''
| ''{{wp|Servant × Service}}''
| ''Step One''
| ''Don't Panic, Make a Scene, or Throw Away Your Job''
| style="text-align:left" | An action figure of {{p|Reshiram}} is shown in this episode.
| style="text-align:left" | Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers accompanied by a montage of games he has played, including "Pokimon", a distorted {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Bulbasaur}}, and a [[Poké Ball]] sound effect.
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| ''{{wp|Ranma 1/2}}''
| ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
| ''And the Challenger is... A Girl?!''
| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | The dub inserts multiple references to {{pkmn|anime|Pokémon}} airing on television. It should be noted that these are dub only, as the original Japanese episode was written and aired several years before {{game|Red and Green|s}} were even released.
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon appears in several episode of the show, most notably in ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Postcards_from_the_Wedge Postcards from the Wedge]'' where Bart is shown watching the [[Pokémon anime]] on TV, and wondering how it has managed to stayed so fresh, and in the short ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Pokémon_Now%3F Pokémon Now?]'' released on YouTube, which parodies [[Pokémon GO]]. Other brief mentions occurs in ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Children_of_a_Lesser_Clod Children of a Lesser Clod]'' (where it's named as a child's favorite game), ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Chief_of_Hearts Chief of Hearts]'' where a game called "Battle Ball" is said to "makes ''Digimon'' look like ''[[Pokémon]]''", and in ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Let's_Go_Fly_a_Coot Let's Go Fly a Coot]'' where [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Milhouse_Van_Houten Milhouse] wants his cheese cut in Pokémon shapes.
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| ''{{wp|ReBoot}}''
| ''{{wp|South Park}}''
| ''{{wp|ReBoot: My Two Bobs|My Two Bobs}}''
| ''Chinpokomon''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's featured game is a game entitled "Pantsu Hebi X", which is a parody of both Pokémon-styled battles and anime in general. In it, the dog character Frisket reboots itself to resemble {{p|Pikachu}}.
| style="text-align:left" | Debuting in the self-titled episode ''{{wp|Chinpokomon}}'', the ''Chinpokomon'' anime, toys, and video games are a clear parody of Pokémon, which was in the midst of its peak in popularity in 1999 (the year the episode debuted). In the episode, the merchandise, marketed with the slogan "I've Got To Buy It!" is actually a ruse concocted by the Japanese government to convert American children into anti-American child soldiers. The Chinpokomon would later reappear in the video game ''{{wp|South Park: The Stick of Truth}}'', and a future reference in the form of "[[Pokémon GO|Chinpokomon GO]]" makes an appearance in the game ''{{wp|South Park: The Fractured But Whole}}'', as part of Wendy/Call Girl's special attack. The Chinpokomon creatures seen include Chu-Chu Nezumi, Furrycat, Donkeytron, Pengin, Lambtron, Roo-Stor, Gophermon, Stegmata, Pterdaken, Ferasnarf, Poodlesaurus Rex, Monkay, Mouse-tik, Fatdactyl, and Shoe, among others. Some even bear resemblance to existing Pokémon (such as Furrycat's resemblance to {{p|Meowth}}, Pterdaken's resemblance to {{p|Charmeleon}}, Stegmata's resemblance to {{p|Wartortle}}, Ferasnarf's resemblance to {{p|Jolteon}}, and Fatdactyl's resemblance to {{p|Pikachu}}). In addition, Kenny McCormick, fitting in with his trend of being killed off in almost every episode, suffers a seizure while playing the ''Chinpokomon'' video game (a reference to the infamous [[EP038]] incident), and remains catatonic until the end of the episode, where a cluster of rats burst out of his dead, motionless body.
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| ''{{wp|Recess (TV series)|Recess}}''
| ''The Game''
| style="text-align:left" | The addictive card game featured in the episode, named "Ajimbo", appears to be a a parody of the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}.
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| ''Cracked China''
| style="text-align:left" | A skit titled "Pikachu Secret" in the episode parodies the anime. In its running time of 62 seconds, things happen such as Ash wondering when Misty is going to "shut up and make dinner", {{Gary}} calling Ash "ass", and Ash's Pikachu {{wp|Grinding (dance)|grinding}} another while inside its Poké Ball.
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| ''Junk in the Trunk''
| style="text-align:left" | A skit titled "Bloopers!", which runs for 5 minutes and 13 seconds, has 26 seconds which is devoted to parodying the anime. Pikachu and Squirtle are having a conversation in Pokémon speak. Eventually, Squirtle breaks custom and starts speaking with profanity-riddled dialogue in human tongue, claiming the Pokémon speech makes no sense at all. Pikachu asks "Earl" to say the line or he'll get the gas with skunk spray, to which Squirtle asks the kids to "go read a book or something".
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| ''Chirlaxx''
| style="text-align:left" | In the beginning of one skit, {{wp|George W. Bush}} is seen playing a Pokémon game on his [[Game Boy]] and says "Taste Poké-flame, Chirlaxx!"
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| ''Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm''
|''{{wp|Strip Mall}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A skit involves some children playing with Pokémon figurines and an old man exclaims that back in his day there were only [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|150 Pokémon]], and his wife informs him there were actually {{p|Mew|151}}. He exclaims that she is a nerd, and then dies of a heart attack. Saddened, she then proclaims "That's how he would have wanted to go."
| Multiple episodes
| style="text-align:left" | In several episodes, an adult movie parody called ''Pokémemon'' is used as an on-going plot device. The lead actress of the film is seen dressed similar to Misty's original design, and her role's name is ''Fisty,'' a further play on the character.
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| ''Walking Dead Lobster''
| ''{{wp|Supermansion}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A skit simultaneously parodying the Pokémon games and the {{wp|Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation|Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting ring case}} involved {{wp|Michael Vick}} challenging Red (named Ash in this) to battle with a Rottweiler. Pikachu uses [[Thunder Shock]], lowering it to one HP, which leads to Vick torturing the dog to death. He is then arrested and eventually goes back to the NFL, with money raining down on him and "Vick Wins" in the text box, leaving Ash confused.
| ''Virtual Reality Bites''
| style="text-align:left" | When American Ranger asks Cooch if she believes in God, she replies that she "believes in all of them. God, sasquatch, leprechauns, all the Pokémons—".  
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| ''The Hobbit: There and Bennigan's''
| ''{{wp|Teekyu}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Ash and Misty are shown playing tennis, and Misty questions why they're playing with a Poké Ball. Ash says it's because Pikachu peed on his rug, and Pikachu then comes out of the Poké Ball and vomits from motion sickness.
| ''Evolution with Senpai''
| style="text-align:left" | Marimo exclaims "Let's go [[Gotta catch 'em all!|catch them all!]]" while she, Kanae, and Nasuno hold tennis balls like [[Poké Ball]]s and wear hats similar to [[Ash's hat|Ash's]]. Yuri exasperatedly responds "Is this Poké{{tt|**|the anime censors this part}}n?!"
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| ''{{wp|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei#Anime|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei}}''
| ''{{wp|Teenage Kicks (TV series)|Teenage Kicks}}''
| ''Not Losing to Elbows, Not Losing to Knees''
| ''Sex''
| style="text-align:left" | When Abiru says Nozomu would look good with a tail, he was pictured with various tails including those that resemble the tails of {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Glameow}}.
| style="text-align:left" | Kate ({{wp|Abigail Cruttenden}}) wants to have {{wp|Sexual_intercourse|sex}} with Vernon ({{wp|Ade Edmondson}}). Vernon lies about David's (Jonathon Chan-Pensley) room being his and says to her: "sorry about the Pokémon duvet".
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| rowspan="3"| ''{{wp|Saturday Night Live}}''
| ''Jennifer Aniston / Sting''
| style="text-align:left" | In the "Pokémon Parents" skit, a boy trades his holographic {{p|Charizard}} for weaker cards like {{p|Metapod}} and {{p|Diglett}}. {{p|Mewtwo}} and the [[M01|first movie]] are also mentioned.
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| ''John McCain / The White Stripes''
| ''{{wp|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In a "Hardball" sketch, Harry Belefonte (played by Tracy Morgan) makes many references to the unfair treatment of blacks. One of his references is "Pokémon is a slave trade, Pikachu is the slave master!"
| ''Endless Eight II''
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| style="text-align:left" | In the scene where Nagato is buying a mask at the festival, different masks refer to different anime and {{wp|tokusatsu}}. Among them five resemble {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}: {{p|Chimchar}}, {{p|Turtwig}}, {{p|Piplup}}, and two {{p|Pikachu}} masks.
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| ''Robert De Niro / Diddy-Dirty Money''
| ''{{wp|Transformers Animated}}'' (Japanese dub)
| style="text-align:left" | In "The Abacus Conundrum" skit, one of the fake books listed is called "The Pokémon Directive," and has a Pikachu on the cover.
| ''Garbage In, Garbage Out''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's Japanese broadcast [[eyecatch]] is an homage to [[Who's That Pokémon?]], with Wreck-Gar being the silhouetted character.<ref>[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garbage_In%2C_Garbage_Out "Garbage, In, Garbage Out" on TFWiki.net]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|See Spot Run}}''
| ''{{wp|Walliams & Friend}}''
| N/A
| ''{{wp|Sheridan Smith}}''
| style="text-align:left" | James tells Gordon Smith that he had a nightmare of a {{p|Charizard}} trying to burn him, in resemblance to [[Ash's Charizard]]. James also tells him what a Pokémon is, as some people may not understand.
| style="text-align:left" | A sketch involves {{wp|Sheridan Smith}} and {{wp|Morgana Robinson}} playing teenagers. Sheridan Smith's character mentions a game "back in the day" and says about catching monsters on your phone, Morgana Robinson's character responds with [[Pokémon GO]].
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| ''{{wp|Servant × Service}}''
| ''{{wp|W.I.T.C.H. (TV series|W.I.T.C.H.}}''
| ''Don't Panic, Make a Scene, or Throw Away Your Job''
| Season 2 Opening (Non-American)
| style="text-align:left" | Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers accompanied by a montage of games he has played, including "Pokimon", a distorted {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Bulbasaur}}, and a [[Poké Ball]] sound effect.
| style="text-align:left" | In the European opening for the second season, Will's bedroom wallpaper features the [[Generation III]] [[first partner Pokémon]] {{p|Treecko}}, {{p|Torchic}}, and {{p|Mudkip}}.
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| ''{{wp|Sex and the City}}''
| ''Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...''
| style="text-align:left" | While looking at pictures at Charlotte's gallery, Samantha says, "You know, women dressing like men is very popular right now," to which Carrie replies, "And here I thought it was Pokémon."
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| rowspan="8" | ''{{wp|The Simpsons}}''
| ''{{wp|Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Pikachu can be seen in {{wp|Bart Simpson|Bart}}'s satellite TV-induced hallucination
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| ''{{wp|Pokey Mom}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's title is based on the word "Pokémon".
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===Film===
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| ''{{wp|Children of a Lesser Clod}}''
| ''Miracle in Toyland''
| style="text-align:left" | The family are watching an episode of ''{{wp|Kids Say the Darndest Things}}'' when the host, {{wp|Bill Cosby}}, is interviewing a guest:
| style="text-align:left" | When Jesse walks in shame following Gabriella's departure from Toyland, one of the shelves adjacent to him has a Pikachu doll atop it.
::'''Cosby''': What do you like to play?
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::'''Child''': Pok-ee-mon!
::'''Cosby''': Pok-ee-mon?! With the Pok-ee and the mon and the thing where the guy comes out of the thing...
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| ''{{wp|Postcards from the Wedge}}''
|''{{wp|Paper Towns (film)|Paper Towns}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Bart watches the [[Pokémon anime]] on TV, with {{Ash}} in his [[List of clothing in the anime#Ash|Diamond and Pearl attire]] and his {{AP|Pikachu}}; and Bart questions how did the series "stay so fresh", as a possible reference to how both the Pokémon anime and ''The Simpsons'' have been on the air for over a decade. This episode aired on the same day as the release of {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} in the United States.
| style="text-align:left" | In the scene where Quentin, Ben, and Radar are scared while in an abandoned gas station looking for clues to where Margo can be, they wonder what they should do to calm themselves down. Quentin suggest that they sing a song — the first one that comes into their head. Ben then starts to sing the [[Pokémon Theme]]; Radar and Quentin join him as they together conquer their fear.
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| ''{{wp|'Tis the Fifteenth Season}}''<br>and<br>''{{wp|Fraudcast News}}''
| ''{{wp|See Spot Run}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In the {{wp|The Simpsons opening sequence#Couch gag|couch gag}}, {{wp|Maggie Simpson|Maggie}} is [[Pokémon cosplay|dressed up]] as a {{p|Pikachu}}.
| style="text-align:left" | James tells Gordon Smith that he had a nightmare of a {{p|Charizard}} trying to burn him, in resemblance to [[Ash's Charizard]]. James also tells him what a Pokémon is, as some people may not understand.
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| ''{{wp|Thirty Minutes over Tokyo}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The effects of ''[[EP038|Electric Soldier Porygon]]'' are experienced by the family in the episode, after they watch the local program "Battling Seizure Robots".
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| ''{{wp|Chief of Hearts}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Bart plays a game called "Battle Ball" (a take on ''{{wp|Bakugan}}'') and one boy says that the game "makes ''{{wp|Digimon}}'' look like ''Pokémon''".
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| ''{{wp|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}''
| style="text-align:left" | At the end of the episode, various alternate universe versions of the Simpson family appear. One of these alternate universe versions of the family is based on Japanese popular culture, including Maggie as {{p|Pikachu}}.
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| ''{{wp|South Park}}''
| ''{{wp|Chinpokomon}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode parodies Pokémon and fad culture in general. The line of toys have additionally made cameos in many subsequent episodes. During the episode {{wp|Kenny McCormick|Kenny}} dies of an epileptic seizure as a reference to the banned episode ''[[EP038|Electric Soldier Porygon]]''. The episode additionally heavily parodies the {{pkmn|anime}} and video games to a lesser extent. [[Ash Ketchum]] and [[James]] are both parodied. Some of the "Chinpokomon" seen closely resemble {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Meowth}} and {{p|Charmander}}.
|[[File:Chinpokomon.png|200px]]
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|SpongeBob SquarePants}}''
| ''{{wp|Rock Bottom}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The clock at the bus station resembles a [[Poké Ball]].
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| ''{{wp|Sailor Mouth}}''
| ''{{wp|Searching (film)|Searching}}''
| style="text-align:left" | {{p|Onix}}'s name is written on the dumpster where SpongeBob learns the bad word.
| style="text-align:left" | There were many instances of Pokémon referenced throughout the film. The first, David shows Margot on Facetime his Pokémon t-shirt. The second time was when an online user asked Margot what her favorite Pokémon was, and she responded by saying {{p|Uxie}}, as it could erase memories; erase the memory of her mother's death. Margot also always has a {{i|Poké Ball}} keychain with her.
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| ''{{wp|Spy Kids}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | A face of {{p|Pikachu}} can be seen without a nose on Fegan Floop's finger.
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| ''{{wp|Steven Universe}}''
| ''{{wp|AI: The Somnium Files}}''
| ''{{wp|Steven the Sword Fighter}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Iris uses "{{p|Pikachu|that electric mouse from that video game}}" as an example of the {{wp|Mandela Effect}}. She says that while a large number of people remember the creature's tail having a black tip, in reality it is entirely yellow.
| style="text-align:left" | A figure in Steven's room looks like a Pikachu merged with a {{wp|Character_design_of_Final_Fantasy#Moogle|Moogle}}.
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| ''{{wp|Strip Mall}}''
| ''{{np|Animal Crossing}}''
| Unknown
| style="text-align:left" | The {{np|Item:Pokémon Pikachu (Animal Crossing)|Pokémon Pikachu item}} is based on the [[Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS]] and is used primarily for {{np|favor|villager favors}}. Telling a specific password to {{np|Tom Nook}} will allow him to give the player this item as well, stating is from a place but with garbled text. Trying to place the item in the player's house causes it to disappear as the item was never fully programmed and given a model.
| style="text-align:left" | In several episodes, an adult movie parody called ''Pokememon'' is used as an on-going plot device. The lead actress of the film is seen dressed similar to Misty's original design, and her role's name is ''Fisty,'' a further play on the character.
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| ''{{wp|The Suite Life of Zack & Cody}}''
| ''{{np|Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp}}''
| ''{{wp|Odd Couples}}''
| style="text-align:left" | From Octctober 12 to 23, 2018, a Poké Ball Scavenger Hunt event occurred where players could collect Poké Balls and use them to craft {{p|Eevee}}-themed furniture and clothing from the {{np|Eevee Set}}. Likewise, in the scrapbook episode "{{np|Welcome to Judyland}}", Merry upon discovering Judy's hot air balloon says "Whoa, a hot-air balloon! Did you become an anime villain while I wasn't looking?", referring to [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR|Meowth}}'s frequent usage of a hot air balloon.
| style="text-align:left" | In multiple episodes, a toy [[Poké Ball]] can be seen on a shelf in Zack and Cody's bedroom.
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| ''{{wp|The Suite Life on Deck}}''
| ''{{wp|Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator}}''
| Unknown
| style="text-align:left" | In the fifth game (which takes place in Japan), turning on the television in the player's hotel room shows a program with flashing colours and a {{p|Pikachu}}-like character. Looking at the screen causes the game to remark "Don't stare at it too long, or you're likely to have a seizure!", a likely reference to the [[EP038]] incident.
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|List of recurring characters in The Suite Life on Deck#Woody Fink|Woody}} can be seen reading a Pokémon book.
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| ''{{wp|The Switch (2010 film)|The Switch}}''
| ''{{wp|The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | There are a many items in the game which were inspired by Pokémon. One is called "[[MissingNo.|Missingno.]]", which will randomize all items picked up at the start of every floor.
| style="text-align:left" | One of the channels Sebastian flips through randomly shows the cameo of {{ga|Lucas}} in ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]''.
 
| [[File:The Switch Lucas.png|200px]]
The Afterbirth DLC released a new item called a "Friendly Ball", which will be thrown when used, capture an enemy which will then fight other enemies when sent out.Related challenge is called "Poke Mans", which comes from "Pokémon".
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Afterbirth† introduced a new item called Poke Go, which looks like a cellphone and resembles ''[[Pokémon GO]]'', where enemies will randomly join you upon entering a room. It also introduced a challenge called Pokey Mans, which is an obvious play-on of Pokémon, and uses the Friendly Ball, except it releases a random enemy each time it's thrown. It also introduced an item called {{m|Metronome}}, which has the item description "Waggle a finger", and every time it's used, it has the effects of a completely random item. The 1st booster pack also released an item called [[Mystery Gift]].
 
