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Title: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: ruyi on 27 Mar 2010, 03:42: what's that, all pokemon?
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Post by: valley_parade on 27 Mar 2010, 04:40: Damn right, Cathy's mom!
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Post by: Buttfranklin on 27 Mar 2010, 08:39: She must now be getting used to Pokemon's influence on popular culture.

What will she do when she finds out about GTA?
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Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 27 Mar 2010, 09:07: i haven't the slightest idea.
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Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 27 Mar 2010, 09:08: but cathy's mom has got it goinnnnn on
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: ruyi on 27 Mar 2010, 09:38: Quote from: Buttfranklin on 27 Mar 2010, 08:39
She must now be getting used to Pokemon's influence on popular culture.

What will she do when she finds out about GTA?

See this is the thing; Pokemon doesn't have significant influence on popular culture as far as I can tell, and yet it has somehow become a universal* shorthand for "young people."

I guess I should also point out that, based on what I was viewing at the time, her remark was most certainly prompted by Tommy's avatar.

*My mom is the most important
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Buttfranklin on 27 Mar 2010, 09:44: Quote
See this is the thing; Pokemon doesn't have significant influence on popular culture as far as I can tell
When I was walking my dog the other day I saw a kid put a drinking glass over a bug on his driveway and yell something like, "Gotta catch 'em all!"

These Pokemans are everywhere in our youth.
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Post by: Sox on 27 Mar 2010, 11:54: Before Pokemon, it was pogs. There just hasn't been a widespread fast and heavy hitting trend on the scale of pokemon ever since. If Pokemon hadn't come around, Roo's mom would have said "what's that, every pog?". It left a mark on a lot of people because of the way it descended upon the youth like a plague of locusts, just as any plague would leave it's mark upon those who had to witness it first hand. But, like any plague, outside of that influence, it has no real impact on the world, and outside of those few (million) witnesses, and will be forgotten in time. Yes, people remember it right now, but in terms of actual influence on pop culture, Pokemon is about one millionth of say, Nirvana, the Matrix, Friends, Power Rangers, Sonic the Hedgehog, the Ninja Turtles and any number of things that were big in the nineties.
You could argue any influence that it has had was relatively minor in the context of being part of a larger trend of exported japanese kids shows and anime finding audiences across seas. Infact, the only people I see talking about Pokemon these days are nerds on the internet who fondly remember it from the previous decade, and young adults who listen to Wilco and wear pokemon t-shirts for reasons that I can't fathom. These people are not widespread. They're not a good indication of cultural impact. They're few in number, but highly concentrated in communities a lot like this one, and not really a big part of any larger picture.

Pokemon still has continued exposure due to the steady release of games and the TV show, constant reminders to people the right age to remember the explosion. But if we ask everybody over 25 about Pokemon or Super Mario, I'm sure that people would be more familiar with the latter. Pokemon happened under their noses, behind the backs. You genuinely had to be there. There are people who escaped the wrath of Pokemon. There are a lot of things bigger than Pokemon. You didn't even have to be there for Super Mario. Everybody remembers Super Mario.
People are now born and they instinctively known the mario theme song. But babies continue to be born all the time and their first words are usually "what the fuck is a pikachu?"

Pokemon, your cultural impact is small! Vote red team!
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Ptommydski on 27 Mar 2010, 12:02: Quote from: ruyi on 27 Mar 2010, 09:38
See this is the thing; Pokemon doesn't have significant influence on popular culture as far as I can tell, and yet it has somehow become a universal* shorthand for "young people."

That's a coincidence because I frequently (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,15172.msg465112.html#msg465112) use (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,14782.msg451907.html#msg451907) it as shorthand (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,12543.msg379984.html#msg379984) for something (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22300.msg907078.html#msg907078) which I know is culturally significant for people younger than me but means absolutely nothing to me, being just slightly older. The age difference between me and your mother is probably substantial but we both use it in this context. That's really interesting.

Quote from: ruyi on 27 Mar 2010, 09:38
I guess I should also point out that, based on what I was viewing at the time, her remark was most certainly prompted by Tommy's avatar.

At least it wasn't Katie's avatar.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: StaedlerMars on 27 Mar 2010, 12:11: I keep on opening this thread and the fashion advice thread at the same time and seeing the first post on the page of the fashion advice thread which is:

Quote from: Jace on 26 Mar 2010, 21:52
Dovey, you are the best.

