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P.U.C.L. Podcast *Pokémon Underground Champions League*
"It's the one, the only, PUCL Podcast!"
The Pokémon Underground Champions League's podcast art, featuring a close-up on the podcast's mascot, Suicune.
Language		English
Status	Podcast	Active
Status	Website	Active
Run	Podcast	December 2007 - Present
Run	Website	2009 - Present
Podcast debuted		December 31, 2007
Last episode published		{{{final}}}
Website opened		April 2, 2009 (Current website as presumed by the host on Episode 90; the first website was a Webs.com site.)
Website closed		{{{site_close}}}
Reason		{{{reason}}}
Creator(s)		Thaddeus Asel (a.k.a. "Thatch") and "Professor Sycamore"
Host(s)		"Thatch" et al.
Number of Episodes		127 (as of April 14, 2014)
Forum		P.U.C.L. Forums
Mascot		Suicune
Website		PUCLPodcast.com
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The Pokémon Underground Champions League, also known as P.U.C.L. (pronounced PUCK-uhl), is a Pokémon-centric podcast and fan site hosted and run by Thaddeus "Tadj" Asel, better known as "Trainer Thatch". The podcast debuted on New Year's Eve 2007, beginning in the same year as another Pokémon podcast, WTPT - Pokémon Radio. The podcast is known for its wacky humor, and is the successor to a short-lived podcast that debuted in March of that same year called PokéChat.

Podcast

The Pokémon Underground Champions League podcast or P.U.C.L. Podcast is known for its bizarre and eccentric humor, which includes fake commercials and interviews, a prolonged announcer intro, various cracks made towards Pokémon, their listeners and community members (who they call "PUCLonians"), and the hosts themselves; and several other recurring gags.

It is also known for its many recurring co-hosts who joins host "Thatch" in many of his show's episodes, its longevity (more than four years as of their ninetieth episode on February 12, 2012), and its supposed rivalry with the late, WTPT. Also, it is one of the few Pokémon-centric podcasts that is explicit.

The P.U.C.L Podcast, due in part to its longevity, is reportedly considered above average by both their listeners and the host, Thatch.^[1]

History

Before P.U.C.L., Asel originally created a podcast called PokéChat that debuted in March 2007. The podcast ended after only a few episodes due to Asel's then-inexperience with podcasting and his dissatisfaction with the show's format.

Asel stated in an e-mail to a Bulbapedia user, "P.U.C.L. was never actually intended to be a podcast."^[2] When Diamond and Pearl were released, he had several friends playing the games in his high school during fall of the same year. He and his friends decided to try set up various Pokémon tournaments together and, jokingly, wanted to make a club out of it. They spent a couple days trying to come up with an acronym that made a "word", coming up with "Pokémon Underground Champions" or "P.U.C." (pronounced "puck") and using it for a couple of weeks. They then added "League" to the end, making the acronym "P.U.C.L." Asel treats the name as nonsensical and hopes no one takes it as serious.^[2]

He returned to podcasting after hearing WTPT and noticing that "there really were no other options for a good[,] regularly updating [P]okémon podcast." One day after he and a friend returned home from school, they came up the pseudonyms "Cool Trainer Thatch" and "Professor Sycamore" and recorded a podcast. They posted the first episode of the P.U.C.L. Podcast two weeks later, and "Thatch" has been doing new episodes of the podcast ever since.^[2]

Supposed rivalry with WTPT - Pokémon Radio

P.U.C.L. and its listener base had scuffles with the more successful WTPT - Pokémon Radio that lasted until the latter podcast's end in 2010. The "rivalry" with the other podcast began when P.U.C.L. made fun of WTPT.^[2]^[3] Eventually in the summer of 2008, Justin V. of The Pallet Tribune, then called The Pokémon Times, asked P.U.C.L. to stop ridiculing them. A flame war ignited between the two podcasts' listeners, with their bases mocking the other podcast in e-mails to their favorite podcast and writing negative podcast reviews about the other on iTunes. It reached its peak when the two Pokémon fan communities held the first of two separate tournaments to see which community was better at the Pokémon games, with WTPT's group winning both. After the tournaments, the two podcasts somewhat forgave each other and decided it would be best if they did not mention other Pokémon podcasts on their shows, and would later have a coexistence with each other.^[2]^[3] (This "rule" was broken for the first time on episode 90 when an e-mail mentioning other Pokémon podcasts was read, although no degrading comments were made.)