Repentance adds a new item called [[TMTRAINER effect|TMTRAINER]], which looks like a glitched version of Isaac's head, and causes all items picked up after to become "glitched" and have random combinations of 2 or 3 other items. It also causes the music to fade out until another music track plays.
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| ''{{wp|Teen Titans Go! (TV series)|Teen Titans Go!}}''
| ''{{wp|Catherine (video game)|Catherine}}''
| ''Man Person''
| style="text-align:left" | An unused original cover of the Battle! (Wild Pokémon) theme from {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} is hidden within the game's files.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Catherine Catherine - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | Cyborg and Robin high-five after catching all of Beast Boy's escaped body parts. The caption: "Caught 'em All" is shown in this scene, referencing the Pokémon logo and motto.
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| ''{{wp|That's So Weird (TV series)|That's So Weird}}''
| ''Coromon''
| Unknown
| style="text-align:left" |This indie game pays homage to the Pokémon series and the classic JRPG genre. Some of the higher difficulty settings like "catching one Coromon per area" are a direct reference to the [[Nuzlocke Challenge]].
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon has been mentioned multiple times in the series.
 
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On the upper floor of Pawbury's Trainer Hub, there's an NPC named Ashton that resembles [[Ash Ketchum]].
 
Potent and Perfect Coromon have a sparkling animation when encountered like [[Shiny Pokemon]], the colors determines their [https://coromon.wiki.gg/wiki/Potential Potential] which ranges from 1 to 21.
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| ''{{wp|Toradora!}}''
| ''{{wp|Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair}}''
| ''No Matter What''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the achievements for the game is ''Gotta Raise 'Em All!'', a reference to Pokémon's old slogan. The achievement is obtained by raising all the pets in the e-Handbook at least once.
| style="text-align:left" | Minori Kushieda finds Ryūji Takasu thinking and says 「ため息ゲットだぜ!」 ''Tameiki getto da ze!'' ("I caught your sigh!"), a shout out to the Japanese slogan of the Pokémon franchise, 「ポケモンゲットだぜ!」''Pokémon getto da ze!''. She also referenced other popular franchises, such as ''{{wp|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}''.
 
|[[File:NoMatterWhat.png|200px]]
In Island Mode, Gundham Tanaka states he is not very effective against "water-types."
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| ''{{wp|Transformers Animated}}'' (Japanese dub)
| ''{{wp|Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony}}''
| ''Garbage In, Garbage Out''
| style="text-align:left" | In Angie Yonaga's Love Across the Universe event, she greets Shuichi Saihara by saying ''Alola'' and then asking him out on a date. Alola is a greeting used in the Alola region in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon.
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's Japanese broadcast [[eyecatch]] is an homage to [[Who's That Pokémon?]], with Wreck-Gar being the silhouetted character.<ref>[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garbage_In%2C_Garbage_Out "Garbage, In, Garbage Out" on TFWiki.net]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|TV Funhouse}}''
| ''{{wp|Deltarune}}''
| ''Mexicans Day''
| style="text-align:left" | During the Spamton Sweepstakes event, there's a [https://deltarune.com/egg/ story] involving Noelle Holiday obtaining a white egg that cannot be removed which is similar to the [[Bad Egg]] in the Pokémon series.
| style="text-align:left" | In this short, the {{wp|R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company}} has agreed to stop using {{wp|Joe Camel}} to advertise cigarettes to children and will instead make him a character in a tobacco-free cartoon called "Jokámel". This parody of the [[Pokémon anime]] stars a {{p|Pikachu}}-like Jokámel, near-exact copies of {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, {{an|Misty}}, [[Jessie]], and [[James]], and sexual parodies of Pikachu, {{p|Meowth}}, and {{p|Geodude}}. Throughout the show, the audience is told to buy Jokámel merchandise and given subliminal messages to buy {{wp|Camel (cigarette)|Camel}} cigarettes.
|[[File:Jokámel.jpg|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Tween Academy: Class of 2012}}''
| N/A
| style="text-align:left" | In Kara's room, a {{p|Pikachu}} hat can be seen on an ''{{wp|Astro Boy}}'' statue.
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| ''{{wp|Ultraman Tiga}}'' (English dub)
| ''{{wp|Destiny 2}}''
| ''Attack of the Crow-Men''
| style="text-align:left" | The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azs8UJWjI8k "Investigative Dance" emote] grants hologram ears to the user, and mimics a dance performed by Detective Pikachu in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAA_yWX8ycQ promotional video] for the movie {{DetPikMov}}.
| style="text-align:left" | As the Crow-Men threaten to shrink and distribute the GUTS gang, they say that they'll be bigger than ''Pokémon''.
 
Interestingly, the dance is not original to ''Detective Pikachu'' - instead, the promotional video is itself referencing a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK98jx7gw7w Key & Peele comedy skit], performing the same motions and using a similar fitness gym setting.  
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| rowspan = "2" | ''{{wp|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US)}}''
| ''{{wp|Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth}}''
| N/A
| style="text-align:left" | In Chapter 4, a researcher named Akemi Suedou asks the protagonists to investigate an "Eater," a digital creature that consumes data. Arata Sanada asks Suedou if he has any "secret weapons" at his disposal such as a "{{wp|Yo-kai Watch|camera watch that can detect hidden objects}}" or a "[[Poké Ball|ball that captured creatures can be stuffed into]]." Suedou states that Arata's examples are "oddly specific."
| style="text-align:left" | A question for $500,000 was ''Which of the following characters is not considered a "Pokémon"?'', with the possible answers being A) {{p|Jigglypuff}}, B) {{wp|Frodo Baggins|Frodo}}; C) {{p|Squirtle}}; and D) {{p|Pikachu}}. After the 50/50 lifeline was used, the two remaining answers left were A and B. The contestant then took the money, leaving with $250,000.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANKYbuVOyks $500,000 Pokémon question on WWTBAM]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|Dragon City}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A question for $8,000 was ''As any Pokémon-loving kid could tell you, Pikachu is primarily what color?'', with the possible answers being A) Red, B) Yellow; C) Green; and D) Blue. After the Ask the Expert lifeline was used, the contestant correctly answered B.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAsR-jvRJs Pokémon...Expert? (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire)]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" |The Air Dragon (originally named Wind Dragon until the v.9.4 update) is a legendary Dragon that resembles {{p|Lugia}} in its young and adult forms. It is available via breeding and the shop for 2500 gems.<br>
The Nenufar Dragon is a common Dragon that looks similar to {{p|Bulbasaur}} and its evolutions.
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)|Whose Line is it Anyway?}}''
| ''{{wp|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind}}''
| {{wp|List of Whose Line Is It Anyway? US episodes#Season 2|Season 2}}, Episode 32; {{tt|Show No. 235|Aired on April 20, 2000. American Whose Line is it Anyway? episodes are given show numbers post-production, but otherwise don't have actual titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | This RPG has several Pokémon references, which include {{p|Marowak}}'s Spine in Illunibi or the body of Peke Utchoo (whose name is parody of {{p|Pikachu}}). In Arkngthand, there is a {{p|Weepinbell|Weepingbell}} Hall while in the Urshilaku Burial Caverns, there is a section known as {{p|Kakuna}} Burial.<ref>[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Easter_Eggs Morrowind:Easter Eggs on The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon was one of the audience's suggestions used in a playing of "{{wp|List of games from Whose Line Is It Anyway?#Other games|Film, TV & Theatre Styles}}", which was played out by series regulars, {{wp|Ryan Stiles}} and {{wp|Colin Mochrie}}, and the episode's {{tt|fourth chair|A recurring or occasionally guest cast member who takes a fourth seat that's not occupied by Mochrie, Stiles, or Wayne Brady. Wayne became a regular from Season 2 onwards.}}, {{wp|Karen Maruyama}}. When Pokémon was used as a style for the scene, Karen says in a purposefully bad Asian-style accent, "Harro, [''sic''] I am Ichi!" She stiffly walks up to Ryan and says to him, "Please don't go!" to which he responds, "Oh, you're making my tail catch on fire!" and pretends to spew a flame from a tail, most likely referring to {{p|Charmander}}. As Karen turns to Colin and walks up to him, Colin spreads his arms apart and shouts, "{{p|Jigglypuff}}!" Karen pretends to shoot beams from her eyes, and she and Colin both jump and walk around on stage. Ryan then walks up to them and yells in a high-pitched, drawn-out voice, "Pikachu!" After Karen bobs over in front of Ryan like a {{wp|drinking bird}} for a moment, host {{wp|Drew Carey}} sounds the buzzer to freeze the players and change the style. Pokémon was also suggested by another audience member in a later episode's playing of the same game, but it was not used.
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| {{wp|List of Whose Line Is It Anyway? US episodes#Season 3|Season 3}}, Episode 34; {{tt|Show No. 343|Aired on May 4, 2001. American Whose Line is it Anyway? episodes are given show numbers post-production, but otherwise don't have actual titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | However, Pokémon was used again for a different playing of the same game, even though no audience members were intelligibly heard making that suggestion. (Though on the other hand, ''anime'' was an audience suggestion.) {{wp|Kathy Greenwood}} is the fourth chair for this episode, joining Colin and Ryan in "Film, TV, & Theatre Styles". This was a different portraying of a Pokémon "style" in comparison to the playing in show #235. When Pokémon was used as the last style for this playing's scene, Colin shouts out, "Pikachu!" in a high-pitched voice this time instead of Ryan, causing the audience to burst out in laughter as he started walking around the stage. He then pretends to shock Ryan, who yells, "Ow!" in response and does his Charmander pose used in show #235. Colin turns around, shouts "Pikachu!" again, and walks to the other side of the small stage. He then turns back to Kathy and Ryan and sends more "{{m|ThunderShock|shocks}}" towards them, causing Kathy to hop a bit on every "shock" sent towards her. (It had no effect on "Charmander Ryan", who was looking away and continuing to do his pose.) Kathy maintained {{tt|her scene's character|Playing as the wife of 'Police Chief Colin'}} throughout the style, pretending to point a handgun at Colin. Drew sounds the buzzer several times afterwards to end the game, sending the cast members back to their seats. He also awards 1,000 extra "{{tt|points|Since Whose Line is it Anyway? is a slight parody of game shows, the points are fake and irrelevant. Hence, 'the points don't matter'.}}" to Colin for his "Pikadoo" act (getting Colin to say, "Pikachu," once more to correct Drew, which also causes Ryan to say, "Bless you,") and says to him, "Oh, I'd love to see you and your wife going at it, man."
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| ''{{wp|Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|Wipeout}}'' (as ''Winter Wipeout'')
| ''{{wp|Enter the Gungeon}}''
| ''{{wp|Wipeout (Season 4)#Winter Episode 4: Baby, It's Blob Outside|Baby, It's Blob Outside}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The item Macho Brace and the gun Life Orb are based on the given Pokémon items, while the item Helix Bullets references [[Twitch Plays Pokémon]].
| style="text-align:left" | One of the contestants in this episode, Mika Mori, was given the nickname "Mikachu" in the episode. At one point during the episode, show co-host {{wp|John Henson}} said that Mika was {{p|Jigglypuff}}'d about the height of the hurdles.
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| style="background: #fff"| ''{{wp|Yin Yang Yo!}}
| ''{{wp|Epic Battle Fantasy}}'' series
| ''Smoke and Mirrors''
| style="text-align:left" | This series of RPG games contains various references to Pokémon including but not limited to [[legendary giants]] appearing in the first game, achievements referencing the [[HM]]s in fourth game, or slime enemies resembling {{p|Pichu}}, {{p|Pikachu}} or {{p|Dedenne}} in the fifth game. In the Steam re-release of the first game, the references in the first game were made far less blatant to avoid copyright infringement.  
| style="text-align:left" | Smoke catches Yang in Prison Prism ([[Poké Ball]] spoof), while later Mirrors catches Yin with it. They later force them to fight against each other in a tournament.
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| style="text-align:left" | While visiting a resort, the player character is offered to have some rice balls, but the character making the offer begins to say "jelly do-" before correcting themselves. This is in nod to the infamous claim of rice balls being jelly doughnuts back in ''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]''.
| style="text-align:left" | When Zashiki-warashi reads a book about the information about ghosts while hiding from Whisper, Jibanyan, and Hikikmori, thinking they were monsters, the picture on a page he's reading resembles three ghosts that resembles the bodies of {{p|Gastly}}, {{p|Haunter}}, and {{p|Gengar}}.
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| Ride.2 ''To Recruit More Members''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the possible answers to a Brain Blast quiz is ''Ochu, I Choose You!'' referring to the common catch phrase used in the anime.
| style="text-align:left" | Sakamichi asks Shunsuke about his favorite anime, to which he confusingly replies "Nekoemon", a possible reference to Pokémon.
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==References in non-Pokémon video games==
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| ''{{np|Animal Crossing (GCN)|Animal Crossing}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Villagers may sometimes accidentally leave belongings with another villager and either the villager that it was left with or the one that lost it may request that it be returned; one of the possible items that can end up lost is a ''[[Pokémon Pikachu]]'' (but it is actually a ''[[Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS]]''). However, players cannot get one of their own. Note that this is only in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] game, with later games having items the player can actually obtain (such as clothing and furniture) as possible lost items.
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| style="text-align:left" | In the fifth game (which takes place in Japan), turning on the television in your hotel room shows a program with flashing colours and a {{p|Pikachu}}-like character. Looking at the screen causes the game to remark "Don't stare at it too long, or you're likely to have a seizure!", a likely reference to ''[[Denno Senshi Porygon]]''.
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| ''{{wp|Chee-Chai Alien|Chee-Chai Alien}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When starting the game for the first time, a character called "Saraba" introduces himself to the player and mentions Pokémon (Japanese ポ… …[[Pokémon|ポケモン]] ちゃうよ) in the middle of explaining the in-game universe.
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| ''{{wp|Civilization V|Sid Meier's Civilization V}}''
| style="text-align:left" | There are several Pokémon-themed achievements in this {{wp|Steam (software)|Steampowered}} game. These include achievements named "It's Super Effective!" and "Gotta Catch 'Em All".<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/stats/CivV/achievements/ Sid Meier's Civilization V global achievement stats on Steam]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|DC Universe Online}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A feat in the game titled "Gotta Catch 'Em All" is achieved when players beat at least one player for every one of the six initial set of powers available in the game.
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| style="text-align:left" | Players are able to draw a {{p|Pikachu}}, earning one coin if chosen.
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| ''{{wp|The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind}}''
| style="text-align:left" | This RPG has several Pokémon references, which include {{p|Marowak}}'s Spine in Illunibi or the body of Peke Utchoo (whose name is parody of {{p|Pikachu}}). In Arkngthand, there is a {{p|Weepinbell|Weepingbell}} Hall while in the Urshilaku Burial Caverns, there is a section known as {{p|Kakuna}} Burial.<ref>[http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Easter_Eggs Morrowind:Easter Eggs on The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | In the city of Los Santos, San Andreas, there is a gift shop featuring signage of [[Ash Ketchum]], {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Squirtle}}. It is inaccessible, plays no role in the storyline and exists solely as scenery. It's inclusion is an anachronism as ''San Andreas'' is set in 1992, while the characters featured were not released until 1996.
| style="text-align:left" | There is a store in East Beach, Los Santos called ''Juguetes Regalos'' that has vector art of Ash Ketchum, Squirtle, and Pikachu on its store sign. However, the vector art was replaced in The Definitive Edition of the game.
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| ''{{wp|Grand Theft Auto V}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | One of the cars, Infernus, present in the game feature [[Pokéball]] Designed tail lights.
| style="text-align:left" | Five bonus levels feature music from Pokémon games: Champion Battle from [[Generation I]], Trainer Battle from {{Gen|V}}, and the Gym, Route 26, and Bicycle themes from {{Gen|II}}. Pokémon-shaped balloons and natural structures also appear.
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| style="text-align:left" | If the characters Karen and Kai were to marry and have a child, their child will be dressed in a Pikachu costume.
| style="text-align:left" | If Kai and Karen are married, they will eventually have a child wearing a Pikachu hat.
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| style="text-align:left" | When the protagonist visits Okosan for the first time at the school's track, Okosan had with him some pudding that he was rejecting. The text at one point in the conversation displayed "Okosan used {{m|Wing Attack}}! It's super effective!"
| style="text-align:left" | The flavor text of card "Thunder Lizard" is "What? THUNDER LIZARD is adapting!"(Japanese:……おや!? サンダーリザードの ようすが……!), which is a reference to the Pokémon evolution screen in the games.
 
The flavor text of card "Wing Blast" is "Emeriss uses Wing Blast. It's super effective!"(Japanese:エメリスの つばさのぼうふう こうかは ばつぐんだ!), which is a reference to type effectiveness messages in the games.
 
The flavor text of card "Hir'eek, the Bat" is "REPEL’S EFFECT WORE OFF."(Japanese translation use a {{wp|Ōgon Bat}} reference instead), which is a reference to the item Repel.
 
The flavor text of card "Fossil Fanatic" is "Praise Lord Helix!", which is a reference to ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' meme about Helix Fossil. Its Japanese flavor text is "こういうものには つかいどきが あるのじゃ!"(literal translation: This can be used (somewhere else)!; corresponding quote in English game: This isn't the time to use that!),which is a reference to Professor Oak's quote when using item at the wrong time.
 
The flavor text of card "Fan Club" is "Well that was weird. Yeah, I just walked up to the president of the fan club, he blabbered on for like 10 minutes, and then gave me a bike voucher..."(Japanese:いったい何だったんだろう?その、ファンクラブの会長に近づいたら、10分くらい自慢話を聞かされて、その後なぜか自転車の引換券をもらったんだ…), which is a reference to the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman who giving out Bike Voucher in Kanto.
 
