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== On the XKCD "not into Pokémon" trend ==
==On the XKCD "not into Pokémon" trend==
 
Does the trend about dismissing uninteresting stuff with "[http://xkcd.com/178/ I'm not really into Pokémon]" started at some point in 2007 between XKCD (and some others) webcomic readers counts as a reference of some sort? I'm willing to analyze the subject and look for factual references if this is considered worthy of a mention. --[[User:Solovino|Solovino]] 22:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Does the trend about dismissing uninteresting stuff with "[http://xkcd.com/178/ I'm not really into Pokémon]" started at some point in 2007 between XKCD (and some others) webcomic readers counts as a reference of some sort? I'm willing to analyze the subject and look for factual references if this is considered worthy of a mention. --[[User:Solovino|Solovino]] 22:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


==Fraiser==
==Fraiser==
I remember an episode where Fraiser shows up at a kid's birthday party and a woman (forgot her name) offers him some Pokémon punch. Fraser declines the offer and instead asks for coffee.
I remember an episode where Fraiser shows up at a kid's birthday party and a woman (forgot her name) offers him some Pokémon punch. Fraser declines the offer and instead asks for coffee.
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


==House==
==House==
In a new episode where a patient is storing a bunch of dangerous weapons, House mentions Arceus and the time space legend. No one else in the room understands what he is talking about.[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:12, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
In a new episode where a patient is storing a bunch of dangerous weapons, House mentions Arceus and the time space legend. No one else in the room understands what he is talking about.[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:12, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


== Homestar Runner ==
==Homestar Runner==
The fact that the Homestar Runner character The Cheat is based of Pikachu is incorrect, as The Cheat was created before Pokemon was really well known in the USA, (1996 The Cheat was created) However, I'm not denying that later on The Cheat was changed to look like Pikachu, just the fact that he was designed like him isn't true. [[User:Ugoz|Ugoz]] 08:37, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
The fact that the Homestar Runner character The Cheat is based of Pikachu is incorrect, as The Cheat was created before Pokemon was really well known in the USA, (1996 The Cheat was created) However, I'm not denying that later on The Cheat was changed to look like Pikachu, just the fact that he was designed like him isn't true. [[User:Ugoz|Ugoz]] 08:37, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


== Codename: Kids Next Door Reference ==
==Codename: Kids Next Door Reference==
 
I have a picture if we want to add it. [[User:Animelover0018|Animelover0018]] 06:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Animelover0018
I have a picture if we want to add it. [[User:Animelover0018|Animelover0018]] 06:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Animelover0018


== Nickelodeon Magazine ==
==Nickelodeon Magazine==
I remember reading an old Nickelodeon magazine that showed what some comic/game/cartoon characters would look in real life (but not actually shown in real life, just realistic drawings). Among the group, Ash is there, trying to catch a butterfly with a net. Where would this go on the list? --[[User:Reversinator|Reversinator]] 19:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
I remember reading an old Nickelodeon magazine that showed what some comic/game/cartoon characters would look in real life (but not actually shown in real life, just realistic drawings). Among the group, Ash is there, trying to catch a butterfly with a net. Where would this go on the list? --[[User:Reversinator|Reversinator]] 19:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


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== Suite Life on Deck ==
==Suite Life on Deck==
If one were to look in the episode "Party On!" when Sean Kingston is singing, Cody can be seen with a Pokewalker, possibly a reference to the fact that the Sprouse twins did an American commercial for HeartGold and SoulSilver [[User:Cyndaquil155|Cyndaquil155]] 19:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
If one were to look in the episode "Party On!" when Sean Kingston is singing, Cody can be seen with a Pokewalker, possibly a reference to the fact that the Sprouse twins did an American commercial for HeartGold and SoulSilver [[User:Cyndaquil155|Cyndaquil155]] 19:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)


==Site==
==Site==
I think this site (http://www.trsrockin.com/ripoffs.html) has some interesting references. --[[User:Siegfried|Siegfried]] 06:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I think this site (http://www.trsrockin.com/ripoffs.html) has some interesting references. --[[User:Siegfried|Siegfried]] 06:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)


== MAD! ==
==MAD!==
 
Warner Brothers did do a 3rd skit based off of Pokemon called "Pokemon Park" (A crossover between the anime and the movie Jurassic Park). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNmN1KPSsU Here's the clip] if anyone wants to add it to the page. [[User:Pgj1997|Pgj1997]] 18:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Warner Brothers did do a 3rd skit based off of Pokemon called "Pokemon Park" (A crossover between the anime and the movie Jurassic Park). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iNmN1KPSsU Here's the clip] if anyone wants to add it to the page. [[User:Pgj1997|Pgj1997]] 18:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)


== Magazines ==
==Magazines==
 
Where would I put something about pokemon appearing in a french-canadian magazine numerous times?<span style="color:#3FA9D0;">—★</span>[[User:Pika3323|<span style="color:yellow;">Pika</span>]][[User Talk:Pika3323|<span style="color:orange;"><sup>3323</sup></span>]] 22:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Where would I put something about pokemon appearing in a french-canadian magazine numerous times?<span style="color:#3FA9D0;">—★</span>[[User:Pika3323|<span style="color:yellow;">Pika</span>]][[User Talk:Pika3323|<span style="color:orange;"><sup>3323</sup></span>]] 22:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


== NCIS ==
==NCIS==
 
I was watching an episode of NCIS and a boy had a box of Pokémon cards that he used to hide a gun. do you think this should be mentioned? [[User:FrankTheTank000|FrankTheTank000]] 21:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
I was watching an episode of NCIS and a boy had a box of Pokémon cards that he used to hide a gun. do you think this should be mentioned? [[User:FrankTheTank000|FrankTheTank000]] 21:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
:That's violent =P<span style="color:#3FA9D0;">—★</span>[[User:Pika3323|<span style="color:yellow;">Pika</span>]][[User Talk:Pika3323|<span style="color:orange;"><sup>3323</sup></span>]] 00:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
:That's violent =P<span style="color:#3FA9D0;">—★</span>[[User:Pika3323|<span style="color:yellow;">Pika</span>]][[User Talk:Pika3323|<span style="color:orange;"><sup>3323</sup></span>]] 00:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)


==Phineas and Ferb==
==Phineas and Ferb==
I've watched an episode of {{wp|Phineas and Ferb}} called 'De Plane! De Plane!'. In this episode, Dr. Doofenshmirtz builds a device to evaporate swimming pools by focusing sunlight. He calls this 'Greevil', which also happens to be the name of [[Cipher]]'s leader in Pokémon XD. [[User:MetalMetroid997|MetalMetroid997]] 11:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
I've watched an episode of {{wp|Phineas and Ferb}} called 'De Plane! De Plane!'. In this episode, Dr. Doofenshmirtz builds a device to evaporate swimming pools by focusing sunlight. He calls this 'Greevil', which also happens to be the name of [[Cipher]]'s leader in Pokémon XD. [[User:MetalMetroid997|MetalMetroid997]] 11:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
:It sounds more like a coincedence. It's just a portemanu of "Green" and "Evil" [[User:Pgj1997|Pgj1997]] 18:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
:It sounds more like a coincedence. It's just a portemanu of "Green" and "Evil" [[User:Pgj1997|Pgj1997]] 18:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
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==Wizards==
==Wizards==
I was watching Wizards of Waverly Place with my little sister and I noticed the wizards theme sounded like the same tune as the indigo league music. Also, in an episode of Good Luck Charlie someone drew a picture of an eevee on a chalkboard in the basement.
I was watching Wizards of Waverly Place with my little sister and I noticed the wizards theme sounded like the same tune as the indigo league music. Also, in an episode of Good Luck Charlie someone drew a picture of an eevee on a chalkboard in the basement.
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 02:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


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In an episode called ``Me Coop You Kat`` Kat builds a device that strongly resembles the Meowth balloon which is destroyed by Coop and Dennis.
In an episode called ``Me Coop You Kat`` Kat builds a device that strongly resembles the Meowth balloon which is destroyed by Coop and Dennis.
==Stay fit==
==Stay fit==
I remember a PSA where a boy buys some Pokémon cards from a store. He finds a card he wanted but it gets blown away by the wind and he runs out of breath after attempting to get it back.
I remember a PSA where a boy buys some Pokémon cards from a store. He finds a card he wanted but it gets blown away by the wind and he runs out of breath after attempting to get it back.
 
== Angel City - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila): Poliwhirl Teddy? ==


==Angel City - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila): Poliwhirl Teddy?==
In the music video for {{wp|Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)}}, one of the teddies (the blue one) lying next to singer Lara McAllen looks like it could be a Poliwhirl, but as there arent an close ups of it, I'm not 100% sure, is anyone else able to tell?
In the music video for {{wp|Love Me Right (Oh Sheila)}}, one of the teddies (the blue one) lying next to singer Lara McAllen looks like it could be a Poliwhirl, but as there arent an close ups of it, I'm not 100% sure, is anyone else able to tell?
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<small><small>[[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:black; background-color:yellow">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span></small></small>[[Pikachu (Pokémon)|<span style="color:black; background-color:yellow">'''⚡''']]</span> 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
<small><small>[[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:black; background-color:yellow">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span></small></small>[[Pikachu (Pokémon)|<span style="color:black; background-color:yellow">'''⚡''']]</span> 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


== Private Practice ==
==Private Practice==
 
I just walked into the room while my mom was watching the show and I saw something that's probably relevant. It's somewhere near the end, where a kid and his apparent dad are talking. The kid is holding a Reshiram action figure and puts it on the table before he turns on the TV. It's the episode that just aired today, "Step One". {{unsigned|Knuclear200x}}
I just walked into the room while my mom was watching the show and I saw something that's probably relevant. It's somewhere near the end, where a kid and his apparent dad are talking. The kid is holding a Reshiram action figure and puts it on the table before he turns on the TV. It's the episode that just aired today, "Step One". {{unsigned|Knuclear200x}}
:Thanks, I've added it to the page. [[User:Pikiwyn|<font color="#d0000d" face="chiller">'''Pikiwyn'''</font>]] [[User talk:Pikiwyn|<tt><sup>'''''<font color="black">talk</font>'''''</sup></tt>]] 18:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
:Thanks, I've added it to the page. [[User:Pikiwyn|<font color="#d0000d" face="chiller">'''Pikiwyn'''</font>]] [[User talk:Pikiwyn|<tt><sup>'''''<font color="black">talk</font>'''''</sup></tt>]] 18:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


== League of Legends reference ==
==League of Legends reference==
 
In the PC game ''League of Legends'', the character Skarner says his name ala-Pokémon style if he stays still in a bush for a random amount of time.
In the PC game ''League of Legends'', the character Skarner says his name ala-Pokémon style if he stays still in a bush for a random amount of time.