Upon the announcement of WTPT's end, P.U.C.L.'s fans boasted on an unofficial Facebook fan page that they've won the "rivalry" by default, which was mocked by host Steve Black Jr. of another Pokémon-focused podcast on Twitter and the nineteenth episode of that podcast. Asel has since shut down the fan page and started an official Facebook page for P.U.C.L.^[2]

100th Episode Celebration

For P.U.C.L's one-hundredth episode on July 14, 2012, Thatch hosted a 12-hour long livestream in which he cleaned a friend's house and recorded the one-hundredth episode live. Members of the P.U.C.L. community that watched the livestream earned a special badge to show that they were there. Many members from the P.U.C.L. community watched the livestream in celebration of P.U.C.L.'s milestone.

With the publishing of episode 100, P.U.C.L. became the first Pokémon audio podcast to produce and release 100 episodes.

Segments

As aforementioned, the podcast has made up many segments and running gags throughout its run. These include:

Intro - The introduction to the show is normally goes in the following order:
- Teaser - The podcast begins with either a humorous phrase spoken by one of the hosts or a scene skit that the hosts set up as a joke. One of the podcast's most notable teases came on episode 89 when an exhausted Sarge came in and explained to listeners that the reason why they have not made a new episode since episode 88 was supposedly because he and Thatch went on a very inexpensive vacation to Mexico that went horribly wrong which supposedly ends up with Thatch dying at the U.S.-Mexico border, only for Thatch to come in yelling that the story was a lie and that he's just lazy. Other segments include the hosts pretending to forget what their segment was going to be about, and sometimes puns revolving around the week's topic.
- "Theme song" of the episode - A random song was once played as the theme tune for the episode, with mostly various non-Pokémon-related rock and pop music played at the beginning. Pokémon-related songs have been played before, including official songs such as the original Pokémon Theme for the English dub and parodies of popular songs such as "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO; some in their entirety. Occasionally, the intro song would just be sung by the podcast's hosts. Since 2013, an official PUCL theme song was recorded by the band Bocefus and the Thunder Types. The transitions between segments were also recorded by this band led by one of PUCL's announcers, Bocefus.
- Announcer - After the intro song of the episode is played, a campy announcer (Currently the voice of former comic Sarge) gives an introduction to the show in a humorously prolonged and ever-changing tone. The phrase as it currently is usually starts by saying a location in the Pokémon world where the podcast is supposedly being recorded, then goes to its slogan, "It's the one, the only, PUCL Podcast!"
News - After the introduction, P.U.C.L. starts with a Pokémon news segment, with the hosts recapping recent Pokémon-related events. Once, this segment started and ended with a playing of "The Mission", a piece originally composed by John Williams for NBC's news programs.
Main topic - The topic of the episode segment, which provides the titles for the podcast's episodes and is discussed by the hosts.
Interviews - Mock interviews have been a part of the P.U.C.L. Podcast since the second episode, when the Day-Care Man from Four Island was the first "interviewee" as the episode focused on breeding. These interviews happened early on in the podcast's run, but have been become less common later on, only being done on occasion when the hosts feel like it. The interviews tend to have over-exaggerated versions of various characters.
Commercials - P.U.C.L. always has a commercial break filled with fake commercials during each episode, normally after the topic of the episode. The commercials start after one of the hosts says, "We will catch you on the flip-flop!" Some of the more notable "commercials" include:
"Poke" of the Episode - As with any other Pokémon podcast, P.U.C.L has a segment focusing on a Pokémon of the hosts' choosing. Referencing Smogon University's competitive usage articles, the hosts also look at their chosen Pokémon's Bulbapedia article and often read off the Pokémon's stats and "Trivia" section from there. Afterwards, they discuss their personal opinions of the chosen Pokemon.
Mailbag - Listeners of the P.U.C.L. send in e-mails and feedback and are read on the air as part of the "Mailbag" segment. P.U.C.L. then asks a "Mailbag Question" that is answered in most e-mails for the next episode. While it is still recorded as the listeners' most favorite part of the podcast, the theme song for it is no longer a playing of "Mailtime" from the Nickelodeon children's show Blue's Clues before Thatch and his co-hosts read the e-mails. Starting with episode 97, after they've read all the e-mails for the episode, the hosts award the "Green Tauros Badge" to an e-mailer who they think wrote the best e-mail of the episode based on grammar and content. The badge is added to the user's P.U.C.L. profile, provided that they have a profile on the website.
Outro/"Closing Time" - The podcast ends with Thatch giving a new "Mailbag Question" for the next episode and mentioning the e-mail address for listeners to send their feedback. After a bit of chatter and encouragement to check out the podcast's various social media outlets, Thatch usually says, "Until next time on the PUCL Podcast, I'm Trainer Thatch," then after the co-host(s) mention their names, Thatch continues, "And here at [the PUCL Podcast or a location in the Pokémon world where the podcast has supposedly been recorded], it's closing time." Before a recording of a P.U.C.L. unique closing song was made, during or after these final lines, the song "Closing Time" by alternative rock band Semisonic played (with the first verse usually coming in right after Thatch says "it's closing time") until it faded out after the first chorus.