The flavor text of card "Flame Revenant" is "4x weak to water."(Japanese:4倍弱点: 水), which is a reference to the type effectiveness in Pokémon games. in this case, Flame Revenant should be dual-type Fire/Ground or Fire/Rock.
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| style="text-align:left" | When Henry gets to the Tunisian Diamond in the Epic Ending, to find that night guards patrol there, a Poké Ball is one of the options Henry can choose.
| style="text-align:left" | On the camping level, one of the things to find is "Pika" a reference to Pikachu.
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| style="text-align:left" | At the beginning of Chapter 8 on the True End route, Rom and Ram (twin sisters who {{wp|Moe anthropomorphism|personify}} the [[Nintendo DS]]) mention playing the "Pocketed Monstrosities" games:
| style="text-align:left" | In Lowee, a nation that represents the Wii and Nintendo, the group has an exchange with guards that references Pokémon in various ways:
::'''Ram''': Lowee's best games are easily the ones in the "Pocketed Monstrosities" franchise. You catch and raise 1,510,376 monsters.
::'''Lowee Guard''': Go! Dragon, I choose you!
::'''Rom''': Oh, yeah. I was playing it earlier and I captured the {{p|Eevee|Eebee}} monster
::'''Compa''': Go! Nep-Nep, I choose you!
::'''Ram''': No way! I really want that one! Gimme.
::'''Neptune''': {{p|Pikachu|Pika}}!
::'''Rom''': [[Trade|I'll give you its parents later.]] They're both [[Generation IV|fourth generation]], so you'll probably get one from them.
::'''IF''': Oh! All right then! Go! Lady Vert, I choose you!
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::'''Lowee Guard''': Through rigorous training, people and monsters can become stronger! I've lived 'n trained with my fighting monster! And that will never change!
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| style="text-align:left" | After players defeat the Kraken as part of {{ip|Dyntos}}'s {{ip|The Three Trials|Three Trials}}, {{ip|Pit}} calls the Kraken a "Tentafool", possibly a reference to {{p|Tentacool}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | The description text for the Giant Spider item is written in the style of [[Pokémon battle]] messages: "[[Wild Pokémon|A Giant Spider appears!]] [[Escape|You attempt to flee!]] Giant Spider attacks {{wp|Genji: Days of the Blade#Giant Enemy Crab|for massive damage}}!!"
| style="text-align:left" | The description text for the Giant Spider item is written in the style of {{g|battle}} messages: "[[Wild Pokémon|A Giant Spider appears!]] [[Escape|You attempt to flee!]] Giant Spider attacks {{wp|Genji: Days of the Blade#Giant Enemy Crab|for massive damage}}!!"
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|''{{wp|Minecraft}}''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the official pictures shows somebody drawing a silhouette of Pikachu.
| style="text-align:left" | As an easter egg, if the splashes.txt file is deleted but not the META-INF folder from the game's files, the only [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Splash splash text] to be shown is "[[MissingNo.|missingno]]".<br>
The blue variant of the [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Axolotl Axolotl] mob was suggested by user Darkiceflame on the Minecraft's Suggestion Box Reddit community, as a reference to {{p|Mudkip}}, and it was added to the game in Minecraft v1.17.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/j58qmi/the_blue_axolotl_a_rare_gaming_reference/ The Blue Axolotl: A rare gaming reference]</ref>
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| style="text-align:left" |Thunder Eagle and Raydex has a very similar design to [[Zapdos]]. Flawless is the second creature from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialpoint Socialpoint] game (the first being the Air Dragon from Dragon City) that is inspired by [[Lugia]]. Turtle and Shock Turtle mostly resembles [[Lapras]] despite their names being related to the Testudines species. Electrex is a rock monster that resemble [[Onix]]. Gigram's adult form looks similar to [[Arcanine]]. Azte's skill "Cazte'm All" is a reference to the catchphrase "Gotta catch'em all".
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| style="text-align:left" | As an easter egg, if you delete the splashes.txt file but not the META-INF folder from the game's files, the only [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Splash splash text] to be shown is "{{p|Missingno.|missingno}}".
| style="text-align:left" | After the player completes a level, there is a random sequence of dialogue triggered. One of BunnyLord's lines in one of the dialogue sequences remarks how "this one time, when I lived in Justin's Vagabond Supplies Store, I damaged a Mudkip."  
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| style="text-align:left" | Two monsters resemble Pokémon: The Turtle resembles {{p|Lapras}} and the Thunder Scout {{p|Zapdos}}.
| style="text-align:left" | Joy, a DLC character added in August 2018 makes numerous video game shout-outs through her mask and voice lines. One of her possible answers to a pager from a downed guard is saying she was looking for her Pokémon and then asking if the guard answering her wants to trade Pokémon with her.
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| ''{{wp|Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The {{pk|S.S. Dolphin}}'s ship part called the {{pk|Bowsprit}} resembles a [[Poké Ball]].
| style="text-align:left" | A fictional country featured in the game, Khura'in, has a popular game that considered "Khura'inese chess". The game is called, "Kachu'demahl", a play on "catch 'em all", and the objective of the game is to annihilate all of an opponents pieces. Each piece is also capable of utilizing a special move once per game, akin to [[Z-Moves]].
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| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|Strong Bad}} asks {{wp|Sam & Max#Characters|Max}} if he's a Pokémon (pronounced as Poke-mon).
| style="text-align:left" | If the player goes right when they see Louey for the first time, there are a bunch of references to [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]], including the [[Missingno.]] glitch. There is an achievement called [[Glitch City]] associated with the area.
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| ''{{wp|Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction}}''
| ''{{wp|Rocket League}}
| style="text-align:left" | There's a skill point titled "Gotta Catch Them All", a reference to the franchise's original slogan.
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| style="text-align:left" | Clorica says how "[F]ishing can be quite dangerous. Sometimes it's less {{p|Tentacool|tenta-'cool'}} and more {{p|Tentacruel|tenta-'cruel.'}}" Additionaly, Dolce quotes "I choose you" line, trying to command to use {{m|Thunderbolt}}, referencing [[type effectiveness]] along the conversation.
| style="text-align:left" | Clorica says, "Fishing can be quite dangerous. Sometimes it's less {{p|Tentacool|tenta-'cool'}} and more {{p|Tentacruel|tenta-'cruel.'}}" Additionally, Dolce quotes "I choose you," tries to command a {{m|Thunderbolt}} attack, and references {{DL|Type|type effectiveness}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | While a player is training the Dungeoneering skill in Daemonheim, after every floor players can receive a title. One of them is ''[[EP001|I choose you!]]'', received for summoning [[Party|6]] or more familiars.
| style="text-align:left" | Several Pokémon quotes are used in the game. If the player wins a match without taking damage, the announcer says "It's super effective!". When facing Filia, Peacock says "Wild schoolgirl appears!" She may also say "I choose you!" when using her j.HK. The character of Molly also has a story mode portrait that references Wobbuffet, and Beowulf has an alternate costume based on Incineroar (as both are wrestlers).
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| style="text-align:left" | The game features "Sparklemon" in the level "Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game". {{wp|Homer Simpson|Homer}} and {{wp|Lisa Simpson|Lisa}} must travel to three temples where they fight the Sparklemon in turn-based {{pkmn|battle}}s before they can collect them in "[[Poké Ball|capturing balls]]". The first two Sparklemon are based on {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Squirtle}}. One of the Sparklemon also uses a strike called "{{m|Scratch}} Attack". [[Damage modification|Type matchups]] is also presented in the form of moves' super-effectiveness, resistance, and immunity.
| style="text-align:left" | An achievement in the game is called "Gotta Catch em' All".  
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| style="text-align:left" | When the {{ink|Moray Towers}} are presented as a possible arena for multiplayer battles, there is a possibility that {{ink|Squid Sisters|Callie and Marie}} will reference Pokémon.
| style="text-align:left" | In commemoration of Pokémon's {{pkmn|20th Anniversary}}, a {{ink|Splatfest}} was held on February 20, 2016 at 6:00 AM UTC, pitting players who prefer {{game3|Red and Blue|Pokémon Red|s}} against players who prefer {{game3|Red and Blue|Pokémon Blue|s}}{{tt|*|US and PAL regions}}/{{game3|Red and Green|Pokémon Green|s}}{{tt|*|Japanese region}}. When the results of the Splatfest were tallied by game region, Red lost to Blue and Green in all three regions. In the American version of the announcement, {{ink|Callie}} and {{ink|Marie}} discuss {{p|Vulpix}} being [[Version-exclusive Pokémon|exclusive]] to Blue, and reference {{TRT}}'s original {{motto}}.
::'''Callie''': Rollers are [[damage modification|super effective]] here!
 
