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References to the Pokémon franchise are often made in other media. While 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.

References in TV, movies and radio

Series/Movie	Episode	Details	Image
100 Greatest	100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross	In 100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross, Pokémon was featured as the 37th greatest toy, with emphasis being on the TCG, and the problems it created for schools dealing with the theft of cards.
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".
97.3 Forth One	N/A	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.
American Dad!	A Piñata Named Desire	While Steve was remembering about he and his friends used to have sleepovers when they were little, a pink and purple Pikachu is seen on the t-shirt worn by his friend Toshi.
	Buck, Wild	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 Charizard".
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day	Menma the Hero	Tetsudō suggests that the wish Menma might want granted was to have a rare monster from a video game called "Nokezori Monsters" ("Nokemon" for short), which Jinta buys from the game shop Anaru works at.
Austin Powers in Goldmember	N/A	The movie features people in costumes of Charmander and Pikachu among those running from "not Godzilla" in the Tokyo scene. The deleted scenes also feature background appearances of Meowth and Celebi costumes, the Pikachu car and a Dragonite plushie.
Arthur	Arthur Loses his Marbles	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".
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 MR.
Bad Santa	N/A	One child asks "Santa" for Pokémon.
Barter Kings	Tazed and Confused	During interviews for a new employee, one of the interviewees cites his history as a collector of Pokémon cards as relevant work experience.
Beast Machines	Revelations, Part I: Discovery	Jetstorm says "Gotta catch 'em all!"
Bernard's Watch	N/A	Bernard's room is often shown to have first-generation Pokémon posters.
The Big Bang Theory	The Cooper/Kripke Inversion	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.
	The Indecision Amalgamation	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 Pokémon X and Y are seen.
Brum	Unknown	Pokémon plushes can be seen at a stall in a fairground.
The Cleveland Show	Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'	While Cleveland and Rallo visit the County Fair, one of the stands has Gengar plushies.
Codename: Kids Next Door	Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.	A character that can be seen in the audience looks similar to Ash in his original series clothes.
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.
Detective Conan	Unknown	Ash, Misty, and Brock make a cameo appearance as kids who were staying in a certain train station. However, the distinct facial features each possess, such as Brock's eyes, their hairstyles, etc., were slightly altered and switched between the three kids.
Drawn Together	N/A	One of the main characters, Ling-Ling, is a direct parody of Pikachu. He mentions that one of his pastimes is giving children seizures.
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).
Dustin in Fowl Play	N/A	When Dustin the Turkey was wondering what new job he should get, Socky asks "are we going to become Pokémon Trainers?"
EastEnders	N/A	Doctor Anthony Trueman explains Yin and Yang to his ex Kat Slater, who then replied "Yin? Yang? You're not letting Pokémon characters take over your life?"
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. 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.	File:Emmerdale Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs.png
ER	And in the End...	A patient says "I am the chosen one, come to be known as Lugia."	File:AndInTheEnd.png
Evil Con Carne	Search and Estroy	General Skarr and Major Dr. Ghastly create the Poké-Digi Tank. A parody of both Pokémon and Digimon.
Everybody Loves Raymond	Hackidu	The episode focuses "Hackidu", which is a spoof of Pokémon and 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.
