Pokémon Sword and Shield have been out for a little while now and most fans of the franchise have gotten their chance to play it by now.♈ If not, many are hoping i🌄t will be under their Christmas tree next week during the holiday.
We've certainly got a ways to go before a new game comes out. Luckily, there is plenty to do in Sword and Shield to keep even the most passionate players busy for a while. Here are some hilarious memes we've gathered about the games that should be good for a laugh and might 𓃲even prepare you for what to expect if you haven't gotten a chance to play yet.
Updated by Madison Lennon on February 5, 2020: Now that Pokémon Sword and Shield have been out for several months, we thought now would be the perfect time to revisit this list of hilarious memes people have created based on the game a💮nd the many new Pokémon included.
New gamers have had time to come up with their own jokes about various situations and encounters in the game and the internet is overrun with lots of Sword and Shield memes to choose from. We selected a few more that we felt fit in well with the 💙collection and are sure to earn a chuckle or two.
15 🌟 Frosmoth Love💝s Lamps
We all know how much moths love lamps, they're natura😼lly attracted to the light. Well, in the game, there is a Pokémon called Frosmoth that is essentially an Ice-type moth. There is another Pokémon in the game called Lampent, which looks similar to a lamp.
This hilario😼us image shows a Frosmoth showing interest in a Lampent while at a campsite and as the user who made it pointed out, it looks like a natural case of a moth being attracted to a lamp. The "LAMP," aspect of it is a popular meme in itself.
14 Gigantamax Inteleon Looks Familiar ▨
If you manage to get an Inteleon that can Gigantamax,♕ you can use an awesome move called Snipe Shot. As you can see in the💟 above photo, it shows the Pokémon aiming a gun, like a sniper rifle, from a tall perch.
Many fans found thi𒊎s to be incredibly amusing and they also felt that it looked strangely similar to a popular meme of a cat on top of a cat tree with a shotgun next to it as if it was prepared to take aim at anyone who defied it.
13 ꦓ 𓂃 When Wild Pokémon Sneak Up On You
Thanks to the new overworld function that exists in Pokémon Sword and Shield after being introduced in the Let's Go games, Pokémon ca🗹n now approach you at random. That means when you're busy minding your own business✤, pedaling around to try and make your eggs hatch, a Pokémon might suddenly pop up and surprise you, triggering a battle.
Two of the biggest perpetrators of this are Linoone and Sneasel, who have a tendency to appear out of nowhere, which is why the above meme is particularly hilarious if you thi🃏nk of it in terms of Dwight and Angela from The Office.
12 When You Finally Catch A Shiny Pic💎hu 𓃲
Hunting forꦡ shiny Pokémon is no easy feat, but it's a huge part of playing the games. Most hardcore trainers will sink hours and hours of time into their games to try and catch as many shiny Pokémon as they can.
It's particularly tiresome when you're trying to hatch a shiny since you have to spend time waiting for each egg to hatch. For example, a Pichu. If you've gone through 300 eggs to get a shiny one,൲ once the moment happens where your hard work pays off, it's easy to see why you might react like Michael Scott does in the above meme.
11 So That's🍸 How Cramorant Is Made
If you've ever been lucky enough to snag a shiny Cramorant, then you'll recogni🐷ze that they're a bright orange color, much different from their traditional shade of blue.
This meme pokes fun at an old news story where people thought they'd encountered an exotic orange bird that turned out to be a seagull m🌳ysteriously covered in curry. In this case, it looks very similar to the shiny Cramorant, it makes one wonder if Game Freak drew inspiration from the news story.
10 🌟 What Solrock Is Like In A Max Raid
People who have been playing a lot of Pokémon Sword and Shield are familiar with max raids. Whe🙈n you enter a max raid in the Wild Area you'll ofte🐻n be paired up with NPC trainers and their Pokémon.
Solrock is commonly used by NPCs and unfortunately, usually does little to help the batꦿtle. Even though the s꧑tats are generally reset every turn, you'll quickly tire of Solrock using the Cosmic Power move over and over again to little or no effect.
9 I've Only H൩ad Sobble For Ten Minutes
This hilarious meme is based on a quote by Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The scene in question involves Rosa holding a puppy anꦉd saying that if anything happens to the animal, she would k🎉ill everyone in the room and then herself.
The person who created this meme edited the adorable new starter Pokémon, Sobble in place of the puppy but the sentiment remains the same. Many p༒eople are very fond of Sobble and think that it's one of the cutest new Pokémon from Galar.
8 The New Legendary Pokémon Are Adorable ꧃
The legendary dog Pokémon from Pokémon Sword and Shield are Zacian and Zamazenta. The v☂ersion of the game you purchase will decide which of the legeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚndaries you can get at the end.
This meme demonstrates the meme-version of the dogs. The game versions feature one Pokémon that holds a shield and one that holds a sword. Obviously, the photo s💛hows a dog with bread on its face and a dog holding a knife as the real-life version of the animated monsters.
7 🎃Failing A Raid 💙
As we mentioned above, participating in a max raid can be really difficult when you're working with NPCs instea🎀d of other real people. Often you'll have your and a bunch of other useles♓s Pokémon like Solrock and Wobbuffet.
Normally, those Pokémon aren't terrible and can actually have some decent moves but for whatever reason, NPCs like to use stat moves that don't do anything to improve your battle or make it any easier. The meme format is based on a scene from Harry Potter when Professor McGonag💖all confronts Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
6 Having Fun With Pokémon Sw♕ord & Shield 🥂
Pokémon Sword and Shield received a lot of backlash from dieha🌌rd Pokémon fans before the game was even released due to Game Freak's de𓃲cision to remove the national dex.
There are a lot of fans still disappointed by the removal of so many Pokémon and the fact 💝some of the animations are old and have yet to be updated. However, there is a large number of people who never cared about any of those changes and still enjoy the game 💫immensely just the same.