::'''Marie''': Chargers are [[Pokémon Theme|the very best, like no gun ever was]]!
In the North American localization, during the Stage News segment of {{ink|Inkopolis News}}, when the {{ink|Moray Towers}} were announced as one of the two current multiplayer stages, Callie would reference type effectiveness, while Marie would use a snowclone of the first line of the first verse of the [[Pokémon Theme]].
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| style="text-align:left" | To celebrate release of {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, a [[Splatoon × Pokémon Collaboration Splatfest|special Splatfest]] was held in this game from November 12, 2022 to November 14, 2022. The Splatfest was between Team {{t|Grass}}, Team {{t|Fire}}, and Team {{t|Water}}, with Team Water being the winner.
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| style="text-align:left" | One of the puzzles that was distributed through SpotPass was for ''[[Pokémon X and Y]]'' and depicts {{p|Xerneas}} and {{p|Yveltal}}. While the puzzle is no longer being distributed through SpotPass, players may still access it by StreetPassing someone who has at least one piece of it, selecting the puzzle in question when viewing the other player's pieces, and taking a piece of it. (As with all games' StreetPass functions, including ''Pokémon'', the same player may only be StreetPassed once every eight hours, meaning obtaining other pieces require either more StreetPasses or the use of Play Coins to obtain a random piece for the player's puzzle collection.)
| style="text-align:left" | One of the puzzles distributed through SpotPass was for ''{{g|X and Y}}'' and depicts {{p|Xerneas}} and {{p|Yveltal}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | There is a [[Poké Ball]]-shaped planet in the {{smw|Buoy Base Galaxy}}. Inside it is a {{smw|Power Star}}, which is needed to finish the level, possibly a reference to the Poké Ball's importance in the [[Pokémon games]].
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| style="text-align:left" | A set of {{smw|Mystery Mushroom}} {{smw|Costume Mario|Costume}}s themed after the playable Pokémon in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U]]'' can be unlocked by scanning their respective [[amiibo]]. The player also has a random chance of unlocking one after completing a 100 Mario Challenge. Unlike most amiibo costumes, however, the Pokémon costumes do not feature custom sounds or music.
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| style="text-align:left" | In commemoration of Pokémon's {{pkmn|20th Anniversary}}, an {{smw|List of officially released courses in Super Mario Maker|Event Course}} entitled {{smw|I Choose You!}} was uploaded on February 11, 2016. When the player completes this course, they will unlock a {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, or {{p|Squirtle}} costume. Completing the course three times will unlock all three. Unlike the Super Smash Bros. Pokémon costumes, these costumes have a full set of custom sound effects and music taken from {{2v2|Red|Green}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | There is a level where Maxwell has to defeat a Witch's monsters which is set out as a Pokémon Battle format.
| style="text-align:left" | In one level, a witch sends out monsters in a Pokémon Battle format.
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| ''{{wp|Tomodachi Life}}''
| ''{{wp|Terraria}}''
| style="text-align:left" | An item named the Trucker Hat is sold in the Hat Shop for Miis to wear. Its description says, "This hat is the best. In fact it's [[Pokémon Theme|the very best.]] Why? Slip it on and find out!" This hat resembles one worn by {{ga|Red}} during Generations {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}.
| style="text-align:left" | The [https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Lightning_Carrot Lightning Carrot] is a pet item available for purchase from the Zoologist after completing 50% of the Bestiary. When used, it summons a Volt Bunny pet whose appearance and movements resemble those of {{p|Pikachu}}.
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| ''{{wp|Trade & Battle: Card Hero}}''
| ''{{wp|Touhou LostWord}}''
| style="text-align:left" | There are a few spoofs on the Pokémon franchise in this [[Game Boy Color]] game developed by {{nw|Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo}} and {{nw|Intelligent Systems}}. One example of these references is an NPC who exclaims that he has been watching the show "Rocket Monsters".<ref>[http://fryguy64.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cameo&action=display&thread=4105 Trade & Battle: Card Hero - Text Dump]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | An event titled "Capsule Crazy Gensokyo" features a nod to Pokémon battles, using Fabricated Maidens in place of Pokémon. Other references include a nod to the "light years" line from a {{gy|Pewter}} gym trainer, types, and special capsules to contain each Maiden.
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| ''[http://www.mousecity.com/games/point-and-click/vortex-point-4 Vortex Point 4]''
| ''{{wp|Transformice}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Ruben's neighbor owns a Pikachu doll.
| style="text-align:left" | The modules Surble, Micemon and Pokelua are based on Pokémon.
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| ''{{zw|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In the German version of the game, if Link talks to Zelda as a child wearing the keaton mask, Zelda will wonder whether Link is a Pokémon, perhaps due to the mask's resemblance to {{p|Pikachu}}.
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| ''{{smw|Wario Land 3}}''
| ''{{smw|Wario Land 3}}''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the game's one hundred treasures is a ''[[Pokémon Pikachu]]'', a treasure in the Green Chest that is located in {{smw|the Big Bridge}}; however, the player cannot interact with it.
| style="text-align:left" | A treasure based on a ''[[Pokémon Pikachu]]'' is a Pocket Pet, a treasure in the Green Chest that is located in the level {{smw|The Big Bridge}}; however, the player cannot interact with it.
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| ''{{wp|World of Warcraft}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The stages ''{{smw|Jelly Pipe|Stage 2-3}}'' and ''{{smw|Torrential Maze|Stage 2-4}}'' are made out entirely out of newspaper clippings, the text: ''Pikachu'', among others, is seen. So far, it has only been seen in one or two areas.
| style="text-align:left" | World of Warcraft contains several notable references to the Pokémon franchise:
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* The achievement [https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=7908/i-choose-you I Choose You], completed by defeating [https://www.wowhead.com/quest=31951/grand-master-aki Grand Master Aki] in a [https://www.warcraftpets.com/wow-pet-battles/ pet battle].
* The achievement [https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=10996/got-to-ketchum-all Got to Ketchum All], completed by using the "Ketchum Tablet" to imprint the names of several hidden snails in Neltharion's Lair.
* The achievements [https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=12332/i-choose-you-runemaster-molgeim I Choose You, Runemaster Molgeim], [https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=12334/i-choose-you-steelbreaker I Choose You, Runemaster Molgeim], and [https://www.wowhead.com/achievement=12333/i-choose-you-stormcaller-brundir I Choose You, Stormcaller Brundir].
* The quest [https://www.wowhead.com/quest=39042/the-very-best "The Very Best"], completed by winning 5 PvP pet battles.
* [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=179694/trainer-iris-greedsway#comments:id=5278125 Trainer Iris Greedsway], has a battle pet named [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=179967/missing1 Missing1], a reference to [[MissingNo.]], and also has a move known as [https://www.wowhead.com/pet-ability=615/data-error DATA ERROR], a reference to [[glitch move]]s.
* [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=66819/brok "Brok <Master Pet Tamer>"], a pet battle opponent found on Mount Hyjal.
* [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=25504/mootoo-the-younger Mootoo the Younger] a quest NPC that displays minor psychic abilities during the quest Escaping the Mist, as well as the NPC "Elder Mootoo", likely references to the {{t|Psychic}}-type Pokémon, {{p|Mewtwo}}.
* A challenger in the Brawler's Guild named [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=116855/ashkatzuum-rank-1-brawlers-guild Ash'katzuum], who summons various battle pets to attack you with the ability [https://www.wowhead.com/spell=232831/i-pick-you I Pick You!] for the duration of the battle.
* The dungeon enemy [https://www.wowhead.com/news/the-talking-fish-casts-splash-but-nothing-happened-pokemon-easter-egg-in-329342 The Talking Fish], a giant carp, casts an ability called Splash that causes it to "violently splash around but nothing happens", similar to the Pokémon move {{m|Splash}}.
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==References in tabletop games==
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| A Spell card released on January 15, 2015 is titled "A {{pkmn2|Wild}} Monster Appears!" It allows the player to freely summon a Special Summon monster if no monsters are on their side and the opponent is controlling at least one monster.
| style="text-align:left" |In the stage {{smw|Torrential Maze}}, the name Pikachu can be seen on the walls.
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==References in books, comics and manga==
===Books, comics, and manga===
* In the ''{{wp|Love Hina}}'' manga, {{wp|Keitaro Urashima}} can be seen with a {{p|Pikachu}} photo sticker while he checks his photo album of himself.
* {{wp|List of The Simpsons comics|''The Simpsons'' comics}} make several references:
** There is a story called ''An Anime Among Us'', in which Bart has a dream containing numerous references to Japanese traditional and popular culture, including anime such as ''{{wp|Sailor Moon}}'' and Pokémon. The most prominent references to Pokémon are Bart dressed like [[Ash Ketchum]], a "Pocket Goblins" (Pockegob) Trainer, and {{wp|Santa's Little Helper}} becoming a reference to Pikachu (Santa-choo). Bart fights against a trio from "Team Sprocket", with {{wp|Bart's Girlfriend|Jessica Lovejoy}} appearing as [[Jessie]], {{wp|Nelson Muntz}} as [[James]], and {{wp|Martin Prince}} in a {{MTR}} costume (Cat Scratch-eth). This story is available in Bart Simpson Comics issue #12 as well as the collection book ''Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson''.
** In the story ''Destroy All Manga!'', many references to various manga and anime are made, including ''{{wp|Dragon Ball}}'', ''{{wp|Sailor Moon}}'', and Pokémon. A series called "Porkymen" features many Pokémon-like creatures, including "Pikkanoze", a creature which shares striking resemblance with Pikachu. Creatures similar to {{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Onix}}, {{p|Blastoise}}, {{p|Geodude}} and {{p|Gengar}} are also shown. When Porkymen are chasing {{wp|In Marge We Trust|Mr. Sparkle}}, Pikkanoze says, "Catch Mr. Sparkle, my Porkymen comrades! [[Gotta catch 'em all!|Catch him all!!!]]" When Mr. Sparkle encases Porkymen in soap bubbles, Pikkanoze says that it's "[[Poké Ball|somewhat familiar]]". This story is available in Simpsons Comics issue #45 as well as the collection book ''Simpsons Comics Unchained''.
** In the story ''All's Veldt That Ends Veldt!'', Maggie watches the aforementioned "Porkeymen", which is shown to use a Pokémon-like slogan "Gotta pitch 'em all!". When Maggie watches the show, Pikkanose's eyes release rapidly flashing light, causing Maggie to become hypnotized. This is obviously a reference to the infamous "[[EP038|seizure episode]]." This story is available in Bart Simpson Comics issue #7 as well as the collection book ''Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson''.
** In the story ''Day of the Nerd'', {{wp|Comic Book Guy}} dresses up like an anime character, using contact lenses to make his eyes seem like anime eyes, black laser lights to give himself speed lines whenever he moves quickly, and a yellow cat he calls "Comicachu", a reference to Pikachu. This story is available in Simpsons Comics issue #73 as well as the collection book ''Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo''.
* In the tenth book in the ''{{wp|Jigsaw Jones Mysteries}}'' series, ''The Case of the Ghostwriter'', Stringbean hires Jigsaw to take the case by offering him bubble gum, a {{wp|Darth Maul}} pencil eraser, a rubber band ball, $0.36, and a {{tcg|Diglett}} card. Jigsaw calls Diglett too common, so Stringbean instead offers a First Edition {{tcg|Gloom}} card, which he accepts.
* In the novella ''{{wp|Coraline}},'' the illustration on page 88 shows a Pikachu head among several other toys.
* In the novel ''{{wp|Mad Dogs}}'', Pokemon ''(sic)'' was mentioned as one of the fads that had passed around CHERUB campus.
* In Volume 5, Chapter 1 of of the ''{{wp|Sword Art Online}}'' light novel series, when discussing possible ways for someone to shoot a bullet in virtual reality and kill someone else in real life, Kirito mentions an instance in which animation effects in an [[EP038|episode]] of a certain {{pkmn|anime}} caused children across Japan to become sick. This reference was not retained in Episode 1 of the anime adaptation's second season, which directly adapts the chapter.
* In the book ''Babymouse: Cupcake Tycoon'', Pikachu is one of the many "people" seen watching an interview. It is later assumed that the same Pikachu was one of the two thousand "people" to buy Babymouse's cupcakes, as referenced by the narrator asking Babymouse how she was going to get her cupcakes to Japan.
* In the webcomic ''{{wp|Homestuck}}'', Tavros Nitram is shown playing a game called "Fiduspawn", which is similar to Pokémon.
* A ''{{wp|FoxTrot (comic strip)|FoxTrot}}'' [http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2011/04/03 comic strip from April 3, 2011] has Jason and Peter playing catch. After he tossed, Jason shouted "I choose you, {{p|Gigalith}}!" He later mentioned he had played a lot of Pokémon recently as Peter questions why the ball was shaking. This strip was released weeks after the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.
* A ''{{wp|FoxTrot (comic strip)|FoxTrot}}'' [http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2011/04/03 comic strip from April 3, 2011] has Jason and Peter playing catch. After he tossed, Jason shouted "I choose you, {{p|Gigalith}}!" He later mentioned he had played a lot of Pokémon recently as Peter questions why the ball was shaking. This strip was released weeks after the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.
* In {{wp|Rick Riordan}}'s book ''{{wp|The Mark of Athena}}'', war-crazed Coach Hedge is sailing a ship while singing the [[Pokémon Theme]], replacing the [[Gotta catch 'em all!]] catchphrase with "Gotta ''Kill'' 'Em All".
* In {{wp|Rick Riordan}}'s book ''{{wp|The Mark of Athena}}'', war-crazed Coach Hedge is sailing a ship while singing the [[Pokémon Theme]], replacing the [[Gotta catch 'em all!]] catchphrase with "Gotta ''Kill'' 'Em All".
** In another Rick Riordan book, ''{{wp|The Throne of Fire}}'', the protagonist Carter wakes up in an hotel room wearing Pokémon pajamas featuring Pikachu.
* In the tenth book in the ''{{wp|Jigsaw Jones Mysteries}}'' series, ''The Case of the Ghostwriter'', Stringbean hires Jigsaw to take the case by offering him bubblegum, a {{wp|Darth Maul}} pencil eraser, a rubber band ball, $0.36, and a {{tcg|Diglett}} card. Jigsaw calls Diglett too common, so Stringbean instead offers a First Edition {{tcg|Gloom}} card, which he accepts.
* A ''{{wp|Mother Goose and Grimm}}'' [http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2014/MGG-2014-05-31.gif comic strip from May 31, 2014] featured a pair of Pikachu. It portrayed how the species got its name in a satirical manner.
* A ''{{wp|Mother Goose and Grimm}}'' [http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2014/MGG-2014-05-31.gif comic strip from May 31, 2014] featured a pair of Pikachu. It portrayed how the species got its name in a satirical manner.
* In the volume #1 of ''{{wp|Silk (comics)|Silk}}'' while the titular heroine is fighting Dragonclaw, she asks if that is a Pokémon name, and if they're "still a thing". She also owns a {{p|Staryu}} plush doll.
* On the cover of the fourth issue of {{wp|Archie Comics}} third {{wp|Sabrina the Teenage Witch}} comic book series, Sabrina and her friend Chloe are playing a card game when bully Slugloaf walks by saying "Those [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|trading cards]] are so lame! There's no such thing as Pocket Monsters!" Sabrina magically makes a large monster appear from his back pocket in response.
* In Volume 5, Chapter 1 of the ''{{wp|Sword Art Online}}'' light novel series, when discussing possible ways for someone to shoot a bullet in virtual reality and kill someone else in real life, Kirito mentions an instance in which animation effects in an [[EP038|episode]] of a certain {{pkmn|anime}} caused children across Japan to become sick. This reference was not retained in Episode 1 of the anime adaptation's second season, which directly adapts the chapter.
* Mangaka {{wp|Ume Aoki}} frequently represents herself in her works as "Ume-sensei", a crude chibi representation of herself dressed as a {{p|Metapod}}. Ume-sensei most notably appears in Aoki's famed manga ''{{wp|Hidamari Sketch}}''.
* In "What She Does Next Will Astound You", the third novel based on the BBC sci-fi drama {{wp|Class (2016 TV series)|Class}}, one of the dares on the website truthordare.com is to "play ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' underwater".
* In a ''{{wp|Zits}}'' [http://comicskingdom.com/zits/2015-05-22 comic from May 22, 2015], Jeremy asks his mother if she has seen his [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon cards]] and freaks out when she said she threw them out years ago. He tells her in the last panel that he and Pierce planned to ignite them.
* A ''{{wp|B.C. (comic strip)|B.C.}}'' [https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2018/10/06 strip from October 6, 2018] has a clairvoyant tell of various species going extinct. When he clarifies that it does not apply to all of them, the scene zooms out to show a {{p|Charizard}}.
* In ''{{wp|Monica's Gang}}'', Pokémon is parodied in several stories, usually referred to by the characters by the name "Pokemão".
** One of the stories is ''Pequemônica'' (Globo's Mônica #163), where the characters find an alien box similar to a {{i|Poké Ball}}, from which they release several monsters belonging to an alien villain similar to [[Ash Ketchum]], and the characters end up being transformed into little monsters with powers. Another story is ''Pokecão'' (Globo's Mônica #167), where the character Glu accidentally ends up changing to resemble Pikachu after being struck by lightning in the tail. The story also features dogs parodying [[Jessie]] and [[James]] and a scene with the writers dressed as Pokémon.
** ''Avaturma'' (2011), a comic book story parodying ''{{wp|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}'', includes several blue characters from games, movies, animated series, etc. {{p|Squirtle}} and {{p|Totodile}} are seen in this comic.
** In the story "Caramela!" (Panini's Almanaque do Cebolinha #25), the chinchilla Caramela is affectionally referred to as a "Pokémão" at some point.
** In Geração 12 (Generation 12) issue #2, Smudge plays a Pokémon-based game called "Pokemonstro MMXIX". It includes a battle between two creatures, one of which is named "Charmosander".
** In Turma da Mônica Jovem (Monica Teen) #51, some flying pigs (from page 102 onwards) resemble Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Chikorita, Psyduck, Jigglypuff, Spoink, Poliwag, and Torchic, as well as other characters such as Totoro, Doraemon, Hello Kitty, and Garu (Pucca character).
* In ''Solitaire'' by {{wp|Alice Oseman}}, the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] was played between the protagonist, Tori Spring, and her childhood friend, Lucas Ryan, when they were young. When they meet up many years later, they talk about how they use to play as an example of their lost connection.
* A {{wp|Donald Duck}} comic drawn by {{wp|Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar}}, originally published on January 27, 2000 in Denmark as ''[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+99160&search= Kampkræene kommer]'' (''Battle Beasties'' in the English version), is a reference to Pokémon. In this story, {{wp|Huey, Dewey, and Louie}} become fascinated by a new franchise called Battle Beasties that is the hit of the moment. Like Pokémon, this franchise includes video games, trading cards, and a TV show. They later discover that creatures are real and accidentally end up freeing them all over {{wp|Donald Duck universe#Duckburg|Duckburg}}. The story received a sequel on April 17, 2001, called ''[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2000-084&search= Kampen om kræene]'' (''Battle for the Battle Beasties'' in the English version). This story, possibly as a reference to [[Generation II]], introduced some creatures not seen in the first story. In some translations, including Italian and Portuguese, the creatures are referred to by titles more similar to Pokémon, like Kukemon and Bobomon.
* In Chapter 980 of the {{wp|One Piece}} manga series, Eustass Kid is seen attacking Scratchmen Apoo with a large arm made of scrap metal. Two {{p|Meltan}} can be seen embedded in Kid's mechanical arm. In Chapter 981, a Meltan is seen on Eustass Kid's shoulder.
* In Chapter 350 of the manga series {{wp|Komi Can't Communicate}}, a cellphone saleswoman offers Komi the God Phone, which resembles the [[Arc Phone]] from [[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]].
* In the novel ''{{wp|Coraline}}'', one of the illustrations depicts the head of a creature that strongly resembles {{p|Pikachu}}.
 
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Monica Avaturma 1.jpg|Character crossover from Avaturma (Monica's Gang comic), including {{p|Squirtle}}
Monica Avaturma 2.jpg|Character crossover from Avaturma (Monica's Gang comic), including {{p|Totodile}}
</gallery>


==Other references==
===Real life===
===Real world===
* During a Republican debate for the {{wp|United States presidential election, 2012|2012 United States presidential election}}, candidate {{wp|Herman Cain}} quotes a "poet" saying "Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line". These are actually the beginning lines of ''{{so|The Power of One}}'', the theme song for the [[M02|movie of the same name]]. During his withdrawal speech, he reused the line but with proper attribution.
* {{wp|Zbtb7}}, a gene discovered by a geneticist from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City, was originally named "Pokemon", stands for "POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor".
* In 2008, Japanese researchers discovered a new protein which helps carry electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain and named it {{wp|Pikachurin}}. According to the researchers, the decision was based on both Pokémon and protein possessing "lightning-fast moves and shocking electric effects".
* In an interview with CultBox, ''{{wp|Hollyoaks}}'' actor Andrew Still, who portrays {{wp|Joel Dexter}} in the series, was asked what TV show reminded him of his childhood, to which he replied: "Definitely Pokémon. I remember going to a childminder when I was around 5 and me and all the other kids there would sit religiously around the TV and watch it".<ref>[http://www.cultbox.co.uk/blog/top-of-the-box/2441-hollyoaks-star-andrew-stills-tv-choices 'Hollyoaks' star Andrew Still's TV choices - CultBox]</ref>
* During a Republican debate for the {{wp|United States presidential election, 2012|2012 United States presidential election}}, candidate {{wp|Herman Cain}} quotes a "poet" saying "Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line." These are actually the beginning lines of ''{{so|The Power of One}}'', the theme song for the [[M02|movie of the same name]]. During his withdrawal speech, he reused the line but with proper attribution.
* The {{wp|Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea|Prosecutor General of Crimea}} {{wp|Natalia Poklonskaya}} became the focus of international media attention due to her appearance after a video of her at a press conference on her appointment of Prosecutor General of Crimea on 11 March 2014 was uploaded to YouTube. Upon learning of her popularity, she was unhappy with the media attention being focused on her looks rather than her career, stating “I am a lawyer, not a Pokémon or something”.<ref>[http://rt.com/politics/239585-poklonskaya-prosecutor-threats-ukraine/]</ref>
* In April 2014, the [https://www.facebook.com/carnivore.pangolin Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program] and {{wp|CNN}}'s [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sutter-change-the-list-vote/index.html Change the List] project held a poll to name a {{wp|pangolin}} rescued from traffickers as part of a campaign to raise awareness for the endangered mammal. Of the top five choices from CNN comments, the name "{{p|Sandshrew}}" won the official [https://www.facebook.com/questions/10152451840746509 Facebook poll]. Sandshrew the pangolin now lives in a {{wp|Vietnam}}ese national park.
* In April 2014, the [https://www.facebook.com/carnivore.pangolin Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program] and {{wp|CNN}}'s [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sutter-change-the-list-vote/index.html Change the List] project held a poll to name a {{wp|pangolin}} rescued from traffickers as part of a campaign to raise awareness for the endangered mammal. Of the top five choices from CNN comments, the name "{{p|Sandshrew}}" won the official [https://www.facebook.com/questions/10152451840746509 Facebook poll]. Sandshrew the pangolin now lives in a {{wp|Vietnam}}ese national park.
* In October 2014, the extinct {{wp|pterosaur}} ''Pterodactylus scolopaciceps'' was renamed ''{{wp|Aerodactylus}} scolopaciceps'' due to a newly-discovered {{wp|taxon}}omic separation. It is named after {{p|Aerodactyl}}, a Pokémon based on various pterosaur species, because it "seemed a pertinent name for a genus which has been synonymous with Pterodatylus for so long due to a combination of features."<ref>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110646#s5 PLOS ONE: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny]</ref>
* During a July 2016 campaign event for the {{wp|United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election}}, candidate {{wp|Hillary Clinton}} said "''I don't know who created Pokémon GO, but I'm trying to figure out how we get them to have Pokémon GO to the polls.''" At the time, the mobile game ''[[Pokémon GO]]'' was at the height of its popularity.<ref>[https://www.destructoid.com/hillary-clinton-wants-you-to-pokemon-go-to-the-polls--375040.phtml Hillary Clinton wants you to 'Pokemon Go to the polls' | Destructoid]</ref>
* To promote their 2016 King of Trios tournament, professional wrestling company {{wp|Chikara (professional wrestling)|CHIKARA}} used several allusions to Pokémon, including using the "Who's That Pokémon?" feature to reveal competitors, a parody of the [[Pokémon Theme]], and even Director of Fun {{wp|Mike Quackenbush}} dressing as [[Ash Ketchum]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_ytp5-qWw CHIKARA: King of Trios 2016 advance tickets on sale tomorrow! - YouTube]</ref>


===Music===
===Music===
* A song from {{wp|Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow}}'s album ''{{wp|Wanted (Bow Wow album)|Wanted}}'', "B.O.W.", has the lyrics "Get up out the stores like Pokémon did".
* A song from {{wp|Lil' Kim}}'s album ''{{wp|The Naked Truth (Lil' Kim album)}}'', "Get Yours", makes a reference to the common mispronunciation of "Pokéman".<ref>[http://youtu.be/nRJ446_liMs?t=52 Lil Kim's "Get Yours' (feat. Sha-Dash & T.I.)" on YouTube.com]</ref>
* A song from {{wp|Lil' Kim}}'s album ''{{wp|The Naked Truth (Lil' Kim album)}}'', "Get Yours", makes a reference to the common mispronunciation of "Pokéman".<ref>[http://youtu.be/nRJ446_liMs?t=52 Lil Kim's "Get Yours' (feat. Sha-Dash & T.I.)" on YouTube.com]</ref>
* Parts of the insert song in [http://filmcow.com/charlietheunicorn3.html part three] of the popular flash cartoon series ''{{wp|Charlie the Unicorn}}'' bear resemblance to the original [[Kanto Pokérap|Pokérap]].
* A song from {{wp|The Lonely Island}} album ''{{wp|Turtleneck & Chain}}'', "Japan", mentions dumping Pokémon in the river.
* Scottish band {{wp|Alestorm}} released [http://www.nuclearblast.de/static/articles/215/215265.jpg/1000x1000.jpg a T-Shirt] with a {{p|Snorlax}}-like monster on it. The band's name is printed in the same style as the Pokémon logo, and the text under it reads "Gotta drink 'em all".
* The {{wp|Azealia Banks}} song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.<ref>[http://youtu.be/5hngZkblwUM?t=168 Azealia Banks' "Bitch Is Ill" on Youtube.com]</ref>
* The {{wp|Azealia Banks}} song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.<ref>[http://youtu.be/5hngZkblwUM?t=168 Azealia Banks' "Bitch Is Ill" on Youtube.com]</ref>
* The Nintendocore-band "Oak's parcel" is named after [[Professor Oak]] and has several Pokémon-themed songs.
* The music group {{wp|Starbomb}} features many songs that parody other video game franchises, but three in particular parody Pokémon. The first song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dEiP8DZV8 I Choose You to Die], tells the story of [[Ash Ketchum]] being sent to jail for beating up his Pokémon out of pleasure after defeating the [[Elite Four]], before being shot in the groin by Pikachu after Pikachu posted Ash's bail; the followup song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCbl-12QV2c The NEW Pokérap!!], features {{an|Brock}} describing to Ash all the new Pokémon that were discovered during his time in the hospital after the events of the first song; and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMxoGAF5tMA A Wild Guitar Solo Appears!] is about Ash's Pikachu taking up guitar and using it to battle other Pokémon. Additionally, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1P1nkbuz6k Welcome to the Mario Party] features various Pokémon as guests, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2idLNXddg This Song Sucks] has a line about "Chokémon" featuring {{p|Squirtle}} trying auto-erotic asphyxiation.
* A song from Japanese musician {{wp|Kenichi Maeyamada}}, {{tt|リア充ってこんなもんだっけ?feat.ディスクン星人|Riajū tte kon'na monda kke? feat. Diskun Seijin}} ''Is this what it's supposed to be like to have a girlfriend?'', mentions the wish of catching a girlfriend in the same manner Ash celebrates catching a new Pokémon, as well as the slogan of the franchise in Japanese, saying "念願の彼女ゲットだぜ!! ''Nengan no kanojo [[Gotta catch 'em all!|getto da ze!]]''", as the character singing the line has Ash's face, holding a sphere with a female face inside, much like a Poké Ball.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IPBZAfsbE リア充ってこんなもんだっけfeat.ディスクン星人]</ref>
* German rap group "Dicht & Ergreifend" mention [[Pokémon GO]] in their song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6V0q3RtEY Don't believe the like].
* South African band "Die Antwoord" made several references to Pokémon:
** In the music video to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXNPI-IPPM Baby's on fire], singer Yolandi Visser is wearing shoes looking like Pikachu.
** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXlZfc1TrD0 Banana Brain], there is the line "You're so cute like Pikachu".
* A song by Peabod with the title "Dreamin" states in one line, "Cause back then Pokémon cards were the currency."
* In the lyric video for [https://youtu.be/dTfi4CYR8SU?t=112 Little Bit] by Timeflies, there is the line "road sodas, maybe one or two, need to charge it with a lighting bolt, Pikachu", while showing a gif of Pikachu from the anime.
* The music video for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emqW_3ZxAy4 Romeo Must Die] from {{wp|Pi'erre Bourne}}'s album {{wp|The Life of Pi'erre 4}} invokes lots of Pokémon-themed imagery, featuring a battle between {{p|Gengar}} and {{p|Hitmonlee}}. A song on the deluxe edition, 4L, also includes a reference in the line "I feel like Geodude, you ain't hard as me."
* The song [https://youtu.be/zMd_PxpF0Ug {{tt|ПИКАЧУ|Pikachu}} by MIA BOYKA & {{tt|ЕГОР ШИП|Yegor (Igor) Ship}}], is dedicated to the titular Pokémon {{p|Pikachu}}.
* American alternative rock band {{wp|R.E.M.}}'s [https://www.discogs.com/release/1971677-REM-REM2003 fan-club exclusive single] for the 2003 holiday season depicts graffiti of {{p|Pikachu}} on its cover. The band were signed to {{wp|Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records}}, whose parent company at the time, {{wp|Warner Bros. Pictures}}, were also the US distributors for the [[Pokémon anime]].