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:I don't really consider that to be a reference. <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 02:17, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
:I don't really consider that to be a reference. <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 02:17, 1 December 2011 (UTC)


== Futurama ==
==Futurama==
 
I watched an episode of Futurama one day called 'A Leela of Her Own' and I noticed in one scene there was an alien with [[Ash Ketchum|Ash's]] baseball cap from the original series on. Is this notable enough for me to add in? [[User:Pokedex493|Pokedex493]] 00:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
I watched an episode of Futurama one day called 'A Leela of Her Own' and I noticed in one scene there was an alien with [[Ash Ketchum|Ash's]] baseball cap from the original series on. Is this notable enough for me to add in? [[User:Pokedex493|Pokedex493]] 00:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)


== Radio? ==
==Radio?==
 
Would references on the radio count? They played the Pokemon Theme on {{wp|97.3 Forth One}} this morning, as they were talking about how Pokemon was the top Christmas present back in the day. [[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#6890F0">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span>[[Latios (Pokémon)|<span style="color:red; background-color:#6890F0"> Δ]]</span> 18:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Would references on the radio count? They played the Pokemon Theme on {{wp|97.3 Forth One}} this morning, as they were talking about how Pokemon was the top Christmas present back in the day. [[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#6890F0">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span>[[Latios (Pokémon)|<span style="color:red; background-color:#6890F0"> Δ ]]</span> 18:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 
== [[wikipedia:Trade & Battle: Card Hero|Trade & Battle: Card Hero]] ==


==[[wikipedia:Trade & Battle: Card Hero|Trade & Battle: Card Hero]]==
I have heard that there are references to Pokémon in the game [[wikipedia:Trade & Battle: Card Hero|Trade & Battle: Card Hero]], developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems; a game that became quite popular in Japan. Supposedly, amongst the references there is an NPC who remarks that everyone is out playing a game called "Rocket Monsters" and one of the NPCs idolizes "Team Pocket" as one of his favourite villains.
I have heard that there are references to Pokémon in the game [[wikipedia:Trade & Battle: Card Hero|Trade & Battle: Card Hero]], developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems; a game that became quite popular in Japan. Supposedly, amongst the references there is an NPC who remarks that everyone is out playing a game called "Rocket Monsters" and one of the NPCs idolizes "Team Pocket" as one of his favourite villains.
:Does anyone who can understand Japanese know which NPCs? (I own the game, but the save battery on it is dead) I also wonder if there are any references to Pokémon in the sequels, [[wikipedia:Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero|High Speed Card Battle: Card Hero]] and the Japanese DSiWare game Card Hero: Speed Battle Custom --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] 18:52, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
:Does anyone who can understand Japanese know which NPCs? (I own the game, but the save battery on it is dead) I also wonder if there are any references to Pokémon in the sequels, [[wikipedia:Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero|High Speed Card Battle: Card Hero]] and the Japanese DSiWare game Card Hero: Speed Battle Custom --[[User:Chickasaurus|Chickasaurus]] 18:52, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


== Reference in the AnoHana anime ==
==Reference in the AnoHana anime==
 
[http://styroscope.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/rntd-pokemon-reference-in-anohana-anime/ Just stumbled upon this, could someone who knows Japanese (or anything about this anime) add this?] [[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#6890F0">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span>[[Latios (Pokémon)|<span style="color:red; background-color:#6890F0"> Δ]]</span> 19:45, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
[http://styroscope.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/rntd-pokemon-reference-in-anohana-anime/ Just stumbled upon this, could someone who knows Japanese (or anything about this anime) add this?] [[User:Vuvuzela2010|<span style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#6890F0">'''Vuvuzela2010''']]</span>[[Latios (Pokémon)|<span style="color:red; background-color:#6890F0"> Δ ]]</span> 19:45, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


==A fateful encounter==
==A fateful encounter==
I was at walmart and played a demo of a dungeon crawler game on a wii. The character was level 3 and was traveling with a man and a weird squirl thing. I was supposed to get through a forest area and had to fight creatures that resembled qwilfish, parasect, and beedrill. I don't know what game it was, does anyone know what i'm talking about?
I was at walmart and played a demo of a dungeon crawler game on a wii. The character was level 3 and was traveling with a man and a weird squirl thing. I was supposed to get through a forest area and had to fight creatures that resembled qwilfish, parasect, and beedrill. I don't know what game it was, does anyone know what i'm talking about?
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 01:46, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] 01:46, 26 December 2011 (UTC)


== Another reference. ==
==Another reference==
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISg5VTM2sL4#t=6m8s There is a reference there to Pokémon], one of them [more precisely, the one in blue clothes] something about Pokémon accessory (in my dub, it was pencil case [or however it is called]), not sure about original, so I can't enter it. [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] 17:40, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISg5VTM2sL4#t=6m8s There is a reference there to Pokémon], one of them [more precisely, the one in blue clothes] something about Pokémon accessory (in my dub, it was pencil case [or however it is called]), not sure about original, so I can't enter it. [[User:Marked +-+-+|Marked +-+-+]] 17:40, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
:Mmmhm, at 06:11 in the video, the person says "Remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunch box?" Don't know how notable this is, Let's see what others think. --[[User:Tails0600|<span style="color:orange">Tails</span>]][[User talk:Tails0600|<span style="color:black">0600</span>]]'' 12:16, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
:Mmmhm, at 06:11 in the video, the person says "Remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunch box?" Don't know how notable this is, Let's see what others think. --[[User:Tails0600|<span style="color:orange">Tails</span>]][[User talk:Tails0600|<span style="color:black">0600</span>]]'' 12:16, 18 January 2012 (UTC)


== Law & Order: SVU ==
==Law & Order: SVU==
 
In tonight's episode "Home Invasions", the sole living victim's boyfriend's father used the fact that his son still has his Pokémon cards to make example of his sexual immaturity, as the girl was found with herpes. I'll provide full details later, but I figure I notify the basic stuff first. If anyone else watches the show and would be able to add it with proper info in the proper place, go ahead. PS: the pronunciation was more Pokey-mun--[[User:SandmanDP|SandmanDP]] 03:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
In tonight's episode "Home Invasions", the sole living victim's boyfriend's father used the fact that his son still has his Pokémon cards to make example of his sexual immaturity, as the girl was found with herpes. I'll provide full details later, but I figure I notify the basic stuff first. If anyone else watches the show and would be able to add it with proper info in the proper place, go ahead. PS: the pronunciation was more Pokey-mun--[[User:SandmanDP|SandmanDP]] 03:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
: Have added it. Feel free to move it if needed and add in more info. [[User:Frozen Fennec|Frozen Fennec]] 03:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
:Have added it. Feel free to move it if needed and add in more info. [[User:Frozen Fennec|Frozen Fennec]] 03:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


== Resident evil ==
==Resident evil==
 
On my resident evil the mercenaries 3D there is a skill called thunderbolt at first I thought nothing of it but when i fully upgraded it something familiar happened it shows electricty coming from the sky much like in super smash bros. brawl but blue may i add this?
On my resident evil the mercenaries 3D there is a skill called thunderbolt at first I thought nothing of it but when i fully upgraded it something familiar happened it shows electricty coming from the sky much like in super smash bros. brawl but blue may i add this?
[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] 18:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] 18:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
:''"Thunderbolt"'' is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thunderbolt an actual word], meaning a bolt of lightning accompanied by a thunderclap. While it's possible that it could be a reference, I suspect it's more likely just using a word for its meaning. <span class="sc">[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</span> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 20:27, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
:''"Thunderbolt"'' is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thunderbolt an actual word], meaning a bolt of lightning accompanied by a thunderclap. While it's possible that it could be a reference, I suspect it's more likely just using a word for its meaning. <span class="sc">[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</span> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 20:27, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
That's why i thought nothing of at first but its effect is that physical attacks against enemies gains electric properties like static electricity but stronger thats why i think its name is a reference.[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] 19:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
That's why i thought nothing of at first but its effect is that physical attacks against enemies gains electric properties like static electricity but stronger thats why i think its name is a reference.[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] 19:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 
== Inappropriateness ==


==Inappropriateness==
Shouldn't there be an warning or something, as this article contains some worse than G-rated stuff. I think. [[User:Pringles|<span style="color:# 78C850">''プリングルズ/''</span>]][[User talk:Pringles|<span style="color:#6890F0">品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్</span>]] 01:53, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be an warning or something, as this article contains some worse than G-rated stuff. I think. [[User:Pringles|<span style="color:# 78C850">''プリングルズ/''</span>]][[User talk:Pringles|<span style="color:#6890F0">品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్</span>]] 01:53, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:Such as?--[[User:Force Fire|<span style="color:#424B50">'''F'''</span><span style="color:#848A8D">orce</span>]][[User talk:Force Fire|<span style="color:#E3CED0">'''F'''</span><span style="color:#EDDFE0">ire</span>]] 04:11, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:Such as?--[[User:Force Fire|<span style="color:#424B50">'''F'''</span><span style="color:#848A8D">orce</span>]][[User talk:Force Fire|<span style="color:#E3CED0">'''F'''</span><span style="color:#EDDFE0">ire</span>]] 04:11, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
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::::I guess you're right. [[User:Pringles|<span style="color:# 78C850">''プリングルズ/''</span>]][[User talk:Pringles|<span style="color:#6890F0">品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్</span>]] 15:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
::::I guess you're right. [[User:Pringles|<span style="color:# 78C850">''プリングルズ/''</span>]][[User talk:Pringles|<span style="color:#6890F0">品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్</span>]] 15:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


== Let's Go Quintuplets ==
==Let's Go Quintuplets==
 
I'm not sure what the episode is called in English since I only have the Japanese version, but there's a scene where Krystal runs past a shop which has a pikachu-esque plush in the window. It probably isn't worth adding, but here's a shot of it in case it is: http://tinypic.com/r/2lxctw6/6--[[User:Bardock|Bar]][[User_Talk:Bardock|dock]] 12:06, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the episode is called in English since I only have the Japanese version, but there's a scene where Krystal runs past a shop which has a pikachu-esque plush in the window. It probably isn't worth adding, but here's a shot of it in case it is: http://tinypic.com/r/2lxctw6/6--[[User:Bardock|Bar]][[User_Talk:Bardock|dock]] 12:06, 22 May 2012 (UTC)


== Eevee? ==
==Eevee?==
 
It says that there's a drawing of eevee on the chalkboard but it says that the episode is unknown and there's no picture supporting this PLUS I looked it up and still didn't find anything to support this.There should be at least a small piece of proof.[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] ([[User talk:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|talk]]) 19:48, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
It says that there's a drawing of eevee on the chalkboard but it says that the episode is unknown and there's no picture supporting this PLUS I looked it up and still didn't find anything to support this.There should be at least a small piece of proof.[[User:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP]] ([[User talk:VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP|talk]]) 19:48, 15 June 2012 (UTC)


== The Big Bang Theory==
==The Big Bang Theory==
In the episode where howard and Raj huy a 3D printer, howard says that he spent all his money on Pokemon cards.
In the episode where howard and Raj huy a 3D printer, howard says that he spent all his money on Pokemon cards.
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] ([[User talk:Auragirl|talk]]) 18:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
[[User:Auragirl|Auragirl]] ([[User talk:Auragirl|talk]]) 18:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


==The Colbert Report==
==The Colbert Report==
On February 28 on "The Colbert Report", Steven Colbert was talking about people giving away memorabilia of the pope. He makes a joke about Pokemon, or "PoPeMon", and he says afterwards "God Bless 'em All!" Someone should put this in the article. [[User:JacobTheDoduo|JacobtheDoduo]] ([[User talk:JacobTheDoduo|talk]]) 22:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
On February 28 on "The Colbert Report", Steven Colbert was talking about people giving away memorabilia of the pope. He makes a joke about Pokemon, or "PoPeMon", and he says afterwards "God Bless 'em All!" Someone should put this in the article. [[User:JacobTheDoduo|JacobtheDoduo]] ([[User talk:JacobTheDoduo|talk]]) 22:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 
== Smosh? ==


==Smosh?==
[http://www.youtube.com/smosh Smosh] has MANY Pokemon references, including a music video. Should these videos be included? [[User:Chaossy|Chaossy]] ([[User talk:Chaossy|talk]]) 13:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
[http://www.youtube.com/smosh Smosh] has MANY Pokemon references, including a music video. Should these videos be included? [[User:Chaossy|Chaossy]] ([[User talk:Chaossy|talk]]) 13:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
:I doubt YouTube videos are notable enough. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Smosh, but this page is for TV shows, movies, other video games, etc. [[User:MasterZ|MasterZ]] ([[User talk:MasterZ|talk]]) 01:35, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
:I doubt YouTube videos are notable enough. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Smosh, but this page is for TV shows, movies, other video games, etc. [[User:MasterZ|MasterZ]] ([[User talk:MasterZ|talk]]) 01:35, 9 April 2013 (UTC)


