Pokémon

For the in-universe TV series, see Pokémon (TV series).

Pokémon is a game and TV series by Nintendo. It has been referenced to in The Simpsons.

References to Pokémon in The Simpsons

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This is a reference to the Pokémon episode "Computer Soldier Porygon" which gave more than 635 Japanese children seizures on December 16, 1997. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" rowspan="2;"|12 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|258 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"Pokey Mom" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|The episode title is a reference to Pokémon. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|268 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"Children of a Lesser Clod" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Homer, Rod, and Todd watch an imitation Kids Say the Darnedest Things on television, and Bill Cosby asks a kid, "What do you like to play?" The kid replies, "Pokémon!" to which Cosby replies, "Pokémon?! Pokémon with the Poké and the Mon and the guy with the thing who comes out and he's like..." and rambles on. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|250px | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|14 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|294 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|While Bart is taking a test his mind is focused on satellite television and he has a vision everyone in his class is a television character and one classmate is turned into Pikachu. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|15 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|320 and 335 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"'Tis the Fifteenth Season" and "Fraudcast News" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|During the couch gag every Simpson family member is a Japanese television show character and Maggie is Pikachu. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" rowspan="2;"|21 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|455 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"Postcards From the Wedge" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Bart is seen watching an imitation Pokémon anime on television, starring Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, and he asks himself, "How does this show stay so fresh? |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|459 | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|"Chief of Hearts" | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|When Bart asks kids at Dylan's birthday party about "Battle Ball", he says, "It makes Digimon look like Pokémon!" |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="3;"|The Simpsons Game | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|In the level "Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game", the Sparklemon are a parody of Pokémon. The battle arena is similar in style to battles in Pokémon. The first two Sparklemon battles are based on Pikachu and Squirtle. |- | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "| | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="3;"|An Anime Among Us | style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266; "|Bart has a dream sequence which has references to Pokémon. Bart is dressed like Ash Ketchum, a Pocket Goblins (Pockegob) Trainer, and Santa's Little Helper is a reference to Pikachu (Santa-choo). Bart fights against a trio from "Team Sprocket", with Jessica Lovejoy appearing as Jessie, Nelson Muntz appearing as James, and Martin Prince in a Meowth costume (Cat Scratch-eth).

External links

• Pokémon at the Internet Movie Database
• Pokémon at Wikipedia
• Pokémon at Bulbapedia

Cultural references

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