It's Super Effective (podcast)

It's Super Effective PKMNcast.com
"What's Up Everybody!"
It's Super Effective's podcast art, which features Gengar and is inspired by Red and Blue's box art.
Language		English
Status	Podcast	Active
	Website	Active
Run	Podcast	July 2010 - Present
	Website	July 2010 - Present
Podcast debuted		July 26, 2010
Last episode published		{{{final}}}
Website opened		July 24, 2010 (as PokémonPodcast.com)
Website closed		{{{site_close}}}
Reason		{{{reason}}}
Creator(s)		Steve Black Jr.
Host(s)		Jane Doe
Number of Episodes		83 (as of July 16, 2012)
Forum		PokéTalk
Mascot		Gengar (podcast art) Slow Nyan Poke
Website		PKMNcast.com
Feed		Stitcher

This article is about the podcast. For the in-game concept, see Damage modification. For the webcomic, see Super Effective (webcomic).

It's Super Effective is a Pokémon-centric podcast hosted by Steve Black Jr., also known by his initials SBJ, and is the flagship show of PKMNcast.com. It's Super Effective began on July 26, 2010, two days after the launch of the website, which began as PokémonPodcast.com.

Podcast

Features

• Introduction - Steve usually begins with "what's up everybody" and introduces the cast members.
• News - The hosts discuss recent events in the Pokémon community.
• ExtremeSpeed - Steve and occasionally another cast member grill another cast member (usually a new guest) with a string of questions, usually pertaining to a personal preference between two Types, Pokémon, or Items.
• Featured Team - Steve and the cast give comments and constructive criticism on a listener's submitted team of Pokémon. Steve has said that this is reminiscent of a similar feature in Nintendo Power magazines he read in his childhood.

Guests

These people have made one or two appearances on the show, either as a co-host or as an interviewee.

• D’Andre Siggas ("Black Man Loves Pokémon" viral video)
• Christopher Niosi (Khoury's English dub voice actor)
• Marriland
• eSeamus of Bouncing Wailord
• Juan Saucedo
• Ryan Kubo
• Kidd Starck
• Chris Illich

Inside jokes and running gags

• Quick Claw Guy - A hypothetical listener of the show who despises Steve's acceptance of Quick Claw as a viable competitive held item.
• "In the face, in the face, in the face!" - A reference to an episode in which Steve suddenly started the show by repeating the last three words Travis had said during the pre-show chatter.
• New New Mexico - A newly founded sovereign kingdom on the Moon, over which Saul is the king.
• The Pichu/Cleffa Dilemma - A thought experiment performed by Steve at the end of each Extremespeed segment in which the guest is presented with the question "Pichu or Cleffa?". The guest will always choose Pichu.
• Kenny and Bayleef - Kenny has an obsession with Chikorita's first evolution.
• Nobody likes Vanilluxe but Travis - No one likes the Snowstorm Pokémon except for Travis.
• Mewtwo Herder - Travis states, "I been herdin' mah Mewtwo 'bout as long as the sun's been shinin'."
• Sand-Attack - Just as it is early in the games, Sand-Attack was a point of hatred (especially for ex-co-host Catie) early in ISE's history.
• Master Ball captured Golduck - Steve used his first Master Ball on a Golduck.
• Nobody knows/likes Huntail - The podcast's hosts view Huntail as a forgotten and under-loved member of the Pokémon fandom.

Episode titles

Since its debut in 2010, the podcast has followed a naming convention for the titles of each episode, which changes every ten episodes:

Episodes	Naming theme
1-10	"[Subject A] to [Subject B]"
11-20	"Pokémon [Color or Object] Version"
21-30	"The [Subject]"
31-40	"S.U.B.J.E.C.T."
41-50	Jay-Z songs
51-60	"[Letter] as in [Subject starting with letter]" (Sesame Street)
61-70	Films
71-80	Palindromes
81-90	The Simpsons episode titles

Related podcasts

Critical Hit

A video podcast that is either consisting of various Pokémon-related things happening in Black Jr.'s life or a video version of the main audio podcast, depending on the episode. In the former's case, the podcast finishes off with a Pokémon-related YouTube video before the credits.

Leftovers

Steve's uncensored side project. Leftovers was hosted by Black Jr. and his friend Chris. Leftovers dealt with a more adult side of the Pokémon fandom, but is currently on hiatus. Also called, "It's Super Offensive."

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  The podcast art for Critical Hit, featuring Magmar.

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  The podcast art for Leftovers, featuring Cofagrigus.

Reception

It's Super Effective is currently the most popular Pokémon podcast on iTunes and Zune. It became the leading Pokémon podcast after The Pallet Tribune's WTPT - Pokémon Radio ended production in 2010, the same year that ISE debuted. It won the third and fourth annual Shorty Awards (2011 and 2012) in the community-created category of "The Best Podcast in Social Media" with 50 and 145 votes, respectively.

Staff

Website

People that are listed in italics are also current recurring podcast hosts.

Steve Black Jr.

Creator/Host of the It's Super Effective podcast and webmaster of PKMNcast.com.

David Thomas

Previously PKMN of the Week Editor, now Lore Editor.

Travis Wheeler

Previously Item of the Week Editor, now Rare Article Editor.

William Anderson

PKMN of the Week Editor.

Wil Brendel

Ability of the Week Editor.

Saul Coronado

Tumblr Editor.

Kay Street

Saturday Sketch Editor.

Jay Petrequin

Previously Concept Editor, now writes "Shattered Gemstones".

Kenny McKee

Move of the Week Editor.

Marc "Tytanious" Webb

Featured Team Editor.

Recurring co-hosts

Current

• Aaron Spriggs
• Irene Sarumi
• Adrienne Gyori

Past

• Brownkidd of "Albotas"
• Catie Lackovich and GeorgieBoy of Press Pause Radio
• Matt Kane of "Intrepid Audio"

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