== Malcolm in the middle ==
==Malcolm in the middle==
 
The same Squirtle Doll dat in the episode Bowling is, is in a episode season 2 "Carnival" [http://i.imagebanana.com/img/pda7p1fv/doll.JPG] --[[User:Altruis|<span style="color:#EEB422">Altruis</span>]] [[User talk:Altruis|<sub><span style="color:#551A8B">''でんき''</span></sub>]] 14:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The same Squirtle Doll dat in the episode Bowling is, is in a episode season 2 "Carnival" [http://i.imagebanana.com/img/pda7p1fv/doll.JPG] --[[User:Altruis|<span style="color:#EEB422">Altruis</span>]] [[User talk:Altruis|<sub><span style="color:#551A8B">''でんき''</span></sub>]] 14:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)


== Pinky Dinky Doo ==
==Pinky Dinky Doo==
 
Not sure if it's a popular enough show, but an action figure craze among Tyler and his friends called Moo Moo Miggy Monsters is an obvious parody of Pokémon. There's even a scene where he plays a video game about them with a battle style just like Pokémon. Add? [[User:Mathfreak231|<span class="explain" title="Mathfreak">MF</span>]][[User talk:Mathfreak231|23]][[Special:Contributions/Mathfreak231|1]] 00:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if it's a popular enough show, but an action figure craze among Tyler and his friends called Moo Moo Miggy Monsters is an obvious parody of Pokémon. There's even a scene where he plays a video game about them with a battle style just like Pokémon. Add? [[User:Mathfreak231|<span class="explain" title="Mathfreak">MF</span>]][[User talk:Mathfreak231|23]][[Special:Contributions/Mathfreak231|1]] 00:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)


== In Response to Pinky Dinky Doo ==
==In Response to Pinky Dinky Doo==
Anything that mentions it is good, even if it isn't that popular, so go ahead and add it!  
Anything that mentions it is good, even if it isn't that popular, so go ahead and add it!  
[[User talk:Lizarddolphin]] 19:09 30 April 2013 (UTC)
[[User talk:Lizarddolphin]] 19:09 30 April 2013 (UTC)


== My Little Pony ==
==My Little Pony==
 
So, why is the MLP bit listed here? All that happens in the actual episode is that Twilight gets angry and turns into a Rapidash-like figure. It's just temporary for a quick gag, and more importantly, it isn't actually a Rapidash, just something that looks like one. It goes completely unnamed for the entirety of its appearance. It wasn't meant to be a Pokémon reference, I don't think. It's seriously Twilight, not Rapidash, so I'm betting that there was a brony who was being annoying (big surprise) and just added it for the sake of adding it, so I'm removing it now. --[[User:GoldenSandslash15|GoldenSandslash15]] ([[User talk:GoldenSandslash15|talk]]) 19:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
So, why is the MLP bit listed here? All that happens in the actual episode is that Twilight gets angry and turns into a Rapidash-like figure. It's just temporary for a quick gag, and more importantly, it isn't actually a Rapidash, just something that looks like one. It goes completely unnamed for the entirety of its appearance. It wasn't meant to be a Pokémon reference, I don't think. It's seriously Twilight, not Rapidash, so I'm betting that there was a brony who was being annoying (big surprise) and just added it for the sake of adding it, so I'm removing it now. --[[User:GoldenSandslash15|GoldenSandslash15]] ([[User talk:GoldenSandslash15|talk]]) 19:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


== Servant x Service ==
==Servant x Service==
 
In episode 2 of the anime Servant x Service, Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers and has a montage of games that he has played, where Pokimon, a spoof of Pokémon, was listed, as well as a distorted Pikachu and Bulbasaur. --[[User:GymLeaderChuck|GymLeaderChuck]] ([[User talk:GymLeaderChuck|talk]]) 18:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
In episode 2 of the anime Servant x Service, Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers and has a montage of games that he has played, where Pokimon, a spoof of Pokémon, was listed, as well as a distorted Pikachu and Bulbasaur. --[[User:GymLeaderChuck|GymLeaderChuck]] ([[User talk:GymLeaderChuck|talk]]) 18:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)


== Saturday Night Live ==
==Saturday Night Live==
 
I can't be sure, if it was actually the Jennifer Aniston/Sting episode, but Jennifer Aniston was a mom, and they were talking about the 1st Pokemon movie, with Mewtwo, and they were also talking about the cards where the "son" traded his holographic Charizard for a bunch of weaker cards (like Metapod, Diglett). I believe Darrel Hammond was the father. --[[User:Dman dustin|Dman dustin]] ([[User talk:Dman dustin|talk]]) 20:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
I can't be sure, if it was actually the Jennifer Aniston/Sting episode, but Jennifer Aniston was a mom, and they were talking about the 1st Pokemon movie, with Mewtwo, and they were also talking about the cards where the "son" traded his holographic Charizard for a bunch of weaker cards (like Metapod, Diglett). I believe Darrel Hammond was the father. --[[User:Dman dustin|Dman dustin]] ([[User talk:Dman dustin|talk]]) 20:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


== Strip Mall on Comedy Central ==
==Strip Mall on Comedy Central==
 
They made fun of Pokémon in the show Strip Mall, which aired on Comedy Central in the 90's. Its super long ago, but I remember the show was about adult movies being filmed in a strip mall. Well at some point they spoof Pokémon and the lead actor gets put in a Coma. In the hospital the guy gets outted about his "Acting career" to his girlfrind by a nurse wanting an autograph. She says she accidentally bought it for her kids and on the cover the guy is a Pikachu. At some point he wakes up from the coma and is then knocked back out by the enraged and sickened girlfriend. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 11:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
They made fun of Pokémon in the show Strip Mall, which aired on Comedy Central in the 90's. Its super long ago, but I remember the show was about adult movies being filmed in a strip mall. Well at some point they spoof Pokémon and the lead actor gets put in a Coma. In the hospital the guy gets outted about his "Acting career" to his girlfrind by a nurse wanting an autograph. She says she accidentally bought it for her kids and on the cover the guy is a Pikachu. At some point he wakes up from the coma and is then knocked back out by the enraged and sickened girlfriend. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 11:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
:Ok, doing some research and finding a youtube clip... It turns out that Strip Mall's adult movie spoof of it was called "Pokememon" and one of the actresses (dressed up like Misty) involved even tells the director that "there's a cartoon just like this" We'll leave the discussion of the youtube clip there...
:Ok, doing some research and finding a youtube clip... It turns out that Strip Mall's adult movie spoof of it was called "Pokememon" and one of the actresses (dressed up like Misty) involved even tells the director that "there's a cartoon just like this" We'll leave the discussion of the youtube clip there...
:So should this be added, or because it is a little adult in nature should it not be added? I know you guys have Ling-Ling from Drawn Together mentioned, and that show is all kinds of adult...but what is the rule of thumb for this kind of thing? I know for a fact the Parody surfaced in at least two episodes, one in which it was being made, another in which I described earlier. There might be more episodes involved, I am not sure without rewatching the actual show. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 16:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
:So should this be added, or because it is a little adult in nature should it not be added? I know you guys have Ling-Ling from Drawn Together mentioned, and that show is all kinds of adult...but what is the rule of thumb for this kind of thing? I know for a fact the Parody surfaced in at least two episodes, one in which it was being made, another in which I described earlier. There might be more episodes involved, I am not sure without rewatching the actual show. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 16:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
::If it's a reference, add it. It's a TV show. Unless the reference image has nudity in, it's fine. ☆<span style="font-family:Algerian">[[User:Solar Dragon|<span style="color:green">The</span>]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|<span style="color:red">Solar</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|<span style="color:blue">Dragon</span>]]</span>☆ 17:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
::If it's a reference, add it. It's a TV show. Unless the reference image has nudity in, it's fine. ☆<span style="font-family:Algerian">[[User:Solar Dragon|<span style="color:green">The</span>]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|<span style="color:red">Solar</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|<span style="color:blue">Dragon</span>]]</span>☆ 17:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)


== Better Homes and Gardens ==
==Better Homes and Gardens==
 
In certain episodes of Better Homes and Gardens, I just saw a Pikachu plush toy, could someone add this and the picture? --[[User:Cinday123|<span style="color:pink">Cinday123</span>]] <small>''([[User talk:Cinday123|<span style="color:lightblue">Talk</span>]])''</small> 23:52, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
In certain episodes of Better Homes and Gardens, I just saw a Pikachu plush toy, could someone add this and the picture? --[[User:Cinday123|<span style="color:pink">Cinday123</span>]] <small>''([[User talk:Cinday123|<span style="color:lightblue">Talk</span>]])''</small> 23:52, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
:References are intentional. This sounds more like a coincidence. <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 03:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
:References are intentional. This sounds more like a coincidence. <sup>[[Typhlosion (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup>[[User:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">Jo the Marten</span>]]<sup>[[Flygon (Pokémon)|<span style="color:#C00;">★</span>]]</sup> [[User_Talk:Jo The Marten|<span style="color:#C00;">ಠ_ಠ</span>]][[Cilan (anime)|<span style="color:#90C870;">♥</span>]] 03:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
::So Pokémon plush toys in a lifestyle show counted? --[[User:Cinday123|<span style="color:pink">Cinday123</span>]] <small>''([[User talk:Cinday123|<span style="color:lightblue">Talk</span>]])''</small> 03:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
::So Pokémon plush toys in a lifestyle show counted? --[[User:Cinday123|<span style="color:pink">Cinday123</span>]] <small>''([[User talk:Cinday123|<span style="color:lightblue">Talk</span>]])''</small> 03:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


== Not sure where this would go==
==Not sure where this would go==
 
In one of the '''''There She is!!''''' episodes, the rabbit character (Doki) throws a Pokéball at the Cat character (Nabi).
In one of the '''''There She is!!''''' episodes, the rabbit character (Doki) throws a Pokéball at the Cat character (Nabi).