===Websites===
===Websites===
* The coloring game on children's author {{wp|Dav Pilkey}}'s [http://www.pilkey.com website] was once called "Pilkeymon's Paintbox"<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120622114244/http://www.pilkey.com/painter.php</ref> and featured a {{p|Pikachu}}-like boy as its menu icon.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080403031704/http://www.pilkey.com/games.php</ref> After the site's 2013 redesign, the game was renamed "Pilkey Painter" and the menu icons were removed.
 
* ''{{wp|Homestar Runner}}'' has made a number of references to the series, usually playing on Pikachu's similar appearance to the character of The Cheat.<ref>[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Pikachu Pikachu on HRWiki.org]</ref> In particular, Pikachu appears on screen during "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatvideo.html The Cheat Theme Song]," when the lyrics are "Who's the man that looks like The Cheat?"
* During the ''{{wp|Hetalia: Axis Powers}}'' 2011 Christmas event, Ladonia was passing the time playing Pokémon on his [[Game Boy]] and stated his favorite Pokémon was {{p|Stunfisk}} in his rushed introduction to Denmark.<ref>[http://www.hetarchive.net/scanlations/xmas2011/2011_12_5.php Hetalia 2011 Christmas Event, page 5]</ref>
* On the virtual pet site ''{{wp|Neopets}}'', a Pikachu can be seen on the Gallery of Evil page.<ref>[http://www.neopets.com/evil.phtml Neopets - The Gallery of Evil]</ref>
* On the virtual pet site ''{{wp|Neopets}}'', a Pikachu can be seen on the Gallery of Evil page.<ref>[http://www.neopets.com/evil.phtml Neopets - The Gallery of Evil]</ref>
* During the ''{{wp|Hetalia: Axis Powers}}'' 2011 Christmas event, Ladonia was passing the time playing Pokémon on his [[Game Boy]] and stated his favorite Pokémon was {{p|Stunfisk}} in his rushed introduction to Denmark.<ref>[http://www.hetarchive.net/scanlations/xmas2011/2011_12_5.php Hetalia 2011 Christmas Event, page 5]</ref>
* One of the screensavers included in {{wp|XScreenSaver}} is called "JigglyPuff" (''sic'').<ref>[http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/ XScreenSaver: Screenshots]</ref>
* On ''{{wp|The Annoying Orange}}'', in "Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas)", 3 Pokémon were one of Marshmallow's gifts.<ref>[https://youtu.be/jQnqyMOQmlA?t=36 Annoying Orange - Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas) on YouTube.com]</ref>
 
* One of the screensavers included in {{wp|XScreenSaver}} is called "JigglyPuff" ''(sic)''.<ref>[http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/ XScreenSaver: Screenshots]</ref>
===Webcomics===
* ''{{wp|Cyanide and Happiness}}'' has referenced Pokémon in a few comics. [http://explosm.net/comics/421 One comic] made a joke about Ash catching all the STDs. [http://explosm.net/comics/628/ A second comic] had two people playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with one declaring "Bulbasaur beats everything". [http://explosm.net/comics/979/ Another comic] had Ash releasing a dead Pikachu from a Poké Ball because he forgot to make air holes. [http://explosm.net/comics/3023/ A fourth comic] had two people saying they were a fan of ''Pokémon'' and ''The Legend of Zelda''.
* ''{{wp|Cyanide and Happiness}}'' has referenced Pokémon in a few comics.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/421 One comic] made a joke about {{Ash}} catching all the STDs.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/628/ A second comic] had two people playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with one declaring "Bulbasaur beats everything".
** [http://explosm.net/comics/979/ A third comic] had Ash releasing a dead Pikachu from a Poké Ball because he forgot to make air holes.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/3023/ A fourth comic] had two people saying they were a fan of ''Pokémon'' and ''The Legend of Zelda''.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/4502/ A fifth comic] has Ash try to catch a dog before the dog takes the Poké Ball and catches Ash instead.
* In [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2021/03/10/1252-yunas-immortal-zugzwang-game-i/ a comic] from ''Sandra and Woo'', Yuna is playing Pokémon Sword while simultaneously playing in a chess tournament. A man tells her that she can't play Pokémon Sword during the chess tournament, although an exception would only be possible for Pokémon Ruby. Yuna's opponent Logan appears hopelessly unable to win against her, and desperately tells the man to let her play as much Pokémon as she wants.
* In ''{{wp|Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal}}'':
** [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pokemon A comic] has examples of "realistic Pokémon evolution", based on Darwinian evolution.
** In [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/parenting-2 another comic], a young girl makes her dad pretend he is a "pink {{p|Pikachu}}" for 7 hours of play. In a bonus panel (accessible by clicking on the red button below the comic), the girl says "Pokémon controls me, and I control you."
** In [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/love-7 another comic], a young girl named Ellen says she will marry Billy because he has 407 Pokémon cards.
** In the page 221 of the book ''Science: Ruining Everything Since 1543'', one of the children says to their evolution teacher at school: "You can skip this part. We've all played a lot of Pokémon."
* [https://xkcd.com/1147/ Strip #1147] of ''{{wp|xkcd}}'', titled "Evolving", parodies Pokémon [[evolution]] by depicting a bacteria evolving into becoming more resistant to the antibiotic methicillin, much to the chagrin of the person observing it.
 
===Web videos===
* ''{{wp|Death Battle}}'' has six battles featuring Pokémon:
** The first was [[Ash's Pikachu]] vs. {{wp|Blanka}}. Blanka was declared the winner due to his self-taught survival skills, electric resistance, and his greater strength and size compared to Pikachu giving him an edge over Pikachu's {{t|Electric}} typing and reliance on a Trainer.<ref>[http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/death-battle-pikachu-vs-blanka Death Battle: Pikachu vs. Blanka]</ref>
** The second was a three-way free-for-all between a wild {{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Charizard}}, and {{p|Blastoise}}. Blastoise was found to win 48% of over 7,000 simulated [[Pokémon battle]]s between the three Pokémon using game mechanics and was thus declared the winner of the battle.<ref>[http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/pokemon-battle-royale-death-battle Death Battle: Pokémon Battle Royale]</ref>
** The third was a battle between [[Red (game)|Red]] and {{p|Charizard}} against Tai and Agumon of ''{{wp|Digimon}}'' fame; the battle ended in Tai's favor, due to the superior bond between Tai and Agumon as opposed to Red and Charizard.<ref>[http://screwattack.roosterteeth.com/episode/death-battle-season-2-32 Death Battle: Pokémon vs. Digimon]</ref>
** The fourth was a battle between {{p|Mewtwo}} and {{wp|Shadow the Hedgehog}}; the winner was Mewtwo, due to having a wide range of abilities from reading minds to being able to heal itself, as well as using it's knowledge against Shadow. Mewtwo also appeared in a joke episode against Vegeta of ''{{wp|Dragon Ball}}'' where the winner was the Internet.
** The fifth was a battle between {{p|Lucario}} and Renamon of ''{{wp|Digimon}}''; the winner was Lucario, due to a wider arsenal and greater physical strength.<ref>[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/death-battle-season-4-lucario-vs-renamon Lucario VS Renamon - DEATH BATTLE! - Rooster Teeth]</ref>
** The sixth was a battle between Goro of ''{{wp|Mortal Kombat}}'' vs {{p|Machamp}}; the winner was Machamp, due to its power input, the ability to adapt and counter all of Goro's moves, and the ability {{a|Guts}}.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZXGw3Q25Ys</ref>
* ''{{wp|Epic Rap Battles of History}}'' featured a battle between Ash Ketchum and Charles Darwin. Jessie and James make a cameo appearance, as does Ash's Pikachu, and several other Pokémon including Charizard, Butterfree, Alolan Exeggutor, Lapras, and Magikarp. Jigglypuff is also mentioned.
* On ''{{wp|The Annoying Orange}}'', in "Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas)", three Pikachu were some of Marshmallow's gifts.<ref>[https://youtu.be/jQnqyMOQmlA?t=36 Annoying Orange - Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas) on YouTube.com]</ref> The series also features multiple parodies of the Pokémon franchise itself, including ''KitchenMon'', ''KitchenMon 2'', and ''KitchenMon 3'' (parodies of the Pokémon anime); ''Pokémon Orange'' (a parody of the core series games); and ''KitchenMon GO'' (a parody of Pokémon GO).
* ''{{wp|Homestar Runner}}'' has made a number of references to the series, usually playing on Pikachu's similar appearance to the character of [http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/The_Cheat The Cheat].<ref>[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Pokémon Pokémon on HRWiki.org]</ref> In particular, Pikachu appears on screen during "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatvideo.html The Cheat Theme Song]", when the lyrics are "Who's the man that looks like The Cheat?"
* TeamFourStar's ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' contains a running joke in Season 1 where Nappa calls Chiaotzu a "Pokémon". He tries to throw a [[Poké Ball]] to catch him, but this fails, as Vegeta tells him he has to damage him significantly first.
** In the stinger at the end of Episode 47, Imperfect Cell is shown "[[Evolution|evolving]]" into Semi-Perfect Cell, in the same Game Boy style of a Pokémon evolving in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, complete with background music.
* Several Pokémon characters made appearances on ''[https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_for_Dream_Island Battle For Dream Island]'' as recommended characters. Unless otherwise specified, they are all variants of [https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/David David].
** {{Ash}} and [[Brock]] appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9FHBM0SLQ ''Vomitaco'']. Ash is depicted with his signature cap from the [[original series]].
** Nurse Lily, shown in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAKk0gm73K0 ''Bowling, Now with Explosions!''], bears resemblance to [[Nurse Joy]].
** {{p|Charmander}}, {{p|Pachirisu}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Reshiram}}, and {{p|Zekrom}} appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmh7M7TXDRE ''The Reveal'']. Pikachu and Reshiram are both crudely drawn, but are not variants of David, while Zekrom is merely a black Reshiram.
** {{p|Pansage}} and {{p|Vileplume}} appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pR6Y3_ahS8 ''Rescission''].
** {{p|Meloetta}} and {{p|Porygon}} appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9udiROQchg ''Gardening Hero'']. Porygon had the same appearance as the reference Pokémon.
** {{p|Froslass}} and {{Shiny}} {{p|Lucario}} appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OfKK5Rt3fY ''The Glistening'']. Shiny Lucario merely has a light reflection and colors of a regular Lucario.
** {{p|Chandelure}} (also called "Chandelier") and {{p|Eelektross}} appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfFkiGgY6Pk ''Don't Pierce My Flesh'']. Both have the same appearance as the reference Pokémon.
* On ''[https://inanimateinsanity.fandom.com/wiki/Inanimate_Insanity_Invitational Inanimate Insanity Invitational]'', the name, appearance, and basis of [https://inanimateinsanity.fandom.com/wiki/Goo Goo] is similar to that of {{p|Goomy}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MeesterTweester/status/1378387073867071490?s=20&t=HphckD6q5bBDQdf7ZJz-9A @MeesterTweester]</ref> One of the show's former staff members, [https://inanimateinsanity.fandom.com/wiki/Taylor_Grodin Taylor Grodin], commented that it's "VERY DIRECTLY INTENTIONAL"{{sic}}.
* There are several references to Pokémon in videos by [https://www.youtube.com/@portadosfundos Porta dos Fundos]:
** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGixUd6jjs4 TERRORISMO] (English: ''TERRORISM''), Sub-Lieutenant Braga was ordered to safely dispose of a bag that might contain a bomb, while Commander Peçanha was giving instructions on the phone. However, at some point the Commander ordered him to open the {{wp|Pokémon GO}} game and search for a Pikachu instead of disposing the bomb. Sub-Lieutenant Braga was not interested in playing the game, but was ordered to do so. It was also said that catching Pikachu was needed to so they could have more Pokémon than 22th Batallion of Pilates. A {{p|Dragonite}} spawned, so the Commander Peçanha instructed him to catch it without letting other people know about it, and further explained that Sub-Lieutenant Braga should use a [[Razz Berry]], throw an [[Ultra Ball]] and shout "[[Gotta catch 'em all!]]". At the end, a Sergeant from the Pilates Battalion quickly appeared and caught the Dragonite, so Peçanha ordered Braga to use "{{m|Thunder Shock}}", meaning that Braga should shoot that Sergeant. In the post-credits scene, a real terrorist appeared with bombs, but the Sergeant talked with him in a friendly manner and told him to go explode elsewhere because that's the location of his [[Gym]].
** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8e5P09K-Vw SACRIFÍCIO] (English: ''SACRIFICE''), some devil worshipers wanted to sacrifice a virgin man. The victim said that he is not virgin, but the devil worshipers argued that only virgins play {{wp|Pokémon GO}}. The  man further said that he was only trying to catch the Holiday Pikachu.
* In the third installment of SamBakZa's ''{{wp|There She Is!!}}'' series, the character Doki chases and tries various methods of capturing a fleeing Nabi. When all of her attempts fail, she uses a [[Poké Ball]], throwing it at Nabi's head and knocking him down.
* In the third installment of SamBakZa's ''{{wp|There She Is!!}}'' series, the character Doki chases and tries various methods of capturing a fleeing Nabi. When all of her attempts fail, she uses a [[Poké Ball]], throwing it at Nabi's head and knocking him down.
* The virtual pet site ''[http://www.subeta.net Subeta]'' contains several references to Pokémon, including an item which heavily resembles a Poké Ball called Spherical Self-Contained Capture and Storage Unit<ref>[http://www.subetalodge.org/view/item/Spherical+Self-Contained+Capture+and+Storage+Unit SubetaLodge - Spherical Self-Contained Capture and Storage Unit]</ref> and two items that parody {{game|Red and Blue|s}}.<ref>[http://www.subetalodge.org/view/item/Betamon%3A+Azure+Gamepet+Game SubetaLodge - Betamon: Azure Gamepet Game]</ref><ref>[http://www.subetalodge.org/view/item/Betamon%3A+Crimson+Gamepet+Game SubetaLodge - Betamon: Crimson Gamepet Game]</ref>
* ''{{wp|Death Battle}}'' has two battles featuring Pokémon:
** The first was [[Ash's Pikachu]] vs. {{wp|Blanka}}. Blanka was declared the winner due to his self-taught survival skills, electric resistance, and his greater strength and size compared to Pikachu giving him an edge over Pikachu's {{t|Electric}} typing and reliance on a Trainer.<ref>[http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/death-battle-pikachu-vs-blanka Death Battle: Pikachu vs. Blanka]</ref>
** The second was a three-way free-for-all between a wild {{p|Venusaur}}, {{p|Charizard}} and {{p|Blastoise}}. Blastoise was found to win 48% of over 7,000 simulated [[Pokémon battle]]s between the three Pokémon using game mechanics and was thus declared the winner of the battle.<ref>[http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/death-battle/pokemon-battle-royale-death-battle Death Battle: Pokémon Battle Royale]</ref>
** Additionally, in the {{wp|Vegeta}} vs. {{wp|Shadow the Hedgehog}} battle, when Shadow sends Vegeta to the Moon, a recolored {{p|Ducklett}} wearing a space helmet can be seen.
* Beginning on February 18, 2015 the official Robot Chicken Twitter account was "taken over" by Meowth of Team Rocket and renamed ''MEOWTHbot Chicken''.<ref>https://twitter.com/cyborgturkey/status/568172201364430848</ref>.
** It was later changed to ''Robot Charmander'' before being renamed yet again to ''Robot Pikachiken''. <!--Not sure when these changes exactly happened, or when the twitter account reverted back to normal. --> The twitter account has since reverted back to normal.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of references to popular culture in Pokémon]]
* [[List of references to popular culture in Pokémon]]
* [[List of background references to Pokémon]]
* [[List of Pokémon parodies]]
==External links==
* [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Pokémon Pokémon at Wikisimpsons]


==References==
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This is a list of references to Pokémon in popular culture, instances where television shows, music and video clips, or other non-Pokémon media explicitly mention the Pokémon franchise (or even a specific Pokémon). This list includes only notable references, where they must either refer to specific details of the Pokémon franchise, or else play an important role in the work making the reference. The following list is divided by the medium of the work, then sorted alphabetically by the name of the work making the reference.