Episode list

P.U.C.L. Podcast episodes
No.	Subject/Title	Description	Publish date
1	Meet the Hosts	"Meet the hosts of the puclpodcast!"	December 31, 2007
2	Breeding	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss breeding."	2008
3	Training Guide	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss how to train your pokes to the max!"	2008
4	Random Aspects	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about random stuff. Probably the worst episode ever."	2008
5	GTS	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the GTS."	2008
6	Kanto	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the ins and outs of Kanto."	2008
7	Move Combo's	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about move combinations."	2008
8	EV Training	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about EV training."	2008
9	Pokeballs	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Pokeballs."	2008
10	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new Super Smash Bros. Game."	2008
11	Stats	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the different pokemon stats."	2008
12	A Pokemon Retrospective	"Thatch, Sycamore, and their friend Odie talk about the old days of pokemon."	2008
13	Johto	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Johto."	2008
14	Pokemon Leagues	"Thatch and Oynotno talk about Pokemon Leagues."	2008
15	Pokemon The First Movie	"Thatch and Sycamore Talk about the Original pokemon movie. Look that Jigglypuff’s eyes are closed!"	2008
16	Hacking	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the controversial topic of hacking."	2008
17	Berries	"Thatch and Zel discuss the ins and outs of berries."	2008
18	Hoenn/Gen 3	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the region of their least favorite generation, the third."	2008
19	Pokemon Types	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss pokemon types."	2008
20	Console Games	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the games for anything but the handheld system."	2008
21	Ultimate Training Guide Part 1	"Thatch and Sycamore start their comprehensive training guide for noobs."	July 29, 2008
22	Ultimate Training Guide Part 2	"Thatch and Sycamore continue their comprehensive training guide for noobs."	August 2, 2008
23	Ultimate Training Guide Part 3	"Thatch and Sycamore complete their comprehensive training guide for noobs."	August 10, 2008
24	The Metagame	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the 4th Gen Metagame."	August 15, 2008
25	Pokemon Battle Revolution	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the battle simulator for the wii, you know, the letdown."	September 1, 2008
26	Shiny Pokemon	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about these elusive pokemon."	September 18, 2008
27	Pokemon the Movie 2000	"Thatch and Sycamore review the 2^nd Pokemon Movie."	October 3, 2008
28	Pokemon Names / Large Mailbag	"Thatch and Sycamore read a large mailbag!"	November 3, 2008
29	Legendary Pokemon	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Legendary pokemon."	November 17, 2008
30	One Year Anniversary	"Thatch and Sycamore Celebrate one year of the P.U.C.L. Podcast."	December 31, 2008
31	Trainer Card	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the trainer card and how to change its color."	January 11, 2009
32	Sinnoh	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the newest region in the pokemon games, Sinnoh."	January 31, 2009
33	Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the old pokemon stadium games and how great they were."	February 9, 2009
34	Evolution	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the mechanics of evolution."	February 28, 2009
35	Events	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about all the event pokemon you can obtain."	March 17, 2009
36	Abilities	"Thatch and Sycamore Talk about all the abilities in the pokemon games."	April 8, 2009
37	Pokemon the Movie 3	"Thatch and Sycamore review the 3^rd Pokemon Movie."	April 30, 2009
38	Pokemon Gold and Silver Remake Speculation	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss the speculation being made about a Gold and Silver remake and it is kind of dumb."	May 1, 2009
39	Pokemon Platinum	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new Pokemon Platinum"	June 7, 2009
40	Pokemon on the GCN	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the games on the Gamecube and how awesome they were."	June 25, 2009
41	Pokemon Antagonists	"Thatch and Norb discuss Antagonists."	July 17, 2009
42	Gold and Silver Review	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the good old gen 2 games and how they deserve the remake they got."	July 27, 2009
43	Platinum Battle Frontier	"The hosts go over awesome stuff about the battle frontier!"	August 7, 2009