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I am not certain, but I believe at least one of the There She is episodes showed on G4 at some time or another. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 07:00, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
I am not certain, but I believe at least one of the There She is episodes showed on G4 at some time or another. [[User:Yamitora1|Yamitora1]] ([[User talk:Yamitora1|talk]]) 07:00, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


== Ben 10 ==
==Ben 10==
In Ben 10 Omniverse, episode "Catfigth" appears a big fish looks like Magikarp --[[User:HoopsterJohn|HoopsterJohn]] ([[User talk:HoopsterJohn|talk]]) 18:13, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 
==Put My Little Pony Back in!==
I think it's obvious that the joke in My Little Pony was a parody of Rapidash. It may be a joke about her getting so mad that she catches fire. But try comparing this [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Twilight_angry_S1E15.png shot] to Twilight's normal form and Rapidash. Who does she look more like? She looks more like Rapidash than herself. Really. Let's compare. Normally Twilight has purple fur. This Twilight has light yellow fur like Rapidash. Normal Twilight has purple eyes. This Twilight has red eyes. Normal Twilight has straight black mane with a pink streak. This Twilight has fiery mane like Rapidash. Her cutie mark is gone. And there are other ways that they could have used this effect. One is to make her completely engulfed in flames like Human Torch. She could get an aura of flame without changing color. She can just turn red. Or she can get mad with out any exaggeration. They can even take that scene out. It's not that important to leave it in. Twilight finally accepts the Pinkie Sense immediately after that Rapidash freak-out. While her body shape, height and art-style remained the same and her mane flames higher than Rapidash, she still obviously resembles Rapidash. How can that be unintentional? How would you know if some of the references on this page were intentional? Did the companies state they were? I think if an image obviously screams Pokémon like this, it should be added intentional or not. It doesn't matter if it's brief. It doesn't matter if it's just a character looking that way. It's obvious that Hasbro took advantage of Rapidash's unicorn look, the cartoon physics of bursting into flames when your angry and the fact that their show was attracting a broader audience than intended. I want that My Little Pony reference back in! And My Little Pony had later references for the bronies, like non-anthropomorphic versions of Mordekei and Rigby from Regular Show appearing as Fluttershy's animals. Sure, Regular Show may not have anything to do with Pokémon, but it shows a pattern and helps my Rapidash case. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 04:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:200x116px;">http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y305/SeanWheeler/8936643c-a38d-41fc-949d-5a6dd8a41d2a_zps24d7d761.png<br clear="all"><div class="thumbcaption" style="width:200px;">Seriously? Look at me! I'm a Rapidash! How obvious could I possibly get? You think this is an accident? How is an accident? I usually have purple fur! There are some images on this page that don't even show the Pokémon reference as it is in the dialogue. But me? I'm am so obvious! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? RAWR!!!</div></div></div>
Let the picture speak for itself. Thank you Twilight. Oh shoot, I just made my first brony meme! Oh well, not like this joke was DONE TO DEATH! There are YouTube vids on this scene, many people commented on Twilight evolving into Rapidash, reviews of Feeling Pinkie Keen has compared her to Rapidash, TV Tropes has noted this scene as a Rapidash cameo. Even the My Little Pony Wiki has joked about this image of Twilight "evolving" into Rapidash. How do you know that this isn't supposed to be a Pokémon nod? She looks too much like Rapidash. There are other ways Hasbro could have done this. I would be surprised if the producers stated that it has nothing to do with Rapidash. Also, there is a reason why there is the Togepi template on the article. I think this is okay to add in the article. If someone won't add it, I will! [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 01:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
I don't understand how Twilight blatantly turning into Rapidash would be unintentional? Look.
http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y305/SeanWheeler/7ec80725-e660-43ba-8989-36c36dda338d_zps6103436f.png
[[File:078Rapidash.png|200px]]
http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y305/SeanWheeler/8936643c-a38d-41fc-949d-5a6dd8a41d2a_zps24d7d761.png
Here's a comparison between Twilight Sparkle and Rapidash. Now tell me, doesn't that moment when Twilight got mad make her look a lot like Rapidash? Red eyes, check. Fire mane check. Whitish yellow fur, check. Lack of cutie mark, check. She looked like a hybrid of herself and Rapidash. In fact the Rapidash is more noticeable than Twilight. She looks like a Rapidash that was transported into MLP universe. Also, how do we know that it was unintentional? Did you know what other ways she could get angry without turning into Rapidash? In fact the anger didn't need to be there in the first place because Twilight instantly calmed down and accepted the Pinkie Sense. Look at her original look. She's purple! And has straight hair with magenta streaks. And she has a cutie mark. She briefly loses that when she turned into Rapidash. And I have to disagree with Golden Sandslash when he pointed out that it was not meant to be a Pokémon reference. It obviously was a Pokémon reference. Why else would Twilight look like that? I mean look at the context. Pinkie Pie has this "Pinkie Sense". She shivered and sensed that a really big "doozy" would happen. The mane 6 get chased by a hydra. They escape the Hydra, but Pinkie's Sense kept tingling, meaning the Hydra wasn't the doozy. Twilight was surprised and confused at what could be doozier than a hydra. Pinkie told her she don't know. Twilight then turned into Rapidash for a second and quickly calmed down and finally believed in the Pinkie Sense. While it wasn't really Rapidash in-story, she clearly resembled one. Was it needed in the episode? No. Did Hasbro know of the Brony fandom? Possibly. Was it intentional? Most likely. Were there other references in My Little Pony to other franchises? Yep. So I'm very convinced that this was meant to be a Poké reference. And very fitting since the pre-evolved form of Rapidash was '''''Pony'''''ta. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 04:28, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:It is not obviously a Pokemon reference. I saw the episode once upon a time and the thought that she looked like Rapidash never crossed my mind. Anger and fiery/red go hand-in-hand. She got angry so she got bitchin' flames for hair and red eyes against a red background. I'm not an artist, but I can see the white fur being because it just looks better than keeping the purple; or maybe it's just keeping in line with the fire theme: white hot. And the cutie mark could have been forgotten or could have been deemed trivial or in-the-way.
:You're playing a guessing game. I'm not sure I care how this turns out, but you're clearly way too invested in this for your judgement to be considered "objective". [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 04:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
::Maybe the thought of Rapidash didn't cross your mind because you weren't thinking of Pokémon? You can finally get some jokes if someone points it out for you. The Princess Twilight didn't make me think of Zelda: Twilight Princess until Joshscorcher pointed it out in his review. But I totally think the Twilight Princess thing was coincidental. Her turning into Rapidash wasn't. And was it that necessary for her to turn into that Rapidash-like pony for a second right before believing in Pinkie Pie? Your playing a guessing game too. Golden Sandslash played a guessing game when he decided the MLP reference shouldn't be there. You guys agreed on one complaint. And I disagree with that complaint. Unless there is a source saying it was accidental, I'll keep insisting. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 13:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:::After discussing with a couple of other staff, we feel that that since it's not clear that it is intentional or likely intentional, we shouldn't list it. Majority of the references we do list is rather obvious, where this one feels more like a coincidence if anything. '''''[[User:Pokemaster97|<span style="color:Blue;">--Pokemaster</span>]][[User talk:Pokemaster97|<span style="color:Blue;">97</span>]]''''' 16:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
::::How is this not clearly intentional? I look at it and keep guessing this might have happened.
:::::'''Lauren Faust:''' We now have a fanbase of grown males liking Friendship is Magic. We should do something about it.
:::::'''Cartoonist:''' How can grown man like ponies and rainbows?
:::::'''Faust:''' I don't know. But I'm sure some of these people like Pokémon. So let's see if we can make a joke in the show.
:::::'''Cartoonist:''' Okay.
:::::'''Faust:''' There is this Pokémon named Rapidash. It's a Fire unicorn. In the My Little Pony episode we're working on, Twilight should get so angry that she turns into a Rapidash cameo. I'll give you a picture of Rapidash. Now try applying a Rapidash skin on Twilight in her burst of anger.
:::::'''Cartoonist:''' Okay.
::::The cartoonist gets the FRLG artwork of Rapidash, and with his editing tools, copies Rapidash's colors onto Twilight. Removes her cutie mark. Replaced her mane with flames. Looking closely at Rapidash's eyes and noticing it has no pupils in its red irises, he removes Twilight's pupils. Now tell a scenario that makes it an accident. Also if the image gets deleted, it will mess up the thumbnail in one of my comments. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 17:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:::::There are plenty of image hosting services out there; if you want to use that image in a post, you should use on of them—Bulbagarden Archives is not an image hosting service. Anyway, providing a possible way for it to be a reference does not make it clear that it is intentional or likely intentional. I know My Little Pony does have plenty of pop culture references, but since there is significant uncertainty about the reference being intentional, I do not think it warrants inclusion here. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 17:52, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
::::::How do I make a photobucket image a thumbnail and retain my joke in the caption about Twilight herself being angry at you guys? Is there a way to put photobucket images in thumbnails? Or can we only do that with Bulbagarden Archives images? [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 18:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:::::::Do you mean the thumbnail here? If we delete the image, it's not longer relevant here anyway. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 18:54, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
::::::::I find the caption in the thumbnail a part of my message. If we delete the image, we'll get a red link with a caption, and people wouldn't get the joke if all they see is a red link. Unless you know how to make thumbnails of images hosted from photobucket, that image isn't going anywhere. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 20:31, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::And another thing, does someone have the first season on DVD? If you do, can you watch Feeling Pinkie Keen with the commentary? Can you tell me what the commentators said at that scene? And not some bronies commenting. There's already a lot of let's watch where they joke about Twilight evolving into Rapidash. But just the producers commentating on the DVD. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 21:07, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::Also, if you thought something like this was unintentional, how do you know if all the other references were intentional? I mean, what if a kid from Kids Next Door cosplayed as Ash was an accident? That may be unlikely but I have a hard time believing that a state of anger that makes Twilight look more like Rapidash than herself. I know there is a cartoon effect of bursting into flames when angry, but I think Hasbro took advantage of the fiery anger effect and thought of Rapidash. After all, Rapidash was one of the original Kanto Pokémon. And even if some of you didn't get the joke at first, a lot of bronies who know about Pokémon got the joke. And the Togepi speculation template is there for a reason. Twilight didn't have to turn white when on fire. She could have turned red. Her pupils didn't have to turn red and merge with her irises. Her mane didn't have to be totally replaced with flames. There is no reason to think it was unintentional and excuses are only good for preventing Nintendo from suing Hasbro, and considering it's really just Twilight getting fiery mad and is a lot shorter and her mane is rising higher, I think Hasbro was already safe. Ling-Ling from Drawn Together doesn't look that much like Pikachu. I think Twilight flaring up really deserves a mention. It's blatantly obvious to me. If it's not obvious, that's your opinion. But many bronies agree that she turned into Rapidash. It was even joked about in [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Sparkle/Gallery/Season_1_episodes_14-26#Feeling_Pinkie_Keen Twilight's gallery on My Little Pony Wiki], as well as the [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Feeling_Pinkie_Keen/Gallery episode gallery]. TV Tropes listed it as a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/Mylittleponyfriendshipismagic Shoutout]. Many Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=twilight+rapidash videos] joked about Twilight being Rapidash. It's pretty much a meme. I think something so noticed that it achieves meme status should be listed here, don't you? In fact, Rapidash helped the joke. So I do not think this is an accident. Thanks Nintendo for designing a Pokémon that MLP could use for a joke. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 18:55, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
(reset indent) You know, it gets boring when I become the only one talking on a talk page and no one is commenting. The resemblence is too uncanny for a coincidence. It's so obvious that there's a meme. Thinking of Rapidash would help out the joke. Turning her into Rapidash wasn't a coincidence, it was a clever joke. And it was unnecessary to the episode. Based on all of my reasons, are we still going to ignore it and brush it off as a coincidence or accept it as a sneaky Rapidash cameo? How does it feel like a coincidence? The fiery anger just makes the reference brilliant. Are we going to delete my image? If so, how am I going to change that thumbnail? [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 16:31, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
:I have been making a lot of points about why it can't be a coincidence.
:#She looks so much like Rapidash.
:##She had Rapidash's white fur instead of her normal purple fur.
:##She had Rapidash's fiery mane instead of her black hair with magenta streaks.
:##Her cutie mark is gone.
:##Her eyes are red like Rapidash. Her eyes are normally purple with black pupils but in this frame, her irises and pupils are both red like when you take a closer look at Rapidash.
:##The only thing that resembles Twilight was her art style, bodyshape and eyelashes.
:##If I took this image out of context and you never saw the episode, you wouldn't think this is Twilight Sparkle. You'd think this is some fanart of Rapidash.
:#There are other ways Hasbro could have done this.
:##They could have made her a Horse Torch (as in a parody of the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four).
:##She could have gotten an aura of flame without changing color.
:##Her fur could have turned red.
:##She can get mad without any effects.
:##They could have removed the joke completely.
:#What if some of the references were unintentional?
::#Ling-Ling looked nothing like Pikachu.
:#There is a Togepi notice on this page.
:#This joke was unnecessary in the story because Twilight immediately accepts Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense when she calmed down.
:#It was a joke.
:#It looks like Hasbro took advantage of Rapidash resembling a fiery unicorn, the mad-on-fire cartoon effect and the fact that Twilight herself is a unicorn to make this brilliant joke.
:#My Little Pony had other references.
:##In Return to Harmony, the maze was a big homage to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
:###The Maze had Hogwarts styled flags.
:###Twilight tells the Mane 6 to regroup at the center of the maze. That was where the Twiwizard Cup was and when Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory decided to touch the cup together for a tie.
:###The Mane 6 faced obstacles in the Maze. There were obstacles in the Twiwizard Maze.
:####The obstacles changed their personalities to become the opposite of their elements. Dumbledore told the champions "you'll find people change in the maze." Imposter Moody puts the Imperius Curse on Viktor Krum to control him and hinder the champions other than Harry.
:###When Rainbow Dash flew away forfeiting the Maze while the other ponies watched from far away, it was similar to when Harry shot red sparks to the sky signifying Fleur Delacour being out of the maze.
:####Something happened after that. In Harry Potter, a huge burst of wind blew. In My Little Pony, Discord ended the game because Rainbow broke the rules.
:##The Dragon in Dragonshy resembled Smaug from The Hobbit.
:###When Rarity flatters the Dragon, it was like when Bilbo Baggins flatters Smaug.
:####There was also a Pirates of the Caribbean reference when Rarity wore the Dragon's jewels like Captain Jack Sparrow wearing jewels in Isla De Muerta when talking to Captain Barbossa.
:###Rarity states she was this close to getting that diamond like how Bilbo was so close to getting the Arkenstone. Interestingly, this scene contradicts with Rarity's Element of Generosity.
:##Mordekei and Rigby from Regular Show makes cameos as Fluttershy's pets in The Stare Master.
:##Fluttershy's bear looks like Baloo from the Jungle Book.
:##In Bats, during Applejack's musical number, the Batman icon blatantly appears in the shape DC trademarked in the background.
:###In that same episode, Pinkie Pie references Dracula by wearing vampire fangs and saying "Stand back! I vant to suck it's juuiiiccce!"
:##Another Batman reference appears in the Mysterious Mare Do Well. There are rally posters of the Mare Do Well that look like the poster for Batman: The Animated Series.
:###The Mare Do Well dresses in Black and is as mysterious as Batman.
:###When it turns out that the Mane 6 other than Rainbow Dash were the Mare Do Well, it's like Mystery of the Batwoman when the Batwoman was three people.
:###Rainbow called herself your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash, which is like the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
:####And in that same sentence, she said "Have no fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here" which references Underdog.
:###In It's About Time, Twilight goes back in time with an important message from the future, similar to Heroes when Hiro Nakamora goes back in time to tell Peter "Save the cheerleader, save the world."
:###In Power Ponies, the Mane 6 plus Spike were transported to a comic book world.
:####Spike as Humdrum was like Robin or Bucky.
:####Twilight as the Masked Metahorn was like Iceman or in the laser blast moment, Cyclops.
:####Pinkie Pie as Fili Second was as fast as the Flash.
:####Rainbow Dash as Zap had weather powers like Storm.
:####Rarity as Radiance can make light constructs from her jewelry like the Green Lantern.
:####Applejack as Mistress Mare-voulous has a lasso like Wonder Woman. When you know she's the Element of Honesty, you'll get the Lasso of Truth joke.
:#####She has Hoofarangs like Batman's Batarangs.
:######They can also reference how Wonder Woman can use her tiara as a boomerang.
:#####Her name is based on Ms. Marvel.
:####Fluttershy as the Saddle Rager would turn into a monster when she's angry like the Hulk.
:##There were so many references that the fan film Double Rainboom overused references.
:#If you delete my image, the thumbnail in my previous comment will get messed up.
:##I do not know how to make thumbnails for photobucket images.
:##The caption was important to one of my previous comments: "Let the picture speak for itself. Thank you, Twilight. Oh shoot, I just made my first brony meme."
:##Deletion will vandalize my comment. You don't want to mess with someone else's comment, do you?
:#It has become a meme.
:##There are many jokes about it on Youtube.
:###A video titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg_GBI3dATM MLP: FIM S1E15 "Feeling Pinkie Keen" Twilight turns into a fire pony/Rapidash].
:###A video titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCP_49ZDA6s Twilight Sparkle (Rapidash)]
:###A video titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdJT_KY5_s Twilight Sparkle is Evolving]. It even had the evolution music (but the uploader used {{p|Glalie}}'s cry) and a textbox.
:###A video titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47rngMUQGB0 Twilight Turns Into Rapidash with Fitting Music]
:###There is a video that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF28SlzrhP0 details the references in the show] and counts Rapidash as one of them.
:####In fact that scene was in the thumbnail of the video.
:###In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGwH_QQAN4 Pokémon Re-inacted by Ponies], Twilight was Rapidash.
:###[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loQEKzHKO2o Twilight Sparkle evolved into Rapidash?]
:###[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMEpVlUWmeA There is a Sparta Remix]
:###[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfBQN5fsodQ Some Bronies drew Twilight Rapidash in sidewalk chalk]
:###[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFQ6xZ6qTz8 Twilight Sparkle - Twilight Sparkle evolves into Rapidash]
:###[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4gGeDbpUuw There is even a Blender version]
:###Now let's see what the reviews and reactions to the episode.
:####In Joshscorcher's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szTX0Nu2rIY review], Zane says "Congratulations! Your Twilight evolved into--" only for Josh to interrupt saying "No! Everyone's made that joke!"
:####It was a sin in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJYw1yLewgI Cinemare Sins] as "Your Twilight Sparkle evolved into Rapidash" complete with the evolution music.
:####[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smoevj91sqQ Shanmul1995] mistook her for {{p|Ponyta}}.
:##There's a lot of fanart of Twilight as Rapidash on [https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=667&q=twilight+rapidash&oq=twilight+rap&gs_l=img.1.0.0l2j0i24l2.1226.5003.0.6661.12.12.0.0.0.0.290.1610.0j10j1.11.0.chm_loc%2Chmss2%3Dfalse%2Chms2min%3D10%2Chms2max%3D10%2Chmtb%3D120%2Chmta%3D1440%2Chmrde%3D0-0%2Chmde%3D1-0%2Chmmpp1%3D1-0%2Chmmpp2%3D1-0%2Chmffs%3D10000...0...1.1.48.img..1.11.1605.wwxnsdKM-F0&gws_rd=ssl Google Images]
:##Even the Wikia for My Little Pony joked about it in the galleries for [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Feeling_Pinkie_Keen/Gallery feeling Pinkie Keen] and [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Sparkle/Gallery/Season_1_episodes_14-26 Twilight Sparkle].
:#The reference listed on this page was one step to leading me up to being a brony.
:#There was a reason why people a couple times tried to put it back in. It was so obvious to them.
:#We had that reference in the list until Golden Sandslash pointed out it shouldn't be there with an invalid point.
:##So what if it gets entirely unnamed. Most of the reference get unnamed too. If they get named with a picture, Nintendo might come after them.
:##He blatantly called her a Rapidash-like figure.
:##He just guesses that it wasn't a Pokémon reference when a lot of evidence point otherwise.
:##So what if it wasn't really Rapidash? A lot of references on this page have cameos that aren't really the Pokémon represented.
:#Some of you like Tiddlywinks may not have got the joke at first. That's because you forgot about Rapidash. I forgot about Twilight Princess until Joshscorcher joked about it.
:#Thinking of Rapidash makes the joke more funny than when you don't remember Rapidash.
:Is this enough proof for you? [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 21:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 
==Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends==
Someone deleted the reference to the "Cuckoo for Coco Cards" episode when Bloo said he had all 150 of the original set. I think they were going for a Pokémon reference there. The plot of the episode involved Coco making "Foster's Cards", which were basically trading cards of Foster's friends. Bloo became desperate for some cards, and after whining to get them, he said, "I've collected all 150 Foster's cards!" shortly before Coco announced she was making a "Series 2". This sounds like a blatant parody of how Pokémon fans were; whining and becoming desperate for them, and then when they collected them all, Generation II came out. Many of the Pokémon parodies seem to use this, so I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case here. [[User:Matty|Matty]] ([[User talk:Matty|talk]]) 06:54, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
:150 could mean anything. It doesn't specifically refer to the original Kanto Pokémon. [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 14:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 
==Jokamal==
On the episode "Mexican Day" of TV Funhouse (a short lived show on Comedy Central based off the SNL cartoon shorts) their was a cartoon short called Jokamal. The plot was that RJ Reynolds has agreed to stop using Joe Camel to advertise cigarette to children. Instead, the company has decided to make a tobacco free cartoon called Jokamal. It is a parody of the Pokemon cartoon with Joe Camel as Pikachu. Throughout the show, the audience is told to buy Jokamal merchandise and is given subliminal messages to buy camel cigarettes.