References that simply mention the Pokémon franchise, use a Pokémon catchphrase, or have a Pokémon character or item briefly appear in the background or as a visual gag are listed separately on the list of background references to Pokémon. They are also distinct from parodies, which are listed separately on the list of Pokémon parodies. This list also excludes mere resemblances between character designs, non-fiction shows mentioning the existence of Pokémon, or news shows discussing Pokémon-related news, as well as game show questions about Pokémon.

List of references to Pokémon in popular culture

Science

Main article: List of references to Pokémon in science
  • Aerodactylus scolopaciceps was renamed from Pterodactylus scolopaciceps in October 2014 due to a newly discovered taxonomic separation. The name refers to Aerodactyl, a Pokémon based on various pterosaur species because it "seemed a pertinent name for a genus which has been synonymous with Pterodatylus [sic] for so long due to a combination of features".[1]
  • Alistra pikachu is a species of spider described by Yejie Lin and Shuqiang Li in 2021, named after Pikachu due to its yellow appearance.[2] Another species of spider, Epicratinus pikachu, was named after Pikachu due to the female's epigynum resembling Pikachu's face.[3]
  • Bulbasaurus phylloxyron is a species of dicynodonts (precursors to early mammals) discovered in January 2017. Although officially named after the bulbous shape of its nose rather than the Pokémon Bulbasaur, the scientist who named the species made several references to Pokémon on Twitter while presenting it, noting that the similarity in name "may not be entirely coincidental."[4] In addition, phylloxyron literally means "Razor Leaf".[5][6]
  • Binburrum articuno, Binburrum zapdos, and Binburrum moltres are three species of beetles found in different parts of Australia, first described in 2020 and named after the three legendary birds of Kanto to reflect their rarity.[7][8]
  • Chilicola charizard is a species of stem-nesting bee, which received its name in May 2016. The discoverer, Spencer K. Monckton, was inspired to name the species after Charizard thanks to its mountainous habitat and the orange coloration found in the first specimen he observed.[9][10]
  • Dicranocentrus pikachu is a species of springtail described in 2017 and named after Pikachu.[11]
  • Hedruris dratini is a species of nematode whose adults parasitize on the stomachs of freshwater turtles. Although the paper describing H. dratini officially states that its specific name "is an arbitrary combination of two words (dra = dragon; tini = tiny)",[12] the Twitter account for the Journal of Helminthology (in which the paper is published) nonetheless acknowledged that the species is named after the dragon Pokémon Dratini.[13][14]
  • Hiperantha pikachu is a species of beetle first described in 2021. It is named after Pikachu because its elytra are yellow with black tips, similar to Pikachu's ears.[15]
  • Nocticola pheromosa is a species of cockroach first discovered in Singapore and described in 2023 by entomologists Foo Maosheng and Cristian C. Lucañas.[16][17] According to Foo, he and his collaborator are both Pokémon fans, and the cockroach was named after Pheromosa due to both having similar features, such as long antennae, hood-like wings, and long slender legs.[18]
  • Parapharyngodon politoedi is a species of nematode that parasitizes on the intestines of tree frogs, described in 2018 and named after frog Pokémon Politoed.[13][14][19]
  • Pikachurin is a protein discovered by Japanese researches in Osaka Bioscience Institute in 2008, which is essential in interactions between cells that carry electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain.[20] The name refers to the Pokémon Pikachu and its "lightning-fast moves".[21]
  • Pokemon was the temporary name of gene Zbtb7. The name officially stood for "POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor", likely as a reference in the form of a backronym. It was eventually renamed due to The Pokémon Company's threats of legal action, who did not wish to be associated with the cancer-related gene.[22]
  • Rathalos treecko (formerly Anyphaena treecko prior to 2022[23]), Anyphaena grovyle, and Anyphaena sceptile are three species of spiders described by Yejie Lin and Shuqiang Li in 2021. The species are named after Treecko, Grovyle, and Sceptile due to their forest habitat.[2]
  • Stentorceps weedlei is the scientific classification of a species of wasp, named after Weedle due to its distinctive feature of having a spike in the middle of its head.[24]

Television

Series Episode Details Image
30 Rock Stride of Pride Pokémon is a recurring theme in this episode with one of Jack's girlfriends. When referring to Jack's polygamy, she said that it was like Pokémon the way Jack had "gotta catch 'em all". Jack pluralizes Pokémon as "Pokémons" only to have her correct him. Jack brings up Pokémon numerous times throughout the episode in reference to his girlfriend, including referring to a text message he got as being "Pokémon'd". At the end of the episode, Liz writes a letter on her laptop, and also refers to "Pokémons" and her life as "little creatures running around".
Ai Mai Mi 3: Surgical Friends You're No Friend of Mine! During the next episode preview, Torijiro talks about how the author in her high school days was ambushed by kids throwing leaves and Poké Balls at her, yelling "Don't let her get away!" and "Weaken and catch her!"
American Dad! Multiple episodes In Buck, Wild, Steve is upset about being seated at the kids' table, pointing out that the kids are playing with Pokémon cards and they are not very good. He yells at one of the kids for "wasting his Charizard".

In Shark?!, when Roger notices that Steve left his Bulbasaur, he says he might as well go battle an army of Jigglypuffs.

In Brave N00b World, Principal Lewis explained he got 50 cats because he thought they were Pokémon, thus captured every one he could find, and got arrested when he made them battle.

Attention Please To the sky!! At the time of departure... The All Nippon Airways 747 Pokémon Jet, can be seen behind the Japan Airlines flight conducting an emergency landing. Plusle and Minun can be seen on the body of the aircraft, while Pikachu can be seen on the tail fin.
The Autocrats Itse valtiaat – Kuningasmusikaali During this special musical episode, Mauri Pekkarinen sings a song called Politiikan Pokémon. In one of the chorus verses, Mauri describes himself as "the Pikachu of Jyväskylä". This song, along with the other songs from this special, were later collected and published on a music CD titled 200 apinaa – Paavo kuninkaaksi.
Animation Domination High-Def Scientifically Accurate: Pokémon and Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies The first episode spoofs Pokémon, referring to kids being thrown into the wilderness alone, as well as some of the kinds of Pokémon such as "a pile of gears" and "a [EXPLETIVE] ice cream cone" (referencing older fans' distaste for the designs of Klink and Vanillite). The second feature Ash's Pikachu catching "PokéRabies" after fighting a rabid dog, leading to Pikachu having to be put down.
Are We There Yet? The Bad Dream Episode After Nick says "You can't make a sequel for everything", Kevin says "They should've told that to the Pokémon people thirteen movies ago!" and then names all Pokémon movies up to M13, including Mewtwo Returns.
Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Second arc Several of the Nonet Bakugan's abilities are named after moves from the Pokémon franchise, for example Ventus Worton has the ability "Air Cutter".
Barakamon Guys from Tokyo Naru hands Kousuke a Poké Ball-like capsule containing shieldbugs. Kousuke, who hates insects, immediately screams and yells "Argh! Monster ball!" and throws the capsule just like Poké Balls are thrown.
The Big Bang Theory The Cooper/Kripke Inversion and The Perspiration Implementation In the first episode, even after being taken off his joint checking account with his wife until he learned the value of money, Howard Wolowitz still spent his lunch's allowance on Pokémon cards. In the second, when Sheldon asks a woman out at a bar, he says "I choose you," which he claims Ash did to Pikachu. He specifically mentions that he is referencing Pokémon.
Big Mouth Ejaculation When Andrew tells the hormone monster that Nick looks really upset, he replies "Fucking forget about that little Pikachu and dance with a girl!"
Black Episode 5 The teacher asks one student if he drew a Pikachu.
Black Books He's Leaving Home When Fran tells Bernard that he knows nothing about the modern culture, she lists a few examples of things he doesn't know, one of which is Pokémon. Bernard quickly interrupts her by saying that it's pronounced "Pac-Man".
Camp Camp A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever When the campers are opening up their Christmas presents, Nerris is seen playing with "Tapámon" cards, and a squared-out Poké Ball design can be seen on the back.
Chronicles of the Going Home Club Ultimate Decision / A Magnificent Training Camp / Starry Sky Imagination / Mankind's Greatest Invention is Air Conditioning ...and the dead freedom that results There are two references in this episode. First, before the opening, Sakura's suggesting ideas for things to do in a training camp, and she says "We could also carefully breed the best IVs, then train our EVs and form dueling parties." Later, the girls are talking about ultimate decisions when deciding between two things. During this, Sakura at one point says "Should your starter be a fire type or a water type?" while the screen shows images of a generic lizard and turtle. Botan then chimes in, saying "Yeah, no one goes for grass."
Close Enough Prank War Bridgette and Emily are walking at night, when a silhouette of a man behind them says "I'm going to catch you, I'm going to catch you." The man gets closer, revealing himself, holding his cellphone, and then asks if anyone seen a Poliwrath, to which Emily replies that nobody plays that game anymore.
Community Digital Estate Planning Hilda's long list of conversation topics includes "old man Trainer", "fly on a bird", "cinnamon island", and "seal along the shore", a reference to the Old man glitch. Also when Gilbert is escaping from Cornelius he changes into MissingNo. for a split-second. Community.png
Daybreak Josh vs. the Apocalypse: Part 2 After arguing which one is better, Pokémon Trading Card Game or Magic: The Gathering, Josh and Eli proceed to blindfold play the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Absolutely the Worst! Nendou's Father Near the end of the episode, in order to stop Nendou's deceased father's spirit from following him, Kusuo Saiki detaches his soul from his body. He then proceeds to talk to the audience, saying "Now, boys and girls watching at home. Here's a question for you. I went from being a psychic to a ghost. Do you know what happens when a ghost-type fights a ghost-type in that world-famous video game? The answer is..." He then stops and performs an uppercut on Nendou's father, sending him into the sky, and then finishes his sentence by saying "...it's super effective!"
Doctor House Perils of Paranoia During a diagnostic at the patient's home, Dr House says "Which is why Arceus created the universe with 3 states of matter and 300 solid or liquid poisons that could cause his symptoms".
Doctor Who The Return of Doctor Mysterio The Doctor and Nardole arrive at the Tokyo branch of Harmony Shoals. Nardole comments that it is empty. The Doctor replies "Yes, I created a distraction. I flooded downstairs with Pokémon".
Drunk History Boston After the retelling of the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art theft, a man says he knows how they must feel because he had $100 worth of Pokémon cards stolen as a kid including holographic Charizard (Base Set 4), Blastoise (Base Set 2), and Professor Oak (Base Set 88).
Emmerdale N/A Sandy Thomas plays an orange DSi, a sound effect from a Pokémon Ranger game is heard and he cries out in annoyance "Every time I get to the big boss Raikou on level 3, I need Gabby, only a child can work this wretched thing", much to his son Ashley's annoyance.
Early Edition Fatal Edition: Part 1 While Gary Hobson is in court, he receives the next day Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. On the paper, the title of the bottom left article is "Pokémon craze includes [hidden] cons." 200px
ER And in the End... A patient says "I am the chosen one, come to be known as Lugia."
Family Guy Multiple episodes At the end of the second story of Three Directors, Stewie says that Peter died chasing a Pokémon on the street, referencing reports of deaths of players playing Pokémon GO.

In Baby Stewie, Brian tries to revert the changes to Stewie's DNA using his own machine, and one of the results is "Stewiechu".

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Fillmore! Test of the Tested A cheerleading coach says that her team, while in a human pyramid, is "as strong as a Geodude using its Harden attack".
The Flash Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash When Cisco is thinking of random numbers for Cecile to guess, he then thinks "Bulbasaur". Cecile questions what a Bulbasaur is and Cisco said he wouldn't be thinking about Pokémon at a time like this. When Cecile then asks why Cisco is still thinking about Bulbasaur, Cisco says that he's the cutest one of all.
George Lopez George Drives The Batmobile After Benny passes out George tells Angie that in the eight hours it would take for her to wake they could take her to Mexico, put her in a Pikachu costume with a note saying beat me I have candy. Shortly after George says Pikachu a couple times while swinging his arms as if he was hitting a piñata with a bat.
Good Vibes The Grass is Always Greener When Mondo sees Woody's room for the first time, he comments on all the awards for competitions he has. Woody admits that many of them were purchased on eBay by his parents. Mondo then asks how much they spent on the "lame Pokémon tournament participant ribbon", a gold ribbon with a Pikachu on it, to which Woody claims that he won on his own. Good Vibes Pokemon.png
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Like a Close Encounter of the Third Kind and Great Conspiracy X Nyaruko summons her pets Shanta and Nephren-Car from a Poké Ball-esque object, during which she says 「君に決めた!」 Kimi ni kimeta! ("I choose you!")[25][26] Nyaruko.png
Himouto! Umaru-chan N/A During the opening of the series, Umaru walks to a table that has her signature hoodie and three Poké Balls, and interacts with the hoodie. In addition, in the episode Umaru and her rival, after being told not to play with a cat souvenir, Umaru plays with it the next day alongside her hamster toys, calling it "Pocket Hamsters GK". She makes them battle, and during the battle, she starts by shouting "A wild Hamsaburou has appeared!" She then proceeds to summon the cat souvenir, shouting "Metal Nyankos! I choose you!" She makes the cat bob its head, saying that it makes Hamsaburou's defense fall while a health bar on the side of the screen drops by about half. She then reaches for a capsule to use to catch Hamsaburou, but trips and knocks the cat off the table, breaking it. Later, while trying to rebuild it, she remakes the head from scratch, but can't remember its face, and gives it a face similar to that of Pikachu's, with a voice shouting "Pukka!" Lastly, in between scenes, the room from the opening's reference appears, with a logo underneath it very similar to Pokémon's Japanese logo. Taihei walks up to a sleeping Umaru and tells her in a dialogue box "Umaru, starting today, you're a trainer!", to which she responds "Ugh, just five more minutes." Himouto Poke Balls.png
House M.D Perils of Paranoia While having a discussion with his diagnostic team, House says, "Which is why Arceus created a universe with three states of matter and 300 solid or liquid poisons that could cause his symptoms", upon which Taub asks, "Arceus?" House then suggests he look it up.
High School DxD I Get a Familiar! The familiar master, Zatouji (parody of Satoshi) is a parody of Ash Ketchum. He uses the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all" many times.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Chiitan Introducing the segment, John Oliver mentions Japan as "the country that gave us Pokémon", and a Jigglypuff appears on-screen. Oliver says, to the audience, to throw a Poké Ball at it (in the style of Pokémon GO), and the on-screen Poké Ball does so, albeit too hard, resulting in the Jigglypuff exploding and spraying blood everywhere. Worth noting is the fact that, when it shows up, the Jigglypuff sings with its voice from Super Smash Bros.

Later on in the segment, a Porygon plush makes a cameo.

Lucky Star Base of the Sun and Pandora's Box In Base of the Sun, Kagami asks Konata if she has any talents besides making faces. Konata replies by stating that she can name every Pok***n. In Pandora's Box, Konata states that Kinkaku-ji is gold, but Ginkaku-ji isn't silver, referencing both the Bell and Brass Towers, and Pokémon Gold and Silver. She also wonders if they're like Po*émon, and "if they have a Sapphire and Ruby or something".
MAD Multiple episodes Several MAD sketches have included references to Pokémon. These include notably "Grey's In Anime" (a mashup of Grey's Anatomyand various anime series) where a Pikachu-like character known as Checkaflu is used as a defribilator; there also is a sketch in the episode Cliffordfield / Big Time Rushmore features a skit titled "Rejected Pokémon", and in another episode, "Pokémon Park" (a Pokémon-based spoof of Jurassic Park). Other sketches have included "Big League Pika-Chew" (an advertisement for chewing gum made from shredded Pikachu), "Pokémon of Interest" (a crossover with Person of Interest), and "Pokémonsters, Inc." (a crossover with Monsters, Inc.). Other sketches have used Pokémon to spoof other modern culture trend: "PokéHarmony" spoofing the dating website eHarmony, "The less you know", spoofing The more you know with alleged Pokémon facts, and "Psyduck" spoofing Psych using the titular Pokémon. PokémonPark.png
MADtv Season 5, Episode 16 In the "Reality Check" sketch, Belma Button mentions that she took her kids to Pokémon: The First Movie, chastising the Japanese for sending it to America. Tovah says, "Who drew it? Stevie Wonder?" and Belma says it sounds like the name of a homosexual Jamaican adult film.
My Babysitter's a Vampire Friday Night Frights When the ghost of Coach ED (Clé Bennett) haunts Ethan Morgan (Matthew Knight), threatening him that he'd ruin his life if he didn't win a trophy for their school, the young boy gets into a wrestling match with Kurt the Hurt (William Greenblatt). When it becomes clear that he cannot win, Ethan exclaims that he has "never won a fight" to which his friend Benny Weir (Atticus Mitchell) replies, "False; remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunchbox?"
My Family Pain in the Class After finding out that his mother Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker) has invited the parents of his school bully round to solve his bullying problem, Michael (Gabriel Thomson) says 'goodbye' to some of his possessions, including his Pokémon cards, commenting that he only had 212 left to collect*.
The Norm Show Artie Comes to Town The first scene is a parody of Pokémon, as a boy named Tommy thought he was Ash. The skit featured actors dressed as Squirtle, Pikachu, Butterfree, Charmander, and Meowth. It features a Pokémon battle between Norm and Tommy. ArtieComesToTown.png
Paradise PD Top Cops
The Shartist
In Top Cops, Bullet tries to get back the money he lost by selling a knockoff Pokémon Card, of Detective Bullshit.

In The Shartist, Hobbson asks how he can "fuck a Pokémon". After being tricked into having his mind uploaded to a smartphone, he is in someone's Pokémon GO game having sex with a Squirtle.