44	Pokemon Ranch	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss Pokemon Ranch and await the update that never comes."	September 4, 2009
45	Elite 4	"Thatch and Speezi talk about the ultimate four trainers in the game."	September 18, 2009
46	More Mature Games	"Thatch and Infinity talk about how awesome it would be to have more mature pokemon games."	October 8, 2009
47	Gym Leaders	"Thatch and GTG talk about gym leaders."	November 15, 2009
48	Christmas/HGSS	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Christmas, and the upcoming games"	December 27, 2009
49	The 2nd Anniversary	"Thatch and Sycamore celebrate 2 years of PUCL with clips."	December 31, 2009
50	Items	"Thatch and Toast discuss items."	January 13, 2010
51	Berries	"Thatch and Karl talk about berries."	February 4, 2010
52	5th Generation Speculation	"Thatch and Speezi speculate about the 5th Generation."	February 18, 2010
53	Pokemon the 1st Season	"Thatch and Sarge Nartker talk about their impressions of the 1^st season of the anime."	February 25, 2010
54	TM's & HM's	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss TMs and HMs."	March 8, 2010
55	RGBY Manga	"Thatch and Toast talk about the fi[r]st manga series and how awesome it is."	March 27, 2010
56	Team Rocket	"Thatch, Nartker and New Guy all talk about Team rocket and their shenanigans."	April 10, 2010
57	Pokewalker	"Thatch and New Guy discuss the pokewalker, and New Guy gets his new name!"	April 20, 2010
58	Pokemon 4 Ever	"Thatch, Sarge, and App, all talk about this horrible movie."	May 1, 2010
59	5th Generation Revelation	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the revelations of the 5th generation."	May 14, 2010
60	Changes to the Metagame	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss how the metagame has changed since HGSS. "	May 27, 2010
61	Tiers of the Metagame	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the tiers of the metagame."	June 5, 2010
62	Anime Music	"Thatch and Sycamore talk abit about the generation 5 [games], the famous pokemon music from the ’90s and compare Pokemarts to 7-Elevens."	June 27, 2010
63	Rivals	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss rivals and even get an exclusive interview with one of Hoenn’s finest!"	July 9, 2010
64	IV's	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss the hidden number values of breeding. Tune in on how to make your pokemon stronger!"	July 29, 2010
65	Remakes	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the old games that had the chance to be relived."	August 25, 2010
66	Spin off Games	"Thatch and Toast talk about the spin off games they think mattered."	September 9, 2010
67	Pokemon Memes	"Thatch and Nartker discuss and quote some of the most memorable pokemon memes on the internet."	September 30, 2010
68	Online Communities	"Thatch and Toast Talk about Pokemon communities in an iffy sound quality."	October 30, 2010
69	Breeding Pokemon	"Thatch and Infinity talk on this legendary episode of innuendos. They discuss breeding without mistakes and ask you a question and call all Puclonians to send in their mail."	November 6, 2010
70	Pokemon Retrosode	"Thatch and GTG reminisce about the old days of pokemon and PUCL."	November 13, 2010
71	Pokemon Heros (5th Movie)	"Thatch and Nartker review the 5th movie and give their opinion on the franchise itself."	November 23, 2010
72	Mewtwo Returns	"Thatch and Nartker go over the sequel of the first pokemon movie."	December 5, 2010
73	New Stuff in Black and White	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss the things they find weird and interesting in the new Black and White Pokemon games."	December 23, 2010
74	3rd Anniversary	"Thatch and Sycamore talk [about] the past year, and how they plan on changing PUCL in the future!"	January 5, 2011
75	Pokemon History	"Thatch and Sycamore use their new mic to bring you this awesome show."	January 13, 2011
76	Love Hate Relationship	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the things they hate about the pokemon games."	February 7, 2011
77	Diamond and Pearl	"With the release of Black and White coming out what better topic than to reflect and give one more hoorah to the games that hosted the 4th generation."	March 1, 2011
78	Team Building	"Thatch and Aero discuss this long awaited topic and teach you how to build a better team of pokemon to beat your friends."	March 27, 2011
79	Pokemon Black and White	"Thatch and the Apprentice discuss the newest pokemon games, and talk about other cool PUCL events."	May 16, 2011
80	Pokemon Red and Blue	"I can’t believe we haven’t done an episode on this. App and Thatch talk about the first pokemon games released in the US."	May 28, 2011
81	Pokepark Wii	"Thatch and the Apprentice talk about the going ons in the PUCL and Pokemon worlds and then discuss the “meh” game of Pokepark Wii."	June 4, 2011