In Ben 10 Omniverse, episode "Catfigth" appears a big fish looks like Magikarp --[[User:HoopsterJohn|HoopsterJohn]] ([[User talk:HoopsterJohn|talk]]) 18:13, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
A link to short can be found here. Warning, NSFW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHVsyA9zBw
 
http://i.imgur.com/GePcADs.jpg
 
[[User:Corntown|Corntown]] ([[User talk:Corntown|talk]]) 15:51, 10 December 2014 (UTC)Corntown
 
==Dyscourse==
A "choose-your-own-adventure" indie game. In it, one of the charachters (Garret) says "Bug types are weak to fire types.", referring to Pokémon.[[User:Partone|Partone]] ([[User talk:Partone|talk]]) 13:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 
Edit: I wanted to bring this to attention, but does this count as "Pop Culture"? [[User:Partone|Partone]] ([[User talk:Partone|talk]]) 13:08, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
:It has its own website and is available on Steam, so I'd say so. It's not just some random flash game. —<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="#fff">The</font>]]Very[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">Best</font>]]</span></font> 20:57, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 
==Shinchan==
A few days back, i was seeing Shinchan. I don't remember the episode name but in that episode Shinchan goes to a book shop and picks up a book to read. The interesting thing about that book was it had an image of a famous pig in that particular series and that pig was all coloured as Pikachu. I will try to add the pic as soon as i find it [[User:Upratik 12|Pratik_12]] ([[User talk:Upratik 12|talk]]) 04:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 
==Real life Aerodactyl==
One more for the Real World section; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodactylus --[[User:HoopsterJohn|HoopsterJohn]] ([[User talk:HoopsterJohn|talk]]) 17:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 
==Serebii forum topic==
Our friends at Serebii also [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?538376 discussed] Pokémon in other TV shows. I simply don't have time to research them all, so I'll archive it here in Talk. —<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="#fff">The</font>]]Very[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">Best</font>]]</span></font> 20:19, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 
== Zits ==
 
In today's Zits' comic, there is a Pokemon reference. I noticed that, based on the way this page links to comic references, it won't work quite as well for linking to a page, mainly because none of the newspaper comics websites have unlimited access to comic strips. Would it be a good idea to save the image of this comic strip in another website or this website?
 