Family Guy	April in Quahog	A poster depicting a superhero that strongly resembles a Machoke can be seen in Chris's room.
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".
Gabriel Iglesias	N/A	His friends have given him the nickname "Pikachu" and this is often referenced during his stand-up performances, occasionally mimicking Pikachu's voice.
George Lopez	Unknown	When George and Benny discuss ways to make money, the former suggests that the latter pretend to be a Pikachu in Mexico.
Ghost Stories (dub)	Akane-san of the Broadcasting Room!! Voice of the Dead	The Pokémon anime is referenced when Leo states that the broadcast begins right after Pokémon.	File:Ghost Stories.png
Good Luck Charlie	A L.A.R.P. in the Park	The episode features a card game named "Pokeo", based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Yu-Gi-Oh!. During this episode the characters mention type advantage, for example: "Grass power is no match for volcano power". A chicken character, called "Chikapu," has a name which is a distortion of "Pikachu".
	Unknown	A picture of an Eevee is drawn on a chalkboard in the basement.
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.
Green Lantern	N/A	A cartridge of Pokémon Sapphire can be seen in Dr. Hector Hammond's apartment.
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	It's Hokey Mon!	The episode features a trading card game named "Hokey Mon".
Grojband	Super Zeroes	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.
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!")[1][2]
Hayate the Combat Butler	Many episodes	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 Pikachu's anime art. In some episodes, various sound effects and background music make a reference to Pokémon.
Heroes	One of Us, One of Them and Dual	Hiro Nakamura was called Pikachu once in each of those two episodes.
Hetalia: Axis Powers (dub)	Episode 18	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!"	File:Reference Hetalia.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.
Infinite Stratos 2	Open Your Heart	Tatenashi grabs Houki's breasts while saying Houki-chan getto da ze! ("Houki, caught you!"), a reference to the Japanese slogan of the Pokémon franchise, Pokémon getto da ze!.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Tween Academy: Class of 2012	N/A	In Kara's room, a Pikachu hat can be seen on an Astro Boy statue.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US)	N/A	A question for $500,000 was Which of the following characters is not considered a "Pokémon"?, with the possible answers being A) Jigglypuff, B) Frodo; C) Squirtle; and D) 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.[3]
	N/A	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.[4]
Whose Line is it Anyway?	Season 2, Episode 32; Show No. 235	Pokémon was one of the audience's suggestions used in a playing of "Film, TV & Theatre Styles", which was played out by series regulars, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, and the episode's fourth chair, 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 Charmander. As Karen turns to Colin and walks up to him, Colin spreads his arms apart and shouts, "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 drinking bird for a moment, host 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.	File:Whose Line Pokémon.jpg
	Season 3, Episode 34; Show No. 343	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.) 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 "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 her scene's character 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 "points" 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."
Wipeout (as Winter Wipeout)	Baby, It's Blob Outside	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 John Henson said that Mika was Jigglypuff'd about the height of the hurdles.
Yin Yang Yo!	Smoke and Mirrors	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.
Yowamushi Pedal	Ride.2 To Recruit More Members	Sakamichi asks Shunsuke about his favorite anime, to which he confusingly replies "Nekoemon", a possible reference to Pokémon.	File:Yowamushi Pedal 01.png