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Rick and Morty Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri

Final Desmithation

Mort: Ragnarick

Rick tosses a couple of capsules that look like Poké Balls, and two creatures pop out and attack each other.[27]

In Final Desmithation, Rick is fighting the employees of a fortune cookie factory where the fortunes become true. When Rick encounters one who controls Fire, and another who controls water, he decides maybe he "can Pokémon this shit."

In Mort: Ragnarick, Rick had apparently trapped Bigfoot in a Poké Ball. Rick later uses it to catch the Pope (with a retro jingle upon success), calls it a "Popey Ball", and later sends him out to get beaten by a monster from someone else's Poké Ball.

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Robot Chicken Multiple episodes Several skits in Robot Chicken have parodied Pokémon. Notable skits include "Poké Ball High Life" showing Ash's Pikachu's party life in a Poké Ball, "The Greatest Pokémon Generation" showing former Pokémon fans in their old age and "Timely Michael Vick Joke" in which Ash and Pikachu must battle Michael Vick and his Rottweiler, and "Bloopers", in which an outtake from the Pokémon anime is shown. Other sketches appear in the episodes The Hobbit: There and Bennigan's where Ash plays tennis with Pikachu's Poké Ball to punish his Pokémon for urinating on his rug, Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition where Santa Claus' elves mention Pokémon toys in a musical number titled "Toys Through the Years", Strummy Strummy Sad Sad where the elderly Pokémon Day Care owner is shown to film the Pokémon breeding, and 3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3...66? which features Ash and Pikachu battling Henry Kissinger and a "Happy Monday" where Ash's Greninja is shown to have changed quite a bit after going its separate ways with its former trainer, attempting unsuccessfully to hit on a female coworker. In What Can You Tell Me About Butt Rashes?, after Pikachu is horribly injured, Ash reveals his newest Pokémon, Glinda the Good Witch of the North from The Wizard of Oz, and she is used to fight a Blastoise. In Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying, there is a short sketch where Tim Goodman is questioned on how he can understand Detective Pikachu, and after he is asked what Detective Pikachu is saying, Detective Pikachu tells Tim to kill John Lennon. In Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know if His Mother's A Size Queen, an exterminator finds a dead Pikachu underneath a homeowner's sink. He says to the homeowner: "There's 802 of them, you gotta catch 'em all." PikachuSecret.pngAS-PikaandSqui.png
Saturday Night Live Multiple episodes In the "Pokémon Parents" skit of the Jennifer Aniston / Sting episode, a boy trades his holographic Charizard for weaker cards like Metapod and Diglett. Mewtwo and the first movie are also mentioned. In the "Hardball" skit (John McCain / The White Stripes), Harry Belafonte refers to Pokémon as a slave trade wheel describing the unfair treatment of blacks. Finally, in "The Abacus Conundrum" skit of the Robert De Niro / Diddy-Dirty Money episode, a fake book is shown called "The Pokémon Directive" with a Pikachu on its cover.
Servant × Service Don't Panic, Make a Scene, or Throw Away Your Job Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers accompanied by a montage of games he has played, including "Pokimon", a distorted Pikachu and Bulbasaur, and a Poké Ball sound effect. ServantxService.png
The Simpsons Multiple episodes Pokémon appears in several episode of the show, most notably in Postcards from the Wedge where Bart is shown watching the Pokémon anime on TV, and wondering how it has managed to stayed so fresh, and in the short Pokémon Now? released on YouTube, which parodies Pokémon GO. Other brief mentions occurs in Children of a Lesser Clod (where it's named as a child's favorite game), Chief of Hearts where a game called "Battle Ball" is said to "makes Digimon look like Pokémon", and in Let's Go Fly a Coot where Milhouse wants his cheese cut in Pokémon shapes.
South Park Chinpokomon Debuting in the self-titled episode Chinpokomon, the Chinpokomon anime, toys, and video games are a clear parody of Pokémon, which was in the midst of its peak in popularity in 1999 (the year the episode debuted). In the episode, the merchandise, marketed with the slogan "I've Got To Buy It!" is actually a ruse concocted by the Japanese government to convert American children into anti-American child soldiers. The Chinpokomon would later reappear in the video game South Park: The Stick of Truth, and a future reference in the form of "Chinpokomon GO" makes an appearance in the game South Park: The Fractured But Whole, as part of Wendy/Call Girl's special attack. The Chinpokomon creatures seen include Chu-Chu Nezumi, Furrycat, Donkeytron, Pengin, Lambtron, Roo-Stor, Gophermon, Stegmata, Pterdaken, Ferasnarf, Poodlesaurus Rex, Monkay, Mouse-tik, Fatdactyl, and Shoe, among others. Some even bear resemblance to existing Pokémon (such as Furrycat's resemblance to Meowth, Pterdaken's resemblance to Charmeleon, Stegmata's resemblance to Wartortle, Ferasnarf's resemblance to Jolteon, and Fatdactyl's resemblance to Pikachu). In addition, Kenny McCormick, fitting in with his trend of being killed off in almost every episode, suffers a seizure while playing the Chinpokomon video game (a reference to the infamous EP038 incident), and remains catatonic until the end of the episode, where a cluster of rats burst out of his dead, motionless body.
Strip Mall Multiple episodes In several episodes, an adult movie parody called Pokémemon is used as an on-going plot device. The lead actress of the film is seen dressed similar to Misty's original design, and her role's name is Fisty, a further play on the character.
Supermansion Virtual Reality Bites When American Ranger asks Cooch if she believes in God, she replies that she "believes in all of them. God, sasquatch, leprechauns, all the Pokémons—".
Teekyu Evolution with Senpai Marimo exclaims "Let's go catch them all!" while she, Kanae, and Nasuno hold tennis balls like Poké Balls and wear hats similar to Ash's. Yuri exasperatedly responds "Is this Poké**n?!"
Teenage Kicks Sex Kate (Abigail Cruttenden) wants to have sex with Vernon (Ade Edmondson). Vernon lies about David's (Jonathon Chan-Pensley) room being his and says to her: "sorry about the Pokémon duvet".
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Endless Eight II In the scene where Nagato is buying a mask at the festival, different masks refer to different anime and tokusatsu. Among them five resemble Pokémon: Chimchar, Turtwig, Piplup, and two Pikachu masks. EndlessEight.png
Transformers Animated (Japanese dub) Garbage In, Garbage Out The episode's Japanese broadcast eyecatch is an homage to Who's That Pokémon?, with Wreck-Gar being the silhouetted character.[28]
Walliams & Friend Sheridan Smith A sketch involves Sheridan Smith and Morgana Robinson playing teenagers. Sheridan Smith's character mentions a game "back in the day" and says about catching monsters on your phone, Morgana Robinson's character responds with Pokémon GO.
W.I.T.C.H. Season 2 Opening (Non-American) In the European opening for the second season, Will's bedroom wallpaper features the Generation III first partner Pokémon Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip.

Film

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Miracle in Toyland When Jesse walks in shame following Gabriella's departure from Toyland, one of the shelves adjacent to him has a Pikachu doll atop it.
Paper Towns In the scene where Quentin, Ben, and Radar are scared while in an abandoned gas station looking for clues to where Margo can be, they wonder what they should do to calm themselves down. Quentin suggest that they sing a song — the first one that comes into their head. Ben then starts to sing the Pokémon Theme; Radar and Quentin join him as they together conquer their fear.
See Spot Run James tells Gordon Smith that he had a nightmare of a Charizard trying to burn him, in resemblance to Ash's Charizard. James also tells him what a Pokémon is, as some people may not understand.
Searching There were many instances of Pokémon referenced throughout the film. The first, David shows Margot on Facetime his Pokémon t-shirt. The second time was when an online user asked Margot what her favorite Pokémon was, and she responded by saying Uxie, as it could erase memories; erase the memory of her mother's death. Margot also always has a Poké Ball keychain with her.

Non-Pokémon video games

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AI: The Somnium Files Iris uses "that electric mouse from that video game" as an example of the Mandela Effect. She says that while a large number of people remember the creature's tail having a black tip, in reality it is entirely yellow. AI Pikachu Reference.jpg
Animal Crossing The Pokémon Pikachu item is based on the Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS and is used primarily for villager favors. Telling a specific password to Tom Nook will allow him to give the player this item as well, stating is from a place but with garbled text. Trying to place the item in the player's house causes it to disappear as the item was never fully programmed and given a model.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp From Octctober 12 to 23, 2018, a Poké Ball Scavenger Hunt event occurred where players could collect Poké Balls and use them to craft Eevee-themed furniture and clothing from the Eevee Set. Likewise, in the scrapbook episode "Welcome to Judyland", Merry upon discovering Judy's hot air balloon says "Whoa, a hot-air balloon! Did you become an anime villain while I wasn't looking?", referring to Jessie, James, and Meowth's frequent usage of a hot air balloon. Eevee Set ACPC.png
Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator In the fifth game (which takes place in Japan), turning on the television in the player's hotel room shows a program with flashing colours and a Pikachu-like character. Looking at the screen causes the game to remark "Don't stare at it too long, or you're likely to have a seizure!", a likely reference to the EP038 incident.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth There are a many items in the game which were inspired by Pokémon. One is called "Missingno.", which will randomize all items picked up at the start of every floor.

The Afterbirth DLC released a new item called a "Friendly Ball", which will be thrown when used, capture an enemy which will then fight other enemies when sent out.Related challenge is called "Poke Mans", which comes from "Pokémon".

Afterbirth† introduced a new item called Poke Go, which looks like a cellphone and resembles Pokémon GO, where enemies will randomly join you upon entering a room. It also introduced a challenge called Pokey Mans, which is an obvious play-on of Pokémon, and uses the Friendly Ball, except it releases a random enemy each time it's thrown. It also introduced an item called Metronome, which has the item description "Waggle a finger", and every time it's used, it has the effects of a completely random item. The 1st booster pack also released an item called Mystery Gift.

Repentance adds a new item called TMTRAINER, which looks like a glitched version of Isaac's head, and causes all items picked up after to become "glitched" and have random combinations of 2 or 3 other items. It also causes the music to fade out until another music track plays.

Catherine An unused original cover of the Battle! (Wild Pokémon) theme from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is hidden within the game's files.[29]
Coromon This indie game pays homage to the Pokémon series and the classic JRPG genre. Some of the higher difficulty settings like "catching one Coromon per area" are a direct reference to the Nuzlocke Challenge.

On the upper floor of Pawbury's Trainer Hub, there's an NPC named Ashton that resembles Ash Ketchum.

Potent and Perfect Coromon have a sparkling animation when encountered like Shiny Pokemon, the colors determines their Potential which ranges from 1 to 21.

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair One of the achievements for the game is Gotta Raise 'Em All!, a reference to Pokémon's old slogan. The achievement is obtained by raising all the pets in the e-Handbook at least once.

In Island Mode, Gundham Tanaka states he is not very effective against "water-types."

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony In Angie Yonaga's Love Across the Universe event, she greets Shuichi Saihara by saying Alola and then asking him out on a date. Alola is a greeting used in the Alola region in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon.
Deltarune During the Spamton Sweepstakes event, there's a story involving Noelle Holiday obtaining a white egg that cannot be removed which is similar to the Bad Egg in the Pokémon series.
Destiny 2 The "Investigative Dance" emote grants hologram ears to the user, and mimics a dance performed by Detective Pikachu in a promotional video for the movie POKÉMON Detective Pikachu.

Interestingly, the dance is not original to Detective Pikachu - instead, the promotional video is itself referencing a Key & Peele comedy skit, performing the same motions and using a similar fitness gym setting.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth In Chapter 4, a researcher named Akemi Suedou asks the protagonists to investigate an "Eater," a digital creature that consumes data. Arata Sanada asks Suedou if he has any "secret weapons" at his disposal such as a "camera watch that can detect hidden objects" or a "ball that captured creatures can be stuffed into." Suedou states that Arata's examples are "oddly specific." Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth - Pokemon Reference.jpg
Dragon City The Air Dragon (originally named Wind Dragon until the v.9.4 update) is a legendary Dragon that resembles Lugia in its young and adult forms. It is available via breeding and the shop for 2500 gems.

The Nenufar Dragon is a common Dragon that looks similar to Bulbasaur and its evolutions.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind This RPG has several Pokémon references, which include Marowak's Spine in Illunibi or the body of Peke Utchoo (whose name is parody of Pikachu). In Arkngthand, there is a Weepingbell Hall while in the Urshilaku Burial Caverns, there is a section known as Kakuna Burial.[30]
Enter the Gungeon The item Macho Brace and the gun Life Orb are based on the given Pokémon items, while the item Helix Bullets references Twitch Plays Pokémon.
Epic Battle Fantasy series This series of RPG games contains various references to Pokémon including but not limited to legendary giants appearing in the first game, achievements referencing the HMs in fourth game, or slime enemies resembling Pichu, Pikachu or Dedenne in the fifth game. In the Steam re-release of the first game, the references in the first game were made far less blatant to avoid copyright infringement.
Fate/Grand Order While visiting a resort, the player character is offered to have some rice balls, but the character making the offer begins to say "jelly do-" before correcting themselves. This is in nod to the infamous claim of rice balls being jelly doughnuts back in Primeape Goes Bananas.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 One of the possible answers to a Brain Blast quiz is Ochu, I Choose You! referring to the common catch phrase used in the anime.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas There is a store in East Beach, Los Santos called Juguetes Regalos that has vector art of Ash Ketchum, Squirtle, and Pikachu on its store sign. However, the vector art was replaced in The Definitive Edition of the game.
HarmoKnight Five bonus levels feature music from Pokémon games: Champion Battle from Generation I, Trainer Battle from V, and the Gym, Route 26, and Bicycle themes from II. Pokémon-shaped balloons and natural structures also appear. Harmonknight.jpg
Harvest Moon 64 If Kai and Karen are married, they will eventually have a child wearing a Pikachu hat.
Hearthstone The flavor text of card "Thunder Lizard" is "What? THUNDER LIZARD is adapting!"(Japanese:……おや!? サンダーリザードの ようすが……!), which is a reference to the Pokémon evolution screen in the games.

The flavor text of card "Wing Blast" is "Emeriss uses Wing Blast. It's super effective!"(Japanese:エメリスの つばさのぼうふう こうかは ばつぐんだ!), which is a reference to type effectiveness messages in the games.

The flavor text of card "Hir'eek, the Bat" is "REPEL’S EFFECT WORE OFF."(Japanese translation use a Ōgon Bat reference instead), which is a reference to the item Repel.

The flavor text of card "Fossil Fanatic" is "Praise Lord Helix!", which is a reference to Twitch Plays Pokémon meme about Helix Fossil. Its Japanese flavor text is "こういうものには つかいどきが あるのじゃ!"(literal translation: This can be used (somewhere else)!; corresponding quote in English game: This isn't the time to use that!),which is a reference to Professor Oak's quote when using item at the wrong time.

The flavor text of card "Fan Club" is "Well that was weird. Yeah, I just walked up to the president of the fan club, he blabbered on for like 10 minutes, and then gave me a bike voucher..."(Japanese:いったい何だったんだろう?その、ファンクラブの会長に近づいたら、10分くらい自慢話を聞かされて、その後なぜか自転車の引換券をもらったんだ…), which is a reference to the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman who giving out Bike Voucher in Kanto.

The flavor text of card "Flame Revenant" is "4x weak to water."(Japanese:4倍弱点: 水), which is a reference to the type effectiveness in Pokémon games. in this case, Flame Revenant should be dual-type Fire/Ground or Fire/Rock.

Hidden Folks On the camping level, one of the things to find is "Pika" a reference to Pikachu. Hidden Folks Pika.png
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 In Lowee, a nation that represents the Wii and Nintendo, the group has an exchange with guards that references Pokémon in various ways:
Lowee Guard: Go! Dragon, I choose you!
Compa: Go! Nep-Nep, I choose you!
Neptune: Pika!
IF: Oh! All right then! Go! Lady Vert, I choose you!
Lowee Guard: Through rigorous training, people and monsters can become stronger! I've lived 'n trained with my fighting monster! And that will never change!
Jackbox In Trivia Murder Party 1 and 2, at least one of the questions can be related to Pokémon.
Little Inferno The description text for the Giant Spider item is written in the style of Pokémon battle messages: "A Giant Spider appears! You attempt to flee! Giant Spider attacks for massive damage!!" LittleInferno.jpg
Minecraft As an easter egg, if the splashes.txt file is deleted but not the META-INF folder from the game's files, the only splash text to be shown is "missingno".

The blue variant of the Axolotl mob was suggested by user Darkiceflame on the Minecraft's Suggestion Box Reddit community, as a reference to Mudkip, and it was added to the game in Minecraft v1.17.[31]

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Monster Legends Thunder Eagle and Raydex has a very similar design to Zapdos. Flawless is the second creature from a Socialpoint game (the first being the Air Dragon from Dragon City) that is inspired by Lugia. Turtle and Shock Turtle mostly resembles Lapras despite their names being related to the Testudines species. Electrex is a rock monster that resemble Onix. Gigram's adult form looks similar to Arcanine. Azte's skill "Cazte'm All" is a reference to the catchphrase "Gotta catch'em all".
Not a Hero After the player completes a level, there is a random sequence of dialogue triggered. One of BunnyLord's lines in one of the dialogue sequences remarks how "this one time, when I lived in Justin's Vagabond Supplies Store, I damaged a Mudkip."
Payday 2 Joy, a DLC character added in August 2018 makes numerous video game shout-outs through her mask and voice lines. One of her possible answers to a pager from a downed guard is saying she was looking for her Pokémon and then asking if the guard answering her wants to trade Pokémon with her.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice A fictional country featured in the game, Khura'in, has a popular game that considered "Khura'inese chess". The game is called, "Kachu'demahl", a play on "catch 'em all", and the objective of the game is to annihilate all of an opponents pieces. Each piece is also capable of utilizing a special move once per game, akin to Z-Moves.
Pony Island If the player goes right when they see Louey for the first time, there are a bunch of references to Pokémon Red and Blue Versions, including the Missingno. glitch. There is an achievement called Glitch City associated with the area. Pony Island Pokemon References.png
Rocket League An AI team that the player can come across when being randomly matched will be Team Rocket.
Rune Factory 4 Clorica says, "Fishing can be quite dangerous. Sometimes it's less tenta-'cool' and more tenta-'cruel.'" Additionally, Dolce quotes "I choose you," tries to command a Thunderbolt attack, and references type effectiveness.
Skullgirls Several Pokémon quotes are used in the game. If the player wins a match without taking damage, the announcer says "It's super effective!". When facing Filia, Peacock says "Wild schoolgirl appears!" She may also say "I choose you!" when using her j.HK. The character of Molly also has a story mode portrait that references Wobbuffet, and Beowulf has an alternate costume based on Incineroar (as both are wrestlers).
Sonic Mania An achievement in the game is called "Gotta Catch em' All".
Splatoon In commemoration of Pokémon's 20th Anniversary, a Splatfest was held on February 20, 2016 at 6:00 AM UTC, pitting players who prefer Pokémon Red against players who prefer Pokémon Blue*/Pokémon Green*. When the results of the Splatfest were tallied by game region, Red lost to Blue and Green in all three regions. In the American version of the announcement, Callie and Marie discuss Vulpix being exclusive to Blue, and reference Team Rocket's original motto.

