Pokemon
Just The Facts
- Pokemon was one of the first, and most successful, anime cartoon shows to hit the Western world.
- The anime follows the adventures of a 10-year old bastard child defeating other Pokemon trainers.
- The Pokemon franchise also includes videogames, trading cards, toys, and many more methods to steal your soul (and wallet).
The Anime (in Summary)

The Anime (in Detail)

Introducing Ash, a boy still stuck in the closet, kicked out of the house by his slut mom at the age of ten. Apparently, in the Pokemon world, its customary that every 10 year old kid is supposed to just go hike around by themselves and fight wild animals.

Relax! Its just an Eevee.
And we're not talking about squirrels and and spiders, we're talking about fire-breathing salamanders, and animals made of fucking boulders, and animals with blades for hands. These parents must really have some issues. But to keep Ash safe, they give him a bipolar rat with the power of lethal electrocution.

So after a little while, Ash is joined by Misty, who also has some problems with her family. She's got several Cinderella-esque sisters and no parents apparently fucking anywhere, so she says "Fuck you!" to her sisters and leaves.

Above: Justice.
Ash borrowed (read: stole) her bike to escape a flock of Spearows, but it was destroyed (by none other than the mental Pikachu). Misty hunted his ass down and said that she'd be following him until he found her a new bike. Shortly thereafter, she "forgot" why she was accompanying him in the first place. Right.

Ash and Misty meet up with Brock, who also has no parents, but we actually got to see his father! Yeah, his father ditched the family, so Brock was stuck at home taking care of ten siblings. His dad comes back home, so Brock is able to join Ash and Misty.
But the weird thing about Brock is that he's around the age of eighteen. Here he is, walking around in the woods with a 10-year old boy and a 10-year old girl. Chris Hansen beware.
Brock's also the horniest motherfucker to ever be put in a cartoon show, but none of the girls he hit on ever really liked him. Probably because they didn't like the fact that his eyes are a pair of brown lines.
Enter Team Rocket.

It just so happens that Ash's Pikachu is on steroids, thus allowing Ash to defeat every other Pokemon trainer with relative ease. However, like any typical action-adventure plot, there's always an evil force that will do whatever they have to to just annoy the fuck out of the protagonists.
Team Rocket is no exception. Over the course of the Pokemon cartoon show, which has been running for like six seasons, Team Rocket has singlehandedly invaded 97% of the episodes to get in Ash's way. And in every single episode, they get their asses handed to them. Shouldn't they have realized they need to find a better job? No.

R for Restraining Order!
But Team Rocket weren't too bad compared to the 6 Evil Henchmen Who Sucked At Their Job.
It seems like the Pokemon series will never end. As long as Nintendo keeps pumping out Pokemon every so often, people will keep buying the videogames and watching the show. The storyline of the show will never cease to exist, because of all the "legendary" Pokemon that just so happen to become existant every season. It doesn't totally make sense, but we sure as hell love our Pokemon.
The Games

The Fanboys
Before World of Warcraft, there was Pokemon.
Pokemon fanboys were the ones that leveled up all their favorite Pokemon to level 99, which just happens to take for fucking ever. And then they went to inner-city tournaments to duel other people and argue whether or not "Sandstorm" was a better attack than "Slap". Even the World of Warcraft kids look down upon the Pokemon fanboys.

Websites such as Smogon.com are dedicated to the art of Pokemon battle strategy. If you can name a Pokemon, they can tell you every statistic about the Pokemon, every move the Pokemon could (and should) have, every strategy to beat the particular Pokemon, every strategy to beat other Pokemon with that Pokemon, and so on. You get the picture. For example, the strategy guide for Muk, which is really just a giant piece of sewage shit, has two hefty paragraphs concerning how to beat the municipal waste.

For more piece of shit monsters like Muk, see The 5 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History.






I'm actually a Smogonite XD
ReplyThe games are great, but the anime makes less sense as it goes on, and the card game is another story.
ReplyThe anime sucks. The games kick ass.
ReplyNeeds more HSOWA.
ReplyYou forgot that autism was responsible for pokemon. That must be why doctors want a cure.
ReplyIt's a video game. The shows were based on the video games.
ReplyThe show used to be good, but around the 3rd or 4th season it started getting really what the fucky. But the games still rule.
ReplyI read '"R" for restraining order!' in James's voice.I can't believe I remember his voice all the way from my childhood.
ReplyI've been a slave to pokemon since the show first aired in America. And, although I stopped watching the show the games still have a hold on me. I'm playing the new pokemon black btw. It's an addiction, I know it's wrong to force dangerous animals into hollow balls only to let them out to fight other dangerous animals for my amusement. But dammit there is something awesome about controlling a pokemon that is considered a god to obliterate any who stand in my way! I feel I should be laughing here. Ah well.
ReplyNot everyone into pokemon likes the show. I play the games, beat every single one and I hate the show. The show sucks. But Pokemon is a fun game, because who doesn't like a cat no bigger than your foot that can defeat a 35ft dragon? That's what epicness is made of!
Replyand by most i mean all but 3
ReplyThis article is off.
ReplyPretty sure Brock is 15. Level 100 is the highest, not 99. Comparing a side game to a main game on the chart is unfair.
Also, not sure why everyone is like "noo gamez suk! pokmn red 4evr!!!" It could be that you were like ten when you played Pokemon Red, and now you're an adult wondering why games targeted at children aren't fun anymore.
I think it's only getting better. But, I'm a Pokemon fanboy, unfortunately.
Japanese slave-made videogames are still epic. It's a fact of life.
POKEMON FOR-FUCKING-EVER. Except for every game past gold/silver/crystal, all those pokemon are just dumb.
ReplyI always thought GSC had lame Poke's, and every game after (and RBY before) had cool ones. Not to mention, Diamond and Pearl introduced a Pokemon that created the world. You could seriously f*****g catch God himself, as imagined by the Japs without turning him into something looking like Giygas or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
i agree with nicolas
not funny, lame
ReplyBrock's original age is 12...
Reply15.
I LOVE Pokemon, but this article still made me laugh =)
Replyso much wrong with this article, but i agree with the 10 year old release being a pretty messed up thing to do
ReplyIt could be worse. We could use The Giver's form of release.
I easily tell you've never played the games. Especially since you believe the anime to be the big part of the franchise.
Reply'The sane man's guide'
Hmm...decent article.
Replyone of the first anime shows to hit the western world? lol
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