References in non-Pokémon games

Game	Details	Image
Animal Crossing	One of the random items a villager may ask players to collect is Pokémon Pikachu (but it is actually a Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS)
Chee-Chai Alien	When starting the game for the first time, a character called "Saraba" introduces himself to the player. He says that Pokémon is undesirable. Instead, the player must help him save planet Earth and space by clearing it from dark matter. This game was developed by Creatures, who own one third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise.
Sid Meier's Civilization V	There are several Pokémon-themed achievements in this Steampowered game. These include achievements named "It's Super Effective!" and "Gotta Catch 'Em All".[5]
DC Universe Online	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.
Draw Something	Players are able to draw a Pikachu, earning one coin if chosen.
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.[6]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	In the city of Los Santos, San Andreas, there is a gift shop featuring signage of Ash Ketchum, Pikachu and 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.
Harvest Moon 64	If the characters Karen and Kai were to marry and have a child, their child will be dressed in a Pikachu costume.
Henry Stickmin: Stealing the Diamond	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.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2	At the beginning of Chapter 8 on the True End route, Rom and Ram (twin sisters who personify the Nintendo DS) mention playing the "Pocketed Monstrosities" games: Ram: Lowee's best games are easily the ones in the "Pocketed Monstrosities" franchise. You catch and raise 1,510,376 monsters. Rom: Oh, yeah. I was playing it earlier and I captured the Eebee monster Ram: No way! I really want that one! Gimme. Rom: I'll give you its parents later. They're both fourth generation, so you'll probably get one from them.
	There is a mouse villain character named "Pirachu," a pun on both "Pikachu" and, given the general motif of the Neptunia franchise's villains, "piracy."
Kid Icarus: Uprising	After players defeat the Kraken as part of Dyntos's Three Trials, Pit calls the Kraken a "Tentafool", possibly a reference to Tentacool.
The Legend of Zelda	In the Zelda series, the Keaton Mask introduced in Ocarina of Time bears a strong resemblance to Pikachu. It is mentioned in the game that Keaton "has been really popular lately", the game was released in 1998 when the fad level of Pokémon was still sharply on the rise. The item returned in Majora's Mask where wearing it in certain areas would lead to Keaton himself appearing, though this version of the character was revealed to be a kitsune. The mask also has a background cameo in Wind Waker.	File:Legend of Zelda Keaton Mask.png
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!!"
Mario Artist: Paint Studio	One of the official pictures shows somebody drawing a silhouette of Pikachu.
Minecraft	As an easter egg, if you delete the splashes.txt file but not the META-INF folder from the game's files, the only splash text to be shown is "missingno".
Monster Legends	Two monsters resemble Pokémon: The Turtle resembles Lapras and the Thunder Scout Zapdos.
Pikmin	The S.S. Dolphin's ship part called the Bowsprit resembles a Poké Ball.
Poker Night at the Inventory	Strong Bad asks Max if he's a Pokémon (pronounced as Poke-mon).
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	There's a skill point titled "Gotta Catch Them All", a reference to the franchise's original slogan.
Runescape	While a player is training the Dungeoneering skill in Daemonheim, after every floor players can receive a title. One of them is I choose you!, received for summoning 6 or more familiars.
Super Mario Galaxy	There is a Poké Ball-shaped planet in the Buoy Base Galaxy. Inside it is a Power Star, which is needed to finish the level, possibly a reference to the Poké Ball's importance in the Pokémon games.
The Simpsons Game	The game features "Sparklemon" in the level "Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game". Homer and Lisa must travel to three temples where they fight the Sparklemon in turn-based battles before they can collect them in "capturing balls". The first two Sparklemon are based on Pikachu and Squirtle. One of the Sparklemon also uses a strike called "Scratch Attack". Type matchups is also presented in the form of moves' super-effectiveness, resistance, and immunity.
Super Scribblenauts	There is a level where Maxwell has to defeat a Witch's monsters which is set out as a Pokémon Battle format.
Trade & Battle: Card Hero	There are a few spoofs on the Pokémon franchise in this Game Boy Color game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems. One example of these references is an NPC who exclaims that he has been watching the show "Rocket Monsters".[7]
Wario Land 3	One of the game's 100 treasures is a Pokémon Pikachu; however the player cannot interact with it.
Yoshi's Story	The stages Stage 2-3 and 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.