82	Pokemon the 6th Movie: Jirachi Wishmaker	"Thatch and App talk about this movie and the decline of quality between pokemon movies, thus far."	June 11, 2011
83	The Second Season Orange Islands Saga	"Thatch and Sarge go over the exciting happenings in the orange islands in the Second Season of the Anime."	June 18, 2011
84	Religion in Pokemon	"This episode Thatch and the Apprentice talk about how Religion has affected the pokemon video games. No harm was intended to anyone."	June 26, 2011
85	Things in Pokemon that make us Angry	"Thatch and the Apprentice talk about things that make them upset in the pokemon games. They also bring back interviews!"	July 4, 2011
86	Pokemon Movie 7: Destiny Deoxys	"Thatch and App discuss this next feature film and how to classify pokemon on site!"	July 16, 2011
87	Pokemon TCG	"Thatch and App talk about the TCG until App goes to rehab and a surprise guest comes in to replace him!"	July 24, 2011
88	Regions	"Thatch and Thingy talk about the pokemon regions!"	August 9, 2011
89	Odd Evolutions	"Sarge breaks to the PUCL community about the long wait. And de[c]ides to go ahead and in Thatch’s stead make an episode!"	December 3, 2011
90	Pokemon Conspiracies	"Thatch, Sarge and App bring back the PUCL Podcast with a vengeance, while talking about conspiracies and give you all one simple answer. Aliens."	February 12, 2012
91	P.U.C.L. Happenings	"Your favorite hosts ramble on about whats happening in PUCL and how there was only a two week gap between episodes."	February 27, 2012
92	Pokemon Black and White 2... 2	"Thatch[,] Sarge and App talk about all the new stuff that has been revealed for the newest pokemon games and hope they make it to them soon!"	April 27, 2012
93	Shipping	"Thatch and App discuss the odd topic of shipping and their opinions of what it is to be."	May 21, 2012
94	Pokemon Snap	"Thatch and Sarge talk about this classic game and how badly a sequel is needed."	June 3, 2012
95	Gym Leaders Pa rt 1	"Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the first 2 generations of pokemon gym leaders and their legacy."	June 11, 2012
96	Gym Leaders Pa rt 2	"Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the gym leaders that they did not complete last time."	June 18, 2012
97	Pokemon Conquest	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the newest pokemon spin off game, pokemon conquest. They also award the first ever email of the episode badge!"	June 24, 2012
98	League Team building	"Thatch and Sarge go over the basics of team building and award a new email of the episode badge!"	July 1, 2012
99	The Elite Four	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the Elite Four members of every region and reveal some of the PUCL 100 plans so stick around on the website if you want to find out more!"	July 9, 2012
100	The Ultimatum on Pokemon Communities	"Thatch, Sarge, and App Celebrate in Style!"	July 14, 2012
101	Dream World	"Thatch and Sarge discuss this extra 5th gen feature that apparently no one likes. Also the music sucks."	July 29, 2012
102	Dream Radar	"Thatch and Sarge haven't quite finished Ash Gray so they talk about upcoming side features!"	August 6, 2012
103	Black and White 2	"Thatch, App, and a new host discuss the new game that was just released internationally and their opinions of it."	October 20, 2012
104	Pokémon X and Y	"Thatch, Sarge and Misty discuss the newest addition to the Pokemon series!"	January 21, 2013
105	Starters	"Thatch,Sarge, and App talk about all of the starters across every generation."	February 3, 2013
106	Ash Grey	"Thatch, Sarge, and App start their conversation with this hacked Rom that is a delightful blast of nostalgia."	February 24, 2013
107	Remakes	"Thatch and Sarge discuss the plausibility of remakes, and their quality."	March 10, 2013
108	Nuzlocke	"Thatch and Sarge talk about their Nuzlocke journeys!"	March 24, 2013
109	More X and Y News	"Thatch, Sarge, and App discuss all of the X and Y news since the last episode! New Music provided by Bocefus and the Thunder-types."	June 8, 2013
110	E3 Pokemon X and Y News	"X and Y news from E3 is discussed."	June 17, 2013
111	Fan Conspiracies	"Thatch and Bocefus talk about fan conspiracies."	July 9, 2013
112	How the Pokemon World Works	"The intricacies of the Pokemon world are discussed."	July 16, 2013
113	More X and Y News	"More news about the sixth generation games."	September 16, 2013
114	Transportation in Pokemon	"Thatch and Sarge talk about transportation in pokemon."	September 29, 2013
115	Pokemon X and Y Initial Reactions	"Thatch, Bocefus, Cleary, App, Mr. Thingy, and Infinity all discuss their first impressions of the new game."	October 17, 2013
116	Pokemon X and Y review	"Thatch and Sarge discuss the brand new games after having them for 2 weeks."	October 26, 2013