By the way, this is the strip in question:
 
http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/s-1659469
 
Thanks for reading. [[User:Winstein|Winstein]] ([[User talk:Winstein|talk]]) 06:51, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
:It's possible to link to the [http://www.arcamax.com/newspics/118/11867/1186708.gif static image].  They can't stop you looking at that, only the pages that load the ocmics.  To stop that link, they'd have to reprogram the site, I think.  [[User:CycloneGU|CycloneGU]] ([[User talk:CycloneGU|talk]]) 06:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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On the XKCD "not into Pokémon" trend

Does the trend about dismissing uninteresting stuff with "I'm not really into Pokémon" started at some point in 2007 between XKCD (and some others) webcomic readers counts as a reference of some sort? I'm willing to analyze the subject and look for factual references if this is considered worthy of a mention. --Solovino 22:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Fraiser

I remember an episode where Fraiser shows up at a kid's birthday party and a woman (forgot her name) offers him some Pokémon punch. Fraser declines the offer and instead asks for coffee. Auragirl 02:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

House

In a new episode where a patient is storing a bunch of dangerous weapons, House mentions Arceus and the time space legend. No one else in the room understands what he is talking about.Auragirl 02:12, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Homestar Runner

The fact that the Homestar Runner character The Cheat is based of Pikachu is incorrect, as The Cheat was created before Pokemon was really well known in the USA, (1996 The Cheat was created) However, I'm not denying that later on The Cheat was changed to look like Pikachu, just the fact that he was designed like him isn't true. Ugoz 08:37, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Codename: Kids Next Door Reference

I have a picture if we want to add it. Animelover0018 06:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Animelover0018

Nickelodeon Magazine

I remember reading an old Nickelodeon magazine that showed what some comic/game/cartoon characters would look in real life (but not actually shown in real life, just realistic drawings). Among the group, Ash is there, trying to catch a butterfly with a net. Where would this go on the list? --Reversinator 19:55, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Jeopardy!

What would be a good way to add Jeopardy's references to Pokémon, if it is able to be added? --Dr. Forrester 18:22, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


Suite Life on Deck

If one were to look in the episode "Party On!" when Sean Kingston is singing, Cody can be seen with a Pokewalker, possibly a reference to the fact that the Sprouse twins did an American commercial for HeartGold and SoulSilver Cyndaquil155 19:38, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Site

I think this site (http://www.trsrockin.com/ripoffs.html) has some interesting references. --Siegfried 06:58, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

MAD!

Warner Brothers did do a 3rd skit based off of Pokemon called "Pokemon Park" (A crossover between the anime and the movie Jurassic Park). Here's the clip if anyone wants to add it to the page. Pgj1997 18:49, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Magazines

Where would I put something about pokemon appearing in a french-canadian magazine numerous times?—★Pika3323 22:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

NCIS

I was watching an episode of NCIS and a boy had a box of Pokémon cards that he used to hide a gun. do you think this should be mentioned? FrankTheTank000 21:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

That's violent =P—★Pika3323 00:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Phineas and Ferb

I've watched an episode of Phineas and Ferb called 'De Plane! De Plane!'. In this episode, Dr. Doofenshmirtz builds a device to evaporate swimming pools by focusing sunlight. He calls this 'Greevil', which also happens to be the name of Cipher's leader in Pokémon XD. MetalMetroid997 11:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

It sounds more like a coincedence. It's just a portemanu of "Green" and "Evil" Pgj1997 18:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Having the same name doesn't count as a reference if it's just a coincidence FrankTheTank000 21:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Wizards

I was watching Wizards of Waverly Place with my little sister and I noticed the wizards theme sounded like the same tune as the indigo league music. Also, in an episode of Good Luck Charlie someone drew a picture of an eevee on a chalkboard in the basement. Auragirl 02:13, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

kid vs kat

In an episode called ``Me Coop You Kat`` Kat builds a device that strongly resembles the Meowth balloon which is destroyed by Coop and Dennis.

Stay fit

I remember a PSA where a boy buys some Pokémon cards from a store. He finds a card he wanted but it gets blown away by the wind and he runs out of breath after attempting to get it back.

Angel City - Love Me Right (Oh Sheila): Poliwhirl Teddy?

In the music video for Love Me Right (Oh Sheila), one of the teddies (the blue one) lying next to singer Lara McAllen looks like it could be a Poliwhirl, but as there arent an close ups of it, I'm not 100% sure, is anyone else able to tell?

By MOCKBU4
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Vuvuzela2010 00:34, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Private Practice

I just walked into the room while my mom was watching the show and I saw something that's probably relevant. It's somewhere near the end, where a kid and his apparent dad are talking. The kid is holding a Reshiram action figure and puts it on the table before he turns on the TV. It's the episode that just aired today, "Step One". - unsigned comment from Knuclear200x (talkcontribs)

Thanks, I've added it to the page. Pikiwyn talk 18:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

League of Legends reference

In the PC game League of Legends, the character Skarner says his name ala-Pokémon style if he stays still in a bush for a random amount of time.

By kajitisouls
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Cho'Gath 02:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't really consider that to be a reference. Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 02:17, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Futurama

I watched an episode of Futurama one day called 'A Leela of Her Own' and I noticed in one scene there was an alien with Ash's baseball cap from the original series on. Is this notable enough for me to add in? Pokedex493 00:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Radio?

Would references on the radio count? They played the Pokemon Theme on 97.3 Forth One this morning, as they were talking about how Pokemon was the top Christmas present back in the day. Vuvuzela2010 Δ 18:39, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Trade & Battle: Card Hero

I have heard that there are references to Pokémon in the game Trade & Battle: Card Hero, developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems; a game that became quite popular in Japan. Supposedly, amongst the references there is an NPC who remarks that everyone is out playing a game called "Rocket Monsters" and one of the NPCs idolizes "Team Pocket" as one of his favourite villains.

Does anyone who can understand Japanese know which NPCs? (I own the game, but the save battery on it is dead) I also wonder if there are any references to Pokémon in the sequels, High Speed Card Battle: Card Hero and the Japanese DSiWare game Card Hero: Speed Battle Custom --Chickasaurus 18:52, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Reference in the AnoHana anime

Just stumbled upon this, could someone who knows Japanese (or anything about this anime) add this? Vuvuzela2010 Δ 19:45, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

A fateful encounter

I was at walmart and played a demo of a dungeon crawler game on a wii. The character was level 3 and was traveling with a man and a weird squirl thing. I was supposed to get through a forest area and had to fight creatures that resembled qwilfish, parasect, and beedrill. I don't know what game it was, does anyone know what i'm talking about? Auragirl 01:46, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Another reference

There is a reference there to Pokémon, one of them [more precisely, the one in blue clothes] something about Pokémon accessory (in my dub, it was pencil case [or however it is called]), not sure about original, so I can't enter it. Marked +-+-+ 17:40, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Mmmhm, at 06:11 in the video, the person says "Remember that time in grade 2 when I took your Pokémon lunch box?" Don't know how notable this is, Let's see what others think. --Tails0600 12:16, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Law & Order: SVU

In tonight's episode "Home Invasions", the sole living victim's boyfriend's father used the fact that his son still has his Pokémon cards to make example of his sexual immaturity, as the girl was found with herpes. I'll provide full details later, but I figure I notify the basic stuff first. If anyone else watches the show and would be able to add it with proper info in the proper place, go ahead. PS: the pronunciation was more Pokey-mun--SandmanDP 03:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Have added it. Feel free to move it if needed and add in more info. Frozen Fennec 03:52, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Resident evil

On my resident evil the mercenaries 3D there is a skill called thunderbolt at first I thought nothing of it but when i fully upgraded it something familiar happened it shows electricty coming from the sky much like in super smash bros. brawl but blue may i add this? VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP 18:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

"Thunderbolt" is an actual word, meaning a bolt of lightning accompanied by a thunderclap. While it's possible that it could be a reference, I suspect it's more likely just using a word for its meaning. Werdnae (talk) 20:27, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

That's why i thought nothing of at first but its effect is that physical attacks against enemies gains electric properties like static electricity but stronger thats why i think its name is a reference.VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP 19:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Inappropriateness

Shouldn't there be an warning or something, as this article contains some worse than G-rated stuff. I think. プリングルズ/品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్ 01:53, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Such as?--ForceFire 04:11, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
The Law & Order thing. That might be offensive to younger people. And reference to more mature shows. プリングルズ/品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్ 04:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I think we should be able to make this page G, or even PG-rated without getting rid of vital information. That L&O entry had a lot of unnecessary information which could be questionable for kids. I don't feel, just because we refer to South Park, Law & Order, or Robot Chicken, that the page should have a warning on it. While these shows aren't meant for children, we're not covering any inappropriate information. It's totally on the reader if they go and watch the episode we mention. Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 04:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I guess you're right. プリングルズ/品客薯片/ప్రింగిల్స్ 15:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Let's Go Quintuplets

I'm not sure what the episode is called in English since I only have the Japanese version, but there's a scene where Krystal runs past a shop which has a pikachu-esque plush in the window. It probably isn't worth adding, but here's a shot of it in case it is: http://tinypic.com/r/2lxctw6/6--Bardock 12:06, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Eevee?

It says that there's a drawing of eevee on the chalkboard but it says that the episode is unknown and there's no picture supporting this PLUS I looked it up and still didn't find anything to support this.There should be at least a small piece of proof.VENUS,MEGA,SCEPT,TORTE,SERP (talk) 19:48, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

The Big Bang Theory

In the episode where howard and Raj huy a 3D printer, howard says that he spent all his money on Pokemon cards. Auragirl (talk) 18:59, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

The Colbert Report

On February 28 on "The Colbert Report", Steven Colbert was talking about people giving away memorabilia of the pope. He makes a joke about Pokemon, or "PoPeMon", and he says afterwards "God Bless 'em All!" Someone should put this in the article. JacobtheDoduo (talk) 22:53, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Smosh?

Smosh has MANY Pokemon references, including a music video. Should these videos be included? Chaossy (talk) 13:38, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

I doubt YouTube videos are notable enough. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Smosh, but this page is for TV shows, movies, other video games, etc. MasterZ (talk) 01:35, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Malcolm in the middle

The same Squirtle Doll dat in the episode Bowling is, is in a episode season 2 "Carnival" [1] --Altruis でんき 14:19, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Pinky Dinky Doo

Not sure if it's a popular enough show, but an action figure craze among Tyler and his friends called Moo Moo Miggy Monsters is an obvious parody of Pokémon. There's even a scene where he plays a video game about them with a battle style just like Pokémon. Add? MF231 00:00, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

In Response to Pinky Dinky Doo

Anything that mentions it is good, even if it isn't that popular, so go ahead and add it! User talk:Lizarddolphin 19:09 30 April 2013 (UTC)

My Little Pony

So, why is the MLP bit listed here? All that happens in the actual episode is that Twilight gets angry and turns into a Rapidash-like figure. It's just temporary for a quick gag, and more importantly, it isn't actually a Rapidash, just something that looks like one. It goes completely unnamed for the entirety of its appearance. It wasn't meant to be a Pokémon reference, I don't think. It's seriously Twilight, not Rapidash, so I'm betting that there was a brony who was being annoying (big surprise) and just added it for the sake of adding it, so I'm removing it now. --GoldenSandslash15 (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Servant x Service

In episode 2 of the anime Servant x Service, Hasebe joins a discussion on anime with his coworkers and has a montage of games that he has played, where Pokimon, a spoof of Pokémon, was listed, as well as a distorted Pikachu and Bulbasaur. --GymLeaderChuck (talk) 18:23, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Saturday Night Live

I can't be sure, if it was actually the Jennifer Aniston/Sting episode, but Jennifer Aniston was a mom, and they were talking about the 1st Pokemon movie, with Mewtwo, and they were also talking about the cards where the "son" traded his holographic Charizard for a bunch of weaker cards (like Metapod, Diglett). I believe Darrel Hammond was the father. --Dman dustin (talk) 20:23, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Strip Mall on Comedy Central

They made fun of Pokémon in the show Strip Mall, which aired on Comedy Central in the 90's. Its super long ago, but I remember the show was about adult movies being filmed in a strip mall. Well at some point they spoof Pokémon and the lead actor gets put in a Coma. In the hospital the guy gets outted about his "Acting career" to his girlfrind by a nurse wanting an autograph. She says she accidentally bought it for her kids and on the cover the guy is a Pikachu. At some point he wakes up from the coma and is then knocked back out by the enraged and sickened girlfriend. Yamitora1 (talk) 11:46, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Ok, doing some research and finding a youtube clip... It turns out that Strip Mall's adult movie spoof of it was called "Pokememon" and one of the actresses (dressed up like Misty) involved even tells the director that "there's a cartoon just like this" We'll leave the discussion of the youtube clip there...
So should this be added, or because it is a little adult in nature should it not be added? I know you guys have Ling-Ling from Drawn Together mentioned, and that show is all kinds of adult...but what is the rule of thumb for this kind of thing? I know for a fact the Parody surfaced in at least two episodes, one in which it was being made, another in which I described earlier. There might be more episodes involved, I am not sure without rewatching the actual show. Yamitora1 (talk) 16:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
If it's a reference, add it. It's a TV show. Unless the reference image has nudity in, it's fine. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 17:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Better Homes and Gardens

In certain episodes of Better Homes and Gardens, I just saw a Pikachu plush toy, could someone add this and the picture? --Cinday123 (Talk) 23:52, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

References are intentional. This sounds more like a coincidence. Jo the Marten ಠ_ಠ 03:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
So Pokémon plush toys in a lifestyle show counted? --Cinday123 (Talk) 03:49, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Not sure where this would go

In one of the There She is!! episodes, the rabbit character (Doki) throws a Pokéball at the Cat character (Nabi).