Other references

Books, comics and manga

• The Simpsons Comics make several references:
  • In The Simpsons Comics, there is a story called An Anime Among Us, in which Bart has a dream sequence which contains numerous references to Japanese traditional and popular culture, including anime such as Sailor Moon and Pokémon. The most prominent references to Pokémon are Bart dressed like Ash Ketchum, a Pocket Goblins (Pockegob) Trainer, and Santa's Little Helper is a reference to Pikachu (Santa-choo). Bart fights against a trio from "Team Sprocket", with Jessica Lovejoy appearing as Jessie, Nelson Muntz appearing as James, and Martin Prince in a Meowth 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 Simpsons Comics story called Destroy All Manga!, many references to various manga and anime are made, including Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, and Pokémon. A series called "Porkymen" features many Pokémon-like creatures, including "Pikkanoze", a creature which shares striking resemblance with Pikachu. Also creatures similar to Venusaur, Onix, Blastoise, Geodude and Gengar are shown. When Porkymen are chasing Mr. Sparkle, Pikkanoze says, "Catch Mr. Sparkle, my Porkymen comrades! Catch him all!!!" When Mr. Sparkle encases Porkymen in soap bubbles, Pikkanoze says that it's "somewhat familiar". This story is available in Simpsons Comics issue #45 as well as the collection book Simpsons Comics Unchained.
  • In The Simpsons Comics story called 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 "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 Simpsons Comics story called Day of the Nerd, Comic Book Guy dresses up like an anime character, using XL contact lenses to make his eyes seem like anime eyes, black laser lights to create himself speed stripes whenever he moves quickly, and a yellow cat he calls, "Comicachu", an obvious 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 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 Neil Gaiman's novella Coraline, the illustration on page 88 shows a Pikachu head among several other toys.
• In the Love Hina manga, the main character, Keitaro Urashima, can be seen with a Pikachu photo sticker while he checks his photo album filled with pictures of himself.
• In the novel Mad Dogs, Pokemon (sic) was mentioned as one of the fads that had passed around CHERUB campus.
• 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 bubble gum, 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.
• In Volume 5 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.
• 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".

Real world

• In 2008, Japanese researchers discovered a new protein which helps carry electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain and named it Pikachurin. According to the researchers, the decision was based on both Pokémon and protein possessing "lightning-fast moves and shocking electric effects".
• Zbtb7, a gene that 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".
• During a Republican debate for the United States presidential election, 2012, candidate 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 The Power of One, the theme song for the movie of the same name. During his withdrawal speech, he reused the line but with proper attribution.
• In an interview with CultBox, Hollyoaks actor Andrew Still, who portrays 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".^[8]

Songs

• Parts of the insert song in part three of the popular flash cartoon series Charlie the Unicorn bear resemblance to the original Pokérap.
• A song from The Lonely Island album Turtleneck & Chain, "Japan", mentions dumping Pokémon in the river.
• A song from Bow Wow's album Wanted, "B.O.W.", has the lyrics "Get up out the stores like Pokémon did".
• A song from Lil' Kim's album The Naked Truth, "Get Yours", makes a reference to the common mispronunciation of "Pokéman".^[9]
• The Azealia Banks song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.^[10]

Websites

• Homestar Runner has made a number of references to the series, usually playing on Pikachu's similar appearance to the character of The Cheat.^[11] In particular, Pikachu appears on screen during "The Cheat Theme Song," when the lyrics are "Who's the man that looks like The Cheat?"
• On The Annoying Orange, in "Marshmallow's Christmas Sock (12 Days Of Christmas)", 3 Pokémon were one of Marshmallow's gifts.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• One of the screensavers included in XScreenSaver is called "JigglyPuff" (sic).^[14]
• On the virtual pet site Neopets, a Pikachu can be seen on the Gallery of Evil page.^[15]
• The virtual pet site Subeta contains several references to Pokémon, including an item which heavily resembles a Poké Ball called Spherical Self-Contained Capture and Storage Unit^[16] and two items that parody Pokémon Red and Blue.^[17][18]
• Death Battle has two 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.^[19]
  • The second was a three-way free-for-all between a wild Venusaur, a wild Charizard and a wild 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. ^[20]
  • Additionally, in the Vegeta vs. Shadow the Hedgehog battle, when Shadow sends Vegeta to the Moon, a recolored Ducklett wearing a space helmet can be seen.
• The coloring game on children's author Dav Pilkey's website was once called "Pilkeymon's Paintbox"^[21] and featured a Pikachu-like boy as its menu icon.^[22] After the site's 2013 redesign, the game was renamed "Pilkey Painter" and the menu icons were removed.
• In the third installment of SamBakZa's There She Is!! series, the character Doki chases and employees various methods of trying to capture a fleeing Nabi. When all of her attempts fail, she uses a Pokéball, throwing it at Nabi's head and knocking him down.

See also

• List of references to popular culture in Pokémon

References

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