With a franchise as enduring as , which has been running non-stop since 1996 and is always rolling out new games and shows, it’d be more surprising if the internet hadn’t memed it by now. ♈I mean, memes are kind of the core of the inter🍸net these days, right?
And with more than 25 years’ worth of material to use, we’ve seen our fair share of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:memes about Pokemon. Some roast the anime characters, some poke fun at some of the more lackluster ideas for Po🃏kemon designs, and others go for the whole franchise. If you look up “Pokemon meme” he🍬re on TheGamer, we’ve got literally dozens of examples for you to laugh at.
But, if you’re trying to assemble the meme team of your dreams in your next pla꧋ythrough, we’ve also got you covered in that regard too. Because why not? Memes are meant to be laughed at, and Pokemon is meant to be e𓃲njoyed, so have fun doing both at once.
10 So✤me Of The Goofy Regional Forms ൩
Pokemon fans aꦡre no strangers to the ridiculous regional forms we’ve been receiving for the last few generations, and some of them are ღworth catching just to see them that much more often. The first regional Pokemon that comes to mind for me was Alola Exeggutor – that obscenely tall palm tree looming above the Alolan horizons will never not be funny.
♏But Game Freak has kept it up. We got even more region-specific forms in Galar, and we already know there’ll be more in Paldea, too. In concept, it’s great, and in execution, it’s somehow even better.
9 🅷 Trubbish, The Literal Garbage Pokemon
Fans have been screaming for a long time about how they’ve “run out of ideas for Pokemon,” as if some of the original 151 weren't kind of silly, too. Voltorb is literally just a sentient Pokeball, guys.
But Trubbish is just one of many examples that people use of how Game Freak is scraping the bottom of the barrel for inspiration. To make things even better, Trubbish evolves into an even bigger pile oꦛf toxic trash, Garbodor, who has a Gigantamax form that heaps even more onto the pile. The roasts for this evolution line write themselves.
8 ꧑ Probopass, Just To Laugh At It
Okay, there’s nothing wrong with classic Rock and Steel-type Pokemon – they’re solid staples on any team. But please try to look at Probopass for too long without giggling. Its nose is colossal in relation to the rest of it, and because one wasn’t enough, it’s even got extra💖 noses on its side and back, too. They’re called Mini-Noses, and they’re kind of creepy.
Probopas⛦s even has a goofy little mustache made of black iron sand to tie the whole picture together. Its red hat is suppoꦏsed to be a magnet, but it gives more Devo than anything else.
7 𝐆 Fat Pikachu, Best ☂Boy
There have been some serious crimes committed throughout Pokemon’s lifespan so far, and one of the biggest wrongdoings, if the internet is to be believed, was the slimming down of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:iconic series mascot, Pikachu. In the original games and on the trading cards in the '90s, Pikachu was a unit, but all that walkinജg around the Pokemon world with Ash seems to have helped it shed some pounds♍.
Fans of this chonky little friend were elated when the former style was used for Pikachu’s Gigantamax form in the𝓀 Galar region, enormous in both height and width. Our vinta🌼ge doughy Electric-type is always welcome on our teams.
6 One Of The Silly Ice Cream Cones ꦡ
I already touched on it with Trubbish, but Pokemon fans went extra hard on Game Freak with the announcement of the ice cream line of evolution from Black and White. Vanillite is the happy-looking soft-serve friend, Vanillish is the larger and slightly angrier middle form, and Vanillu🌳xe is the final stage with🍸 not one but two scoops of sentient dessert.
Some people found the ice creams endearing, but they’ve gotten a lot of flack over the years. Creepily enough, you learn that their “ice cream” is just snow, and that underneath, their whole body is the same as the cone in color and texture. They can definitely 𒆙keep the snow on, thanks…
5 Bidoof, 🐼God-Tier First R💟oute Pokemon
Some Pokemon are quantum in nature, where they manage to be so unpopular that they bec𒀰ome absurdly popular, and that’s where our beaver buddy, Bidoof comes in. Every region of Pokemon will take you through areas with monsters that progressively get tougher in relation to the recommended skill level for you by that point in the ga꧑me.
Bidoof was one of many rodent-like Pokemon to serve as easy first-route ‘mon to help you get the lay of the land and start building a team, but fans spent a lot of time making hybrids of Bidoof 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:and actual legendaries. The most popular one combines every single Legendary, and gives them Bidoof’s sweet little face to♚ tie it all together.
4 Slowpoke, Who's Late To The Party
If there’s any Pokemon meme that’s stood the test of time, it’s the Slowpoke meme. The joke here is that this Pokemon is so dumb and laggy that it extends into the real worওld, with fans using it to comment on notoriously sluggish things or outdated opinions.
Common targets include Internet Explorer, the Pokemon franchise itself, and even the prediction that the world was going to end in 2012. And while Slowpoke might not be my favorite Pokemon meme, it did take him quite a bit to get here, so taki෴ng a while to include him in my list only felt fitting.
3 �෴� Omanyte, AKA Lord Helix
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Twitch Plays Pokemon saw people from around the world all trying to contribute to the completion of Pokemon Red… all at the same time, all playing the same game together. Each co✤mment left could input a command into the game, and when you’ve got a reported 1.16 million people participating over the course of the runtime, it’s bound to get out of control.
The memes from this 16-day spectacular were numerous, but the one that rose above the rest was Lord Helix, the title bestowed upon the Helix Fossil that th♌e collective Internet chose after beating the Supe♏r Nerd at Mt. Moon. And the fact that so many people somehow worked together and also in spite of one another to actually revive and use it is nothing short of amazing.
2 Mudkip, Which I Herd U 🅷Liek
The internet in the 2000s was something of a wild west as we collectively figured out what to do with this new power, and the Mudkips meme cropped up around then. It originated on deviantArt as something of a slogan for the appreciation group for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:sweet little Water starter, called MudKipClub.
The target was people who'd shared their fanart of the Mudkip evolution line, and the community leader began posting “so I herd u liek mudkips” on fanart as a way to invite people to the appreciation club. The slogan spread to 4chan before long, became an X-rated copypasta (because this is the internet, so of course it did), and the meme we know and love was born.
1 ♋ Any W🀅ater-Type, For The Amount Of Water In Hoenn
Here at TheGamer, we know very well how much people look to reviews when new games are coming out – 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:we write them. But there’s maybe no Pokemon game review commentary m♋ore lambasted than IGN’s remark that Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapph🔯ire suffered a few lost points because there was “too much water” in the game’s overworld.
But Hoenn, the region where the games are set, is an island country with offset islets all around its coasts; of course there’s going to be w🍃ater. Thankfully, it means you’ll have ample opportunity to catch a Water-type and use it to navigate, so we hope the sheer volume of l🍰iquid won’t detract from your time in this picturesque island region.