Pokémon Underground Champions League

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P.U.C.L. Podcast Pokémon Underground Champions League
"It's the one, the only, PUCL Podcast!"
[[File:|240px]] The Pokémon Underground Champions League's podcast art, featuring a close-up on the podcast's mascot, Suicune.
Language		English
Status	Podcast	Active
	Website	Active
Run	Podcast	December 2007 - Present
	Website	2009 - Present
Podcast debuted		December 31, 2007
Last episode published		{{{final}}}
Website opened		April 2, 2009 (Current website as presumed by Thatch on Episode 90; the first website was a Webs.com site.)
Website closed		{{{site_close}}}
Reason		{{{reason}}}
Creator(s)		Taj (a.k.a. "Thatch") and "Professor Sycamore"
Host(s)		Jane Doe
Number of Episodes		91 (as of February 27, 2012)
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-focused podcast and fan site hosted and run by a person known as "Trainer Thatch", whose real first name is Taj. The podcast debuted on New Year's Eve 2007, barely 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

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The 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, their 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 rivalry with the late yet more popular WTPT. Also, it is one of the few Pokémon-focused podcasts that is explicit. Despite its longevity, the podcast is considered subpar compared to other Pokémon podcasts by both Pokémon fans (outside of the show's dedicated listeners) and even host "Thatch" himself.^[1]

The podcast's intro theme tune changes every episode, with mostly various non-Pokémon-related rock music played at the beginning. Occasionally, the intro song would be sung by the podcast's hosts. On the other hand, the ending theme is much more consistent; the song played at the end of each episode is "Closing Time" by alternative rock band Semisonic.

Website

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Chat

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

PUCL Block

The PUCL Block is a live video show hosted by "Thatch" and his co-hosts.

League

The PUCL League is the competitive battling portion of the Pokémon Underground Champions League.

Staff

This section contains outdated information.

Thatch

"Pokémon Trainer", host of the P.U.C.L. Podcast, and webmaster of PUCLPodcast.com. Described on the staff section of the site as the "PUCL President".

Sycamore

"Pokémon Professor" and "PUCL Vice President". First recurring co-host of the podcast.

Infinity

Journalist, "Topic Idealist", writer, and recurring co-host.

Speezi

Site sponsor and graphic designer.

Toast

Advisor to the PUCL Block, writer, and recurring co-host.

Ecko

Site developer.

Green Tauros Guy

PUCL Block specialist and recurring co-host.

Roxorman

Described as "The Spade".

Nartker ("Sarge")

Recurring co-host.

The Apprentice

Site treasurer and recurring co-host.

Ed

Described as a "Trusty Helper".

Aero

Writer.

Mister Thingy

Writer and "Topic Idealist".

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