There She Is!! is a Flash cartoon series produced by a three-person team and hosted on the Korean website SamBakZa.

I am not certain, but I believe at least one of the There She is episodes showed on G4 at some time or another. Yamitora1 (talk) 07:00, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Ben 10

In Ben 10 Omniverse, episode "Catfigth" appears a big fish looks like Magikarp --HoopsterJohn (talk) 18:13, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Put My Little Pony Back in!

I think it's obvious that the joke in My Little Pony was a parody of Rapidash. It may be a joke about her getting so mad that she catches fire. But try comparing this shot to Twilight's normal form and Rapidash. Who does she look more like? She looks more like Rapidash than herself. Really. Let's compare. Normally Twilight has purple fur. This Twilight has light yellow fur like Rapidash. Normal Twilight has purple eyes. This Twilight has red eyes. Normal Twilight has straight black mane with a pink streak. This Twilight has fiery mane like Rapidash. Her cutie mark is gone. And there are other ways that they could have used this effect. One is to make her completely engulfed in flames like Human Torch. She could get an aura of flame without changing color. She can just turn red. Or she can get mad with out any exaggeration. They can even take that scene out. It's not that important to leave it in. Twilight finally accepts the Pinkie Sense immediately after that Rapidash freak-out. While her body shape, height and art-style remained the same and her mane flames higher than Rapidash, she still obviously resembles Rapidash. How can that be unintentional? How would you know if some of the references on this page were intentional? Did the companies state they were? I think if an image obviously screams Pokémon like this, it should be added intentional or not. It doesn't matter if it's brief. It doesn't matter if it's just a character looking that way. It's obvious that Hasbro took advantage of Rapidash's unicorn look, the cartoon physics of bursting into flames when your angry and the fact that their show was attracting a broader audience than intended. I want that My Little Pony reference back in! And My Little Pony had later references for the bronies, like non-anthropomorphic versions of Mordekei and Rigby from Regular Show appearing as Fluttershy's animals. Sure, Regular Show may not have anything to do with Pokémon, but it shows a pattern and helps my Rapidash case. SeanWheeler (talk) 04:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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Seriously? Look at me! I'm a Rapidash! How obvious could I possibly get? You think this is an accident? How is an accident? I usually have purple fur! There are some images on this page that don't even show the Pokémon reference as it is in the dialogue. But me? I'm am so obvious! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? RAWR!!!

Let the picture speak for itself. Thank you Twilight. Oh shoot, I just made my first brony meme! Oh well, not like this joke was DONE TO DEATH! There are YouTube vids on this scene, many people commented on Twilight evolving into Rapidash, reviews of Feeling Pinkie Keen has compared her to Rapidash, TV Tropes has noted this scene as a Rapidash cameo. Even the My Little Pony Wiki has joked about this image of Twilight "evolving" into Rapidash. How do you know that this isn't supposed to be a Pokémon nod? She looks too much like Rapidash. There are other ways Hasbro could have done this. I would be surprised if the producers stated that it has nothing to do with Rapidash. Also, there is a reason why there is the Togepi template on the article. I think this is okay to add in the article. If someone won't add it, I will! SeanWheeler (talk) 01:11, 3 July 2014 (UTC) I don't understand how Twilight blatantly turning into Rapidash would be unintentional? Look. 7ec80725-e660-43ba-8989-36c36dda338d_zps6103436f.png 078Rapidash.png 8936643c-a38d-41fc-949d-5a6dd8a41d2a_zps24d7d761.png Here's a comparison between Twilight Sparkle and Rapidash. Now tell me, doesn't that moment when Twilight got mad make her look a lot like Rapidash? Red eyes, check. Fire mane check. Whitish yellow fur, check. Lack of cutie mark, check. She looked like a hybrid of herself and Rapidash. In fact the Rapidash is more noticeable than Twilight. She looks like a Rapidash that was transported into MLP universe. Also, how do we know that it was unintentional? Did you know what other ways she could get angry without turning into Rapidash? In fact the anger didn't need to be there in the first place because Twilight instantly calmed down and accepted the Pinkie Sense. Look at her original look. She's purple! And has straight hair with magenta streaks. And she has a cutie mark. She briefly loses that when she turned into Rapidash. And I have to disagree with Golden Sandslash when he pointed out that it was not meant to be a Pokémon reference. It obviously was a Pokémon reference. Why else would Twilight look like that? I mean look at the context. Pinkie Pie has this "Pinkie Sense". She shivered and sensed that a really big "doozy" would happen. The mane 6 get chased by a hydra. They escape the Hydra, but Pinkie's Sense kept tingling, meaning the Hydra wasn't the doozy. Twilight was surprised and confused at what could be doozier than a hydra. Pinkie told her she don't know. Twilight then turned into Rapidash for a second and quickly calmed down and finally believed in the Pinkie Sense. While it wasn't really Rapidash in-story, she clearly resembled one. Was it needed in the episode? No. Did Hasbro know of the Brony fandom? Possibly. Was it intentional? Most likely. Were there other references in My Little Pony to other franchises? Yep. So I'm very convinced that this was meant to be a Poké reference. And very fitting since the pre-evolved form of Rapidash was Ponyta. SeanWheeler (talk) 04:28, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

It is not obviously a Pokemon reference. I saw the episode once upon a time and the thought that she looked like Rapidash never crossed my mind. Anger and fiery/red go hand-in-hand. She got angry so she got bitchin' flames for hair and red eyes against a red background. I'm not an artist, but I can see the white fur being because it just looks better than keeping the purple; or maybe it's just keeping in line with the fire theme: white hot. And the cutie mark could have been forgotten or could have been deemed trivial or in-the-way.
You're playing a guessing game. I'm not sure I care how this turns out, but you're clearly way too invested in this for your judgement to be considered "objective". Tiddlywinks (talk) 04:46, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Maybe the thought of Rapidash didn't cross your mind because you weren't thinking of Pokémon? You can finally get some jokes if someone points it out for you. The Princess Twilight didn't make me think of Zelda: Twilight Princess until Joshscorcher pointed it out in his review. But I totally think the Twilight Princess thing was coincidental. Her turning into Rapidash wasn't. And was it that necessary for her to turn into that Rapidash-like pony for a second right before believing in Pinkie Pie? Your playing a guessing game too. Golden Sandslash played a guessing game when he decided the MLP reference shouldn't be there. You guys agreed on one complaint. And I disagree with that complaint. Unless there is a source saying it was accidental, I'll keep insisting. SeanWheeler (talk) 13:21, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
After discussing with a couple of other staff, we feel that that since it's not clear that it is intentional or likely intentional, we shouldn't list it. Majority of the references we do list is rather obvious, where this one feels more like a coincidence if anything. --Pokemaster97 16:16, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
How is this not clearly intentional? I look at it and keep guessing this might have happened.
Lauren Faust: We now have a fanbase of grown males liking Friendship is Magic. We should do something about it.
Cartoonist: How can grown man like ponies and rainbows?
Faust: I don't know. But I'm sure some of these people like Pokémon. So let's see if we can make a joke in the show.
Cartoonist: Okay.
Faust: There is this Pokémon named Rapidash. It's a Fire unicorn. In the My Little Pony episode we're working on, Twilight should get so angry that she turns into a Rapidash cameo. I'll give you a picture of Rapidash. Now try applying a Rapidash skin on Twilight in her burst of anger.
Cartoonist: Okay.
The cartoonist gets the FRLG artwork of Rapidash, and with his editing tools, copies Rapidash's colors onto Twilight. Removes her cutie mark. Replaced her mane with flames. Looking closely at Rapidash's eyes and noticing it has no pupils in its red irises, he removes Twilight's pupils. Now tell a scenario that makes it an accident. Also if the image gets deleted, it will mess up the thumbnail in one of my comments. SeanWheeler (talk) 17:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
There are plenty of image hosting services out there; if you want to use that image in a post, you should use on of them—Bulbagarden Archives is not an image hosting service. Anyway, providing a possible way for it to be a reference does not make it clear that it is intentional or likely intentional. I know My Little Pony does have plenty of pop culture references, but since there is significant uncertainty about the reference being intentional, I do not think it warrants inclusion here. --SnorlaxMonster 17:52, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
How do I make a photobucket image a thumbnail and retain my joke in the caption about Twilight herself being angry at you guys? Is there a way to put photobucket images in thumbnails? Or can we only do that with Bulbagarden Archives images? SeanWheeler (talk) 18:50, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Do you mean the thumbnail here? If we delete the image, it's not longer relevant here anyway. --SnorlaxMonster 18:54, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
I find the caption in the thumbnail a part of my message. If we delete the image, we'll get a red link with a caption, and people wouldn't get the joke if all they see is a red link. Unless you know how to make thumbnails of images hosted from photobucket, that image isn't going anywhere. SeanWheeler (talk) 20:31, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
And another thing, does someone have the first season on DVD? If you do, can you watch Feeling Pinkie Keen with the commentary? Can you tell me what the commentators said at that scene? And not some bronies commenting. There's already a lot of let's watch where they joke about Twilight evolving into Rapidash. But just the producers commentating on the DVD. SeanWheeler (talk) 21:07, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Also, if you thought something like this was unintentional, how do you know if all the other references were intentional? I mean, what if a kid from Kids Next Door cosplayed as Ash was an accident? That may be unlikely but I have a hard time believing that a state of anger that makes Twilight look more like Rapidash than herself. I know there is a cartoon effect of bursting into flames when angry, but I think Hasbro took advantage of the fiery anger effect and thought of Rapidash. After all, Rapidash was one of the original Kanto Pokémon. And even if some of you didn't get the joke at first, a lot of bronies who know about Pokémon got the joke. And the Togepi speculation template is there for a reason. Twilight didn't have to turn white when on fire. She could have turned red. Her pupils didn't have to turn red and merge with her irises. Her mane didn't have to be totally replaced with flames. There is no reason to think it was unintentional and excuses are only good for preventing Nintendo from suing Hasbro, and considering it's really just Twilight getting fiery mad and is a lot shorter and her mane is rising higher, I think Hasbro was already safe. Ling-Ling from Drawn Together doesn't look that much like Pikachu. I think Twilight flaring up really deserves a mention. It's blatantly obvious to me. If it's not obvious, that's your opinion. But many bronies agree that she turned into Rapidash. It was even joked about in Twilight's gallery on My Little Pony Wiki, as well as the episode gallery. TV Tropes listed it as a Shoutout. Many Youtube videos joked about Twilight being Rapidash. It's pretty much a meme. I think something so noticed that it achieves meme status should be listed here, don't you? In fact, Rapidash helped the joke. So I do not think this is an accident. Thanks Nintendo for designing a Pokémon that MLP could use for a joke. SeanWheeler (talk) 18:55, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