Reception

P.U.C.L. sits at 154 ratings in iTunes with a solid 4.5 star rating. Currently it has 117 five star reviews, and 24 one star reviews. After reading many of the one star reviews, it becomes clear that the WTPT Podcast attempted to sabotage P.U.C.L's iTunes rating during the flame war mentioned above.

Website

This section is a stub. You can help Bulbapedia by expanding it.

The website is also called the Pokémon Underground Champions League, but is actually located at and called on the podcast, PUCLPodcast.com. The site has been redesigned several times; the most recent site renovation, called P.U.C.L. 5.0, was completed on June 20, 2012.

Badges

"Badges" were introduced in P.U.C.L. 5.0 along with improved user profiles for users. Similar to video game achievements, they are awarded to users to do P.U.C.L.-related things, such as following the podcast and website on social networking sites, writing a P.U.C.L. Podcast review on iTunes, and winning P.U.C.L. League tournaments. Some badges require users to send an e-mail to P.U.C.L. stating that they've completed the task required to earn the particular badge, while others are given out for certain one-time-only events, such as the "PUCL 100 Badge" for watching the 100th Episode Celebrations live. Badges also have points attached to them, similar to Xbox Live Gamerscores; the top ten users with the most badge points are shown on a leaderboard on the website's sidebar.

Badges as of now represents someone's ability to enter the U.U.T.C. which is a P.U.C.L tournament. However only specific badges will allow the player accesses to the tournament, most of them gained by winning Pokémon battles against the staff members of P.U.C.L, or doing things involving there social media pages.