In the North American localization, during the Stage News segment of Inkopolis News, when the Moray Towers were announced as one of the two current multiplayer stages, Callie would reference type effectiveness, while Marie would use a snowclone of the first line of the first verse of the Pokémon Theme.

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Splatoon 3 To celebrate release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, a special Splatfest was held in this game from November 12, 2022 to November 14, 2022. The Splatfest was between Team Grass, Team Fire, and Team Water, with Team Water being the winner. Splatoon 3 Grass vs Fire vs Water Splatfest.png
StreetPass Mii Plaza One of the puzzles distributed through SpotPass was for Pokémon X and Y and depicts Xerneas and Yveltal.
Super Mario Galaxy Above the Buoy Base Galaxy, there's a planet filled with water shaped like a Poké Ball.
Super Mario Maker A set of Mystery Mushroom Costumes themed after the playable Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U can be unlocked by scanning their respective amiibo. The player also has a random chance of unlocking one after completing a 100 Mario Challenge. Unlike most amiibo costumes, however, the Pokémon costumes do not feature custom sounds or music.
In commemoration of Pokémon's 20th Anniversary, an Event Course entitled I Choose You! was uploaded on February 11, 2016. When the player completes this course, they will unlock a Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle costume. Completing the course three times will unlock all three. Unlike the Super Smash Bros. Pokémon costumes, these costumes have a full set of custom sound effects and music taken from Red and Green. Mario Maker Kanto first partners.png
Super Scribblenauts In one level, a witch sends out monsters in a Pokémon Battle format.
Terraria The Lightning Carrot is a pet item available for purchase from the Zoologist after completing 50% of the Bestiary. When used, it summons a Volt Bunny pet whose appearance and movements resemble those of Pikachu.
Touhou LostWord An event titled "Capsule Crazy Gensokyo" features a nod to Pokémon battles, using Fabricated Maidens in place of Pokémon. Other references include a nod to the "light years" line from a Pewter gym trainer, types, and special capsules to contain each Maiden.
Transformice The modules Surble, Micemon and Pokelua are based on Pokémon.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time In the German version of the game, if Link talks to Zelda as a child wearing the keaton mask, Zelda will wonder whether Link is a Pokémon, perhaps due to the mask's resemblance to Pikachu.
Wario Land 3 A treasure based on a Pokémon Pikachu is a Pocket Pet, a treasure in the Green Chest that is located in the level The Big Bridge; however, the player cannot interact with it. Wario Land 3 Pokémon Pikachu.png
World of Warcraft World of Warcraft contains several notable references to the Pokémon franchise:
Yoshi's Story In the stage Torrential Maze, the name Pikachu can be seen on the walls.

Books, comics, and manga

  • A FoxTrot comic strip from April 3, 2011 has Jason and Peter playing catch. After he tossed, Jason shouted "I choose you, Gigalith!" He later mentioned he had played a lot of Pokémon recently as Peter questions why the ball was shaking. This strip was released weeks after the release of Pokémon Black and White.
  • In Rick Riordan's book The Mark of Athena, war-crazed Coach Hedge is sailing a ship while singing the Pokémon Theme, replacing the Gotta catch 'em all! catchphrase with "Gotta Kill 'Em All".
  • In the tenth book in the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries series, The Case of the Ghostwriter, Stringbean hires Jigsaw to take the case by offering him bubblegum, a Darth Maul pencil eraser, a rubber band ball, $0.36, and a Diglett card. Jigsaw calls Diglett too common, so Stringbean instead offers a First Edition Gloom card, which he accepts.
  • A Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip from May 31, 2014 featured a pair of Pikachu. It portrayed how the species got its name in a satirical manner.
  • On the cover of the fourth issue of Archie Comics third Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book series, Sabrina and her friend Chloe are playing a card game when bully Slugloaf walks by saying "Those trading cards are so lame! There's no such thing as Pocket Monsters!" Sabrina magically makes a large monster appear from his back pocket in response.
  • In Volume 5, Chapter 1 of the Sword Art Online light novel series, when discussing possible ways for someone to shoot a bullet in virtual reality and kill someone else in real life, Kirito mentions an instance in which animation effects in an episode of a certain anime caused children across Japan to become sick. This reference was not retained in Episode 1 of the anime adaptation's second season, which directly adapts the chapter.
  • Mangaka Ume Aoki frequently represents herself in her works as "Ume-sensei", a crude chibi representation of herself dressed as a Metapod. Ume-sensei most notably appears in Aoki's famed manga Hidamari Sketch.
  • In "What She Does Next Will Astound You", the third novel based on the BBC sci-fi drama Class, one of the dares on the website truthordare.com is to "play Pokémon GO underwater".
  • In a Zits comic from May 22, 2015, Jeremy asks his mother if she has seen his Pokémon cards and freaks out when she said she threw them out years ago. He tells her in the last panel that he and Pierce planned to ignite them.
  • A B.C. strip from October 6, 2018 has a clairvoyant tell of various species going extinct. When he clarifies that it does not apply to all of them, the scene zooms out to show a Charizard.
  • In Monica's Gang, Pokémon is parodied in several stories, usually referred to by the characters by the name "Pokemão".
    • One of the stories is Pequemônica (Globo's Mônica #163), where the characters find an alien box similar to a Poké Ball, from which they release several monsters belonging to an alien villain similar to Ash Ketchum, and the characters end up being transformed into little monsters with powers. Another story is Pokecão (Globo's Mônica #167), where the character Glu accidentally ends up changing to resemble Pikachu after being struck by lightning in the tail. The story also features dogs parodying Jessie and James and a scene with the writers dressed as Pokémon.
    • Avaturma (2011), a comic book story parodying Avatar, includes several blue characters from games, movies, animated series, etc. Squirtle and Totodile are seen in this comic.
    • In the story "Caramela!" (Panini's Almanaque do Cebolinha #25), the chinchilla Caramela is affectionally referred to as a "Pokémão" at some point.
    • In Geração 12 (Generation 12) issue #2, Smudge plays a Pokémon-based game called "Pokemonstro MMXIX". It includes a battle between two creatures, one of which is named "Charmosander".
    • In Turma da Mônica Jovem (Monica Teen) #51, some flying pigs (from page 102 onwards) resemble Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Chikorita, Psyduck, Jigglypuff, Spoink, Poliwag, and Torchic, as well as other characters such as Totoro, Doraemon, Hello Kitty, and Garu (Pucca character).
  • In Solitaire by Alice Oseman, the Pokémon Trading Card Game was played between the protagonist, Tori Spring, and her childhood friend, Lucas Ryan, when they were young. When they meet up many years later, they talk about how they use to play as an example of their lost connection.
  • A Donald Duck comic drawn by Vicar, originally published on January 27, 2000 in Denmark as Kampkræene kommer (Battle Beasties in the English version), is a reference to Pokémon. In this story, Huey, Dewey, and Louie become fascinated by a new franchise called Battle Beasties that is the hit of the moment. Like Pokémon, this franchise includes video games, trading cards, and a TV show. They later discover that creatures are real and accidentally end up freeing them all over Duckburg. The story received a sequel on April 17, 2001, called Kampen om kræene (Battle for the Battle Beasties in the English version). This story, possibly as a reference to Generation II, introduced some creatures not seen in the first story. In some translations, including Italian and Portuguese, the creatures are referred to by titles more similar to Pokémon, like Kukemon and Bobomon.
  • In Chapter 980 of the One Piece manga series, Eustass Kid is seen attacking Scratchmen Apoo with a large arm made of scrap metal. Two Meltan can be seen embedded in Kid's mechanical arm. In Chapter 981, a Meltan is seen on Eustass Kid's shoulder.
  • In Chapter 350 of the manga series Komi Can't Communicate, a cellphone saleswoman offers Komi the God Phone, which resembles the Arc Phone from Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
  • In the novel Coraline, one of the illustrations depicts the head of a creature that strongly resembles Pikachu.

Real life

Music

  • A song from Lil' Kim's album The Naked Truth (Lil' Kim album), "Get Yours", makes a reference to the common mispronunciation of "Pokéman".[34]
  • The Azealia Banks song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.[35]
  • The Nintendocore-band "Oak's parcel" is named after Professor Oak and has several Pokémon-themed songs.
  • The music group Starbomb features many songs that parody other video game franchises, but three in particular parody Pokémon. The first song, I Choose You to Die, tells the story of Ash Ketchum being sent to jail for beating up his Pokémon out of pleasure after defeating the Elite Four, before being shot in the groin by Pikachu after Pikachu posted Ash's bail; the followup song, The NEW Pokérap!!, features Brock describing to Ash all the new Pokémon that were discovered during his time in the hospital after the events of the first song; and A Wild Guitar Solo Appears! is about Ash's Pikachu taking up guitar and using it to battle other Pokémon. Additionally, "Welcome to the Mario Party features various Pokémon as guests, and This Song Sucks has a line about "Chokémon" featuring Squirtle trying auto-erotic asphyxiation.
  • A song from Japanese musician Kenichi Maeyamada, リア充ってこんなもんだっけ?feat.ディスクン星人 Is this what it's supposed to be like to have a girlfriend?, mentions the wish of catching a girlfriend in the same manner Ash celebrates catching a new Pokémon, as well as the slogan of the franchise in Japanese, saying "念願の彼女ゲットだぜ!! Nengan no kanojo getto da ze!", as the character singing the line has Ash's face, holding a sphere with a female face inside, much like a Poké Ball.[36]
  • German rap group "Dicht & Ergreifend" mention Pokémon GO in their song Don't believe the like.
  • South African band "Die Antwoord" made several references to Pokémon:
    • In the music video to Baby's on fire, singer Yolandi Visser is wearing shoes looking like Pikachu.
    • In Banana Brain, there is the line "You're so cute like Pikachu".
  • A song by Peabod with the title "Dreamin" states in one line, "Cause back then Pokémon cards were the currency."
  • In the lyric video for Little Bit by Timeflies, there is the line "road sodas, maybe one or two, need to charge it with a lighting bolt, Pikachu", while showing a gif of Pikachu from the anime.
  • The music video for Romeo Must Die from Pi'erre Bourne's album The Life of Pi'erre 4 invokes lots of Pokémon-themed imagery, featuring a battle between Gengar and Hitmonlee. A song on the deluxe edition, 4L, also includes a reference in the line "I feel like Geodude, you ain't hard as me."
  • The song ПИКАЧУ by MIA BOYKA & ЕГОР ШИП, is dedicated to the titular Pokémon Pikachu.
  • American alternative rock band R.E.M.'s fan-club exclusive single for the 2003 holiday season depicts graffiti of Pikachu on its cover. The band were signed to Warner Bros. Records, whose parent company at the time, Warner Bros. Pictures, were also the US distributors for the Pokémon anime.

Websites

  • During the Hetalia: Axis Powers 2011 Christmas event, Ladonia was passing the time playing Pokémon on his Game Boy and stated his favorite Pokémon was Stunfisk in his rushed introduction to Denmark.[37]
  • On the virtual pet site Neopets, a Pikachu can be seen on the Gallery of Evil page.[38]
  • One of the screensavers included in XScreenSaver is called "JigglyPuff" (sic).[39]

Webcomics

  • Cyanide and Happiness has referenced Pokémon in a few comics.
    • One comic made a joke about Ash catching all the STDs.
    • A second comic had two people playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with one declaring "Bulbasaur beats everything".
    • A third comic had Ash releasing a dead Pikachu from a Poké Ball because he forgot to make air holes.
    • A fourth comic had two people saying they were a fan of Pokémon and The Legend of Zelda.
    • A fifth comic has Ash try to catch a dog before the dog takes the Poké Ball and catches Ash instead.
  • In a comic from Sandra and Woo, Yuna is playing Pokémon Sword while simultaneously playing in a chess tournament. A man tells her that she can't play Pokémon Sword during the chess tournament, although an exception would only be possible for Pokémon Ruby. Yuna's opponent Logan appears hopelessly unable to win against her, and desperately tells the man to let her play as much Pokémon as she wants.
  • In Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
    • A comic has examples of "realistic Pokémon evolution", based on Darwinian evolution.
    • In another comic, a young girl makes her dad pretend he is a "pink Pikachu" for 7 hours of play. In a bonus panel (accessible by clicking on the red button below the comic), the girl says "Pokémon controls me, and I control you."
    • In another comic, a young girl named Ellen says she will marry Billy because he has 407 Pokémon cards.
    • In the page 221 of the book Science: Ruining Everything Since 1543, one of the children says to their evolution teacher at school: "You can skip this part. We've all played a lot of Pokémon."
  • Strip #1147 of xkcd, titled "Evolving", parodies Pokémon evolution by depicting a bacteria evolving into becoming more resistant to the antibiotic methicillin, much to the chagrin of the person observing it.

Web videos

  • Death Battle has six battles featuring Pokémon:
    • The first was Ash's Pikachu vs. Blanka. Blanka was declared the winner due to his self-taught survival skills, electric resistance, and his greater strength and size compared to Pikachu giving him an edge over Pikachu's Electric typing and reliance on a Trainer.[40]
    • The second was a three-way free-for-all between a wild Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise. Blastoise was found to win 48% of over 7,000 simulated Pokémon battles between the three Pokémon using game mechanics and was thus declared the winner of the battle.[41]
    • The third was a battle between Red and Charizard against Tai and Agumon of Digimon fame; the battle ended in Tai's favor, due to the superior bond between Tai and Agumon as opposed to Red and Charizard.[42]
    • The fourth was a battle between Mewtwo and Shadow the Hedgehog; the winner was Mewtwo, due to having a wide range of abilities from reading minds to being able to heal itself, as well as using it's knowledge against Shadow. Mewtwo also appeared in a joke episode against Vegeta of Dragon Ball where the winner was the Internet.
    • The fifth was a battle between Lucario and Renamon of Digimon; the winner was Lucario, due to a wider arsenal and greater physical strength.[43]
    • The sixth was a battle between Goro of Mortal Kombat vs Machamp; the winner was Machamp, due to its power input, the ability to adapt and counter all of Goro's moves, and the ability Guts.[44]
  • Epic Rap Battles of History featured a battle between Ash Ketchum and Charles Darwin. Jessie and James make a cameo appearance, as does Ash's Pikachu, and several other Pokémon including Charizard, Butterfree, Alolan Exeggutor, Lapras, and Magikarp. Jigglypuff is also mentioned.
  • On The Annoying Orange, in "Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas)", three Pikachu were some of Marshmallow's gifts.[45] The series also features multiple parodies of the Pokémon franchise itself, including KitchenMon, KitchenMon 2, and KitchenMon 3 (parodies of the Pokémon anime); Pokémon Orange (a parody of the core series games); and KitchenMon GO (a parody of Pokémon GO).
  • Homestar Runner has made a number of references to the series, usually playing on Pikachu's similar appearance to the character of The Cheat.[46] In particular, Pikachu appears on screen during "The Cheat Theme Song", when the lyrics are "Who's the man that looks like The Cheat?"
  • TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged contains a running joke in Season 1 where Nappa calls Chiaotzu a "Pokémon". He tries to throw a Poké Ball to catch him, but this fails, as Vegeta tells him he has to damage him significantly first.
    • In the stinger at the end of Episode 47, Imperfect Cell is shown "evolving" into Semi-Perfect Cell, in the same Game Boy style of a Pokémon evolving in Pokémon Red and Blue, complete with background music.
  • Several Pokémon characters made appearances on Battle For Dream Island as recommended characters. Unless otherwise specified, they are all variants of David.
  • On Inanimate Insanity Invitational, the name, appearance, and basis of Goo is similar to that of Goomy.[47] One of the show's former staff members, Taylor Grodin, commented that it's "VERY DIRECTLY INTENTIONAL"[sic].
  • There are several references to Pokémon in videos by Porta dos Fundos:
    • In TERRORISMO (English: TERRORISM), Sub-Lieutenant Braga was ordered to safely dispose of a bag that might contain a bomb, while Commander Peçanha was giving instructions on the phone. However, at some point the Commander ordered him to open the Pokémon GO game and search for a Pikachu instead of disposing the bomb. Sub-Lieutenant Braga was not interested in playing the game, but was ordered to do so. It was also said that catching Pikachu was needed to so they could have more Pokémon than 22th Batallion of Pilates. A Dragonite spawned, so the Commander Peçanha instructed him to catch it without letting other people know about it, and further explained that Sub-Lieutenant Braga should use a Razz Berry, throw an Ultra Ball and shout "Gotta catch 'em all!". At the end, a Sergeant from the Pilates Battalion quickly appeared and caught the Dragonite, so Peçanha ordered Braga to use "Thunder Shock", meaning that Braga should shoot that Sergeant. In the post-credits scene, a real terrorist appeared with bombs, but the Sergeant talked with him in a friendly manner and told him to go explode elsewhere because that's the location of his Gym.
    • In SACRIFÍCIO (English: SACRIFICE), some devil worshipers wanted to sacrifice a virgin man. The victim said that he is not virgin, but the devil worshipers argued that only virgins play Pokémon GO. The man further said that he was only trying to catch the Holiday Pikachu.
  • In the third installment of SamBakZa's There She Is!! series, the character Doki chases and tries various methods of capturing a fleeing Nabi. When all of her attempts fail, she uses a Poké Ball, throwing it at Nabi's head and knocking him down.

See also

External links

References

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  38. Neopets - The Gallery of Evil
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