(reset indent) You know, it gets boring when I become the only one talking on a talk page and no one is commenting. The resemblence is too uncanny for a coincidence. It's so obvious that there's a meme. Thinking of Rapidash would help out the joke. Turning her into Rapidash wasn't a coincidence, it was a clever joke. And it was unnecessary to the episode. Based on all of my reasons, are we still going to ignore it and brush it off as a coincidence or accept it as a sneaky Rapidash cameo? How does it feel like a coincidence? The fiery anger just makes the reference brilliant. Are we going to delete my image? If so, how am I going to change that thumbnail? SeanWheeler (talk) 16:31, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

I have been making a lot of points about why it can't be a coincidence.
  1. She looks so much like Rapidash.
    1. She had Rapidash's white fur instead of her normal purple fur.
    2. She had Rapidash's fiery mane instead of her black hair with magenta streaks.
    3. Her cutie mark is gone.
    4. Her eyes are red like Rapidash. Her eyes are normally purple with black pupils but in this frame, her irises and pupils are both red like when you take a closer look at Rapidash.
    5. The only thing that resembles Twilight was her art style, bodyshape and eyelashes.
    6. If I took this image out of context and you never saw the episode, you wouldn't think this is Twilight Sparkle. You'd think this is some fanart of Rapidash.
  2. There are other ways Hasbro could have done this.
    1. They could have made her a Horse Torch (as in a parody of the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four).
    2. She could have gotten an aura of flame without changing color.
    3. Her fur could have turned red.
    4. She can get mad without any effects.
    5. They could have removed the joke completely.
  3. What if some of the references were unintentional?
  1. Ling-Ling looked nothing like Pikachu.
  1. There is a Togepi notice on this page.
  2. This joke was unnecessary in the story because Twilight immediately accepts Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense when she calmed down.
  3. It was a joke.
  4. It looks like Hasbro took advantage of Rapidash resembling a fiery unicorn, the mad-on-fire cartoon effect and the fact that Twilight herself is a unicorn to make this brilliant joke.
  5. My Little Pony had other references.
    1. In Return to Harmony, the maze was a big homage to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
      1. The Maze had Hogwarts styled flags.
      2. Twilight tells the Mane 6 to regroup at the center of the maze. That was where the Twiwizard Cup was and when Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory decided to touch the cup together for a tie.
      3. The Mane 6 faced obstacles in the Maze. There were obstacles in the Twiwizard Maze.
        1. The obstacles changed their personalities to become the opposite of their elements. Dumbledore told the champions "you'll find people change in the maze." Imposter Moody puts the Imperius Curse on Viktor Krum to control him and hinder the champions other than Harry.
      4. When Rainbow Dash flew away forfeiting the Maze while the other ponies watched from far away, it was similar to when Harry shot red sparks to the sky signifying Fleur Delacour being out of the maze.
        1. Something happened after that. In Harry Potter, a huge burst of wind blew. In My Little Pony, Discord ended the game because Rainbow broke the rules.
    2. The Dragon in Dragonshy resembled Smaug from The Hobbit.
      1. When Rarity flatters the Dragon, it was like when Bilbo Baggins flatters Smaug.
        1. There was also a Pirates of the Caribbean reference when Rarity wore the Dragon's jewels like Captain Jack Sparrow wearing jewels in Isla De Muerta when talking to Captain Barbossa.
      2. Rarity states she was this close to getting that diamond like how Bilbo was so close to getting the Arkenstone. Interestingly, this scene contradicts with Rarity's Element of Generosity.
    3. Mordekei and Rigby from Regular Show makes cameos as Fluttershy's pets in The Stare Master.
    4. Fluttershy's bear looks like Baloo from the Jungle Book.
    5. In Bats, during Applejack's musical number, the Batman icon blatantly appears in the shape DC trademarked in the background.
      1. In that same episode, Pinkie Pie references Dracula by wearing vampire fangs and saying "Stand back! I vant to suck it's juuiiiccce!"
    6. Another Batman reference appears in the Mysterious Mare Do Well. There are rally posters of the Mare Do Well that look like the poster for Batman: The Animated Series.
      1. The Mare Do Well dresses in Black and is as mysterious as Batman.
      2. When it turns out that the Mane 6 other than Rainbow Dash were the Mare Do Well, it's like Mystery of the Batwoman when the Batwoman was three people.
      3. Rainbow called herself your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash, which is like the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
        1. And in that same sentence, she said "Have no fear, your friendly neighborhood Rainbow Dash is here" which references Underdog.
      4. In It's About Time, Twilight goes back in time with an important message from the future, similar to Heroes when Hiro Nakamora goes back in time to tell Peter "Save the cheerleader, save the world."
      5. In Power Ponies, the Mane 6 plus Spike were transported to a comic book world.
        1. Spike as Humdrum was like Robin or Bucky.
        2. Twilight as the Masked Metahorn was like Iceman or in the laser blast moment, Cyclops.
        3. Pinkie Pie as Fili Second was as fast as the Flash.
        4. Rainbow Dash as Zap had weather powers like Storm.
        5. Rarity as Radiance can make light constructs from her jewelry like the Green Lantern.
        6. Applejack as Mistress Mare-voulous has a lasso like Wonder Woman. When you know she's the Element of Honesty, you'll get the Lasso of Truth joke.
          1. She has Hoofarangs like Batman's Batarangs.
            1. They can also reference how Wonder Woman can use her tiara as a boomerang.
          2. Her name is based on Ms. Marvel.
        7. Fluttershy as the Saddle Rager would turn into a monster when she's angry like the Hulk.
    7. There were so many references that the fan film Double Rainboom overused references.
  6. If you delete my image, the thumbnail in my previous comment will get messed up.
    1. I do not know how to make thumbnails for photobucket images.
    2. The caption was important to one of my previous comments: "Let the picture speak for itself. Thank you, Twilight. Oh shoot, I just made my first brony meme."
    3. Deletion will vandalize my comment. You don't want to mess with someone else's comment, do you?
  7. It has become a meme.
    1. There are many jokes about it on Youtube.
      1. A video titled MLP: FIM S1E15 "Feeling Pinkie Keen" Twilight turns into a fire pony/Rapidash.
      2. A video titled Twilight Sparkle (Rapidash)
      3. A video titled Twilight Sparkle is Evolving. It even had the evolution music (but the uploader used Glalie's cry) and a textbox.
      4. A video titled Twilight Turns Into Rapidash with Fitting Music
      5. There is a video that details the references in the show and counts Rapidash as one of them.
        1. In fact that scene was in the thumbnail of the video.
      6. In Pokémon Re-inacted by Ponies, Twilight was Rapidash.
      7. Twilight Sparkle evolved into Rapidash?
      8. There is a Sparta Remix
      9. Some Bronies drew Twilight Rapidash in sidewalk chalk
      10. Twilight Sparkle - Twilight Sparkle evolves into Rapidash
      11. There is even a Blender version
      12. Now let's see what the reviews and reactions to the episode.
        1. In Joshscorcher's review, Zane says "Congratulations! Your Twilight evolved into--" only for Josh to interrupt saying "No! Everyone's made that joke!"
        2. It was a sin in Cinemare Sins as "Your Twilight Sparkle evolved into Rapidash" complete with the evolution music.
        3. Shanmul1995 mistook her for Ponyta.
    2. There's a lot of fanart of Twilight as Rapidash on Google Images
    3. Even the Wikia for My Little Pony joked about it in the galleries for feeling Pinkie Keen and Twilight Sparkle.
  8. The reference listed on this page was one step to leading me up to being a brony.
  9. There was a reason why people a couple times tried to put it back in. It was so obvious to them.
  10. We had that reference in the list until Golden Sandslash pointed out it shouldn't be there with an invalid point.
    1. So what if it gets entirely unnamed. Most of the reference get unnamed too. If they get named with a picture, Nintendo might come after them.
    2. He blatantly called her a Rapidash-like figure.
    3. He just guesses that it wasn't a Pokémon reference when a lot of evidence point otherwise.
    4. So what if it wasn't really Rapidash? A lot of references on this page have cameos that aren't really the Pokémon represented.
  11. Some of you like Tiddlywinks may not have got the joke at first. That's because you forgot about Rapidash. I forgot about Twilight Princess until Joshscorcher joked about it.
  12. Thinking of Rapidash makes the joke more funny than when you don't remember Rapidash.
Is this enough proof for you? SeanWheeler (talk) 21:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Someone deleted the reference to the "Cuckoo for Coco Cards" episode when Bloo said he had all 150 of the original set. I think they were going for a Pokémon reference there. The plot of the episode involved Coco making "Foster's Cards", which were basically trading cards of Foster's friends. Bloo became desperate for some cards, and after whining to get them, he said, "I've collected all 150 Foster's cards!" shortly before Coco announced she was making a "Series 2". This sounds like a blatant parody of how Pokémon fans were; whining and becoming desperate for them, and then when they collected them all, Generation II came out. Many of the Pokémon parodies seem to use this, so I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case here. Matty (talk) 06:54, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

150 could mean anything. It doesn't specifically refer to the original Kanto Pokémon. SeanWheeler (talk) 14:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Jokamal

On the episode "Mexican Day" of TV Funhouse (a short lived show on Comedy Central based off the SNL cartoon shorts) their was a cartoon short called Jokamal. The plot was that RJ Reynolds has agreed to stop using Joe Camel to advertise cigarette to children. Instead, the company has decided to make a tobacco free cartoon called Jokamal. It is a parody of the Pokemon cartoon with Joe Camel as Pikachu. Throughout the show, the audience is told to buy Jokamal merchandise and is given subliminal messages to buy camel cigarettes.

A link to short can be found here. Warning, NSFW! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHVsyA9zBw

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Corntown (talk) 15:51, 10 December 2014 (UTC)Corntown

Dyscourse

A "choose-your-own-adventure" indie game. In it, one of the charachters (Garret) says "Bug types are weak to fire types.", referring to Pokémon.Partone (talk) 13:02, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Edit: I wanted to bring this to attention, but does this count as "Pop Culture"? Partone (talk) 13:08, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

It has its own website and is available on Steam, so I'd say so. It's not just some random flash game. —TheVeryBest 20:57, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Shinchan

A few days back, i was seeing Shinchan. I don't remember the episode name but in that episode Shinchan goes to a book shop and picks up a book to read. The interesting thing about that book was it had an image of a famous pig in that particular series and that pig was all coloured as Pikachu. I will try to add the pic as soon as i find it Pratik_12 (talk) 04:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Real life Aerodactyl

One more for the Real World section; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodactylus --HoopsterJohn (talk) 17:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Serebii forum topic

Our friends at Serebii also discussed Pokémon in other TV shows. I simply don't have time to research them all, so I'll archive it here in Talk. —TheVeryBest 20:19, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Zits

In today's Zits' comic, there is a Pokemon reference. I noticed that, based on the way this page links to comic references, it won't work quite as well for linking to a page, mainly because none of the newspaper comics websites have unlimited access to comic strips. Would it be a good idea to save the image of this comic strip in another website or this website?

By the way, this is the strip in question:

http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/s-1659469

Thanks for reading. Winstein (talk) 06:51, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

It's possible to link to the static image. They can't stop you looking at that, only the pages that load the ocmics. To stop that link, they'd have to reprogram the site, I think. CycloneGU (talk) 06:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)