Badge list

P.U.C.L Badges
Name	Description	Points Value
Combee O’s Badge	Are you eating a well balanced breakfast? No Combee O’s? Then You’re Not! Earn this badge by coming to the chatbox when a mod is there 5 separate days	100
Donation Badge	Earn this badge by donating to PUCL and earn our eternal gratitude.	150
Entei Badge	When Entei barks volcanoes erupt. Staff can earn this badge by providing 3 months of service to PUCL	25
Facebook Badge	Recieve this Badge for Liking PUCL on Facebook. This badge counts towards the entrance to the 2015 U.U.T.C.	25
Feraligatr Badge	Feraligatr is a ferocious Pokémon with powerful Jaws. Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Thatch anytime throughout the year	50
Geodude Rag Badge	It’s just a geodude and you wipe up the mess until it gets really mad. You can earn this badge by having accrues 20 posts on the forums. This badge counts towards entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	10
Green Tauros Badge	Drink the Energy Drink that gives you Hooves! You can receive this badge when the hosts think you have the best email of the episode. This Badge counts towards your entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	50
Hoothoot Spotlight Badge	Hoothoot Spotlights ar great for hosting movie Premiers! Earn this badge by attending a P.U.C.L. Movie Night! This badge counts toward entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	30
Houndoom	Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokémon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests You get this Badge for defeating Cleary in the PUCL 2014 Summer League. This counts 2015 U.U.T.C. Entrance.	50
Jolteon Badge	Jolteon is the fastest of the Eeveelutions Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Bocefus anytime throughout the year.	50
Raikou Badge	Raikou has been known to run accross the land shooting lightening bolts at will. Staff members can earn this badge by contributing to PUCL for one month.	25
Roggenrola Roller Badge	Its a roggenrola that you kinda just roll around. This Badge is can be obtained by hitting the 150 post mark on the forums. This Badge counts towards the entrance to the 2015 U.U.T.C.	40
Scizor Badge	Scizor is a Pokémon whose body is the hardness of steel. Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Scizorkick anytime throughout the year.	50
Shuckle Badge	Shuckle is a Pokémon that loves to store berries in its shell. Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Dr. Shamu anytime throughout the year.	50
Suicune Badge	Suicune has been seen walking across water. Staff can obtain this badge by providing 6 months of service to PUCL.	50
Twitter Badge	Receive this Badge when you have followed PUCL on twitter. This Badge Counts towards your entrance to the 2015 UUTC.	25

Chat

The website has a chat room that is powered by xat.com.

P.U.C.L. Block

The P.U.C.L. Block was a live video show hosted by Thatch and a number of past staff members, with Infinity the show's "Conan O'Brien" aka Big Kahuna would end with either small news segments or just a story of his adventures in Pokémon.

League

The "P.U.C.L. League" is the competitive battling portion of the Pokémon Underground Champions League. It has recently been redone for the new P.U.C.L. 5.0 site redesign.

Staff

Current

Thatch: Host, webmaster, and co-founder of P.U.C.L..
Bocefus: Current Secretary of P.U.C.L., and Musical Consultant
Misty: Occasionally a co-host.
ScizorKick: Recurring co-host
"Artist formally Known as Mister Thingy" A.K.A Ethan: Admin / Author
Scron: Editor in Chief and Recurring Cohost
Viger: PokéNews article writer and Recurring Cohost
DrShamu: Tournament Organizer and Recurring Cohost
GatorMaximus: Social Media Outreach Professional
Beorn, LordJushiro, MickeyPanda, TheFluffiestWhimsicott, and SublimeManic: The remaining members of the P.U.C.L Writing Team.

Past

All past staff mentioned here have been co-hosts on the podcast.

Professor Sycamore: First recurring co-host and co-founder of P.U.C.L.
Sarge: Recurring co-host and "funny man".
The Apprentice: Recurring co-host.
Cleary: Recurring co-host.
Mister Thingy: Writer/"Legman".
Infinity: Writer/"Podcast Preparation Specialist".
Speezi: Site sponsor.
Toast: Writer.
Ecko: Site developer from P.U.C.L. 2.0 to 4.0.
Green Tauros Guy: Former forums moderator.

References

↑ "Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel] himself. "Happy Birthday P.U.C.L.!" December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel]. Message to "BulbaPediaAid". March 5, 2012. E-mail.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Thatch" to "BulbaPediaAid": "We said a lot of stupid things we shouldn't have. [...] After [the tournaments] we kind of forgave each other and decided it [was] best not to mention other [P]okémon podcasts just as WTPT did."

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[1] "Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel] himself. "Happy Birthday P.U.C.L.!" December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

[email1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel]. Message to "BulbaPediaAid". March 5, 2012. E-mail.

[quote1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Thatch" to "BulbaPediaAid": "We said a lot of stupid things we shouldn't have. [...] After [the tournaments] we kind of forgave each other and decided it [was] best not to mention other [P]okémon podcasts just as WTPT did."

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