And I keep on thinking it's for this thread and then thinking: "well, that's a bit weird for your mom to say that isn't it?"
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Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 27 Mar 2010, 12:13: so this one time...someone caught me making out with an ugly person and told me to get a hotel.

not a room, an entire hotel. right on.
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Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 27 Mar 2010, 12:23: Maybe they thought you were playing Monopoly.
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Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 27 Mar 2010, 12:27: no one person can keep all the coolness. i don't have a monopoly on coolness.
i think.
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Post by: scarred on 27 Mar 2010, 12:50: if you own the coolness hotel you could rent out cool for other people on a day-to-day basis.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Spluff on 27 Mar 2010, 18:06: shut up shut up shut up
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: David_Dovey on 27 Mar 2010, 19:49: Quote from: StaedlerMars on 27 Mar 2010, 12:11
Quote from: Jace on 26 Mar 2010, 21:52
Dovey, you are the best.
And I keep on thinking it's for this thread and then thinking: "well, that's a bit weird for your mom to say that isn't it?"

not really
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: David_Dovey on 27 Mar 2010, 19:49: I mean, yr mom was saying it to me just last night
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Post by: David_Dovey on 27 Mar 2010, 19:49: (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a55/ddovey/onfire.jpg)
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Post by: allison on 28 Mar 2010, 12:13: I like Dovey better than I like everybody else.
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Post by: Kugai on 28 Mar 2010, 23:53: Quote from: David_Dovey on 27 Mar 2010, 19:49
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a55/ddovey/onfire.jpg)

Goku wants to have a word with you
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Jace on 29 Mar 2010, 00:08: Quote from: allison on 28 Mar 2010, 12:13
I like Dovey better than I like everybody else.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: KvP on 29 Mar 2010, 00:12: Moms are adorable!
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Post by: johnny5 on 29 Mar 2010, 00:40: i'm sad digimon didn't catch on as well
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Post by: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 05:33: Digimon: didn't catch on at all.
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Post by: Sox on 29 Mar 2010, 05:58: Digimon is still a ridiculously profitable franchise. What are you talking about?
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Post by: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 06:13: I have no idea but I can never resist an opportunity for a cheap gag or play on words.
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Post by: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 06:15: Also when exactly did Pokemons occur because I seem to have been doing something else at the time. All I know is that there was this vague epoch in the last ten or fifteen years or something which was "the Pokemon age" and I know I was alive at the same time but damned if I know what the hell anyone's talking about whenever the subject of Pokemons comes up.
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Post by: Sox on 29 Mar 2010, 07:14: Came in around 1996, peaked between 1997-99 as it started hitting various places outside of Japan, spreading like a virus.

Oh boy, the "controversy" section in Wikipedia in amazing. Every line is golden. I'm particularly fond of this one:
"In 1999, two nine-year-old boys sued Nintendo because they claimed the Pokémon Trading Card Game caused their problematic gambling."
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 07:22: Ah, that explains it then. In the mid to late nineties my main cultural exposure was to the amazing French movies of the period such as the Dreamlife of Angels and It All Starts Today and À La Place du Coeur and Wild Reeds which had a profound and lasting influence on me.

Enjoy your Pokemon.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Sox on 29 Mar 2010, 07:36: but harry, in 1999 two nine year old boys sued nintendo because the pokemon trading card game caused their problematic gambling!
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 07:48: Yes and I was in the cinema watching films that had a 50% chance of featuring Elodie Bouchez. Tell me I made the wrong decision.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Sox on 29 Mar 2010, 09:42: *google image search*

Ah. I see your point, my astonished friend.
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Post by: Johnny C on 29 Mar 2010, 10:37: I don't know how apt Pokemon references are regarding people on this f

(http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs215.snc3/22256_508818866972_122100375_30372379_4847161_n.jpg)
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Post by: Ptommydski on 29 Mar 2010, 10:45: Pertinent next photo in series -

(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs141.snc3/16878_394845540047_532260047_10291993_5735143_n.jpg)
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 29 Mar 2010, 10:54: Gotta watch out for those rock pokemon
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Post by: Emaline on 29 Mar 2010, 11:40: So, uh.... I'm a huge nerd. I'm incredibly geeky. And occasionally, when my boyfriend and I are jokingly teasing each other, I like to pretend like the cats are my pokemon, and either give them a pokemon name, or call them by their actual names, and say something like "I choose you, Aeris! Quick attack!" or something of similar silly nature. Its surprising that he hasn't broken up with me for my incredible geekiness yet. Though, uh...both of his cats are named after Final Fantasy characters, so I think I'm ok.
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Post by: Slick on 29 Mar 2010, 11:46: Guys geeky has been cool for a while now.
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Post by: Ptommydski on 29 Mar 2010, 11:47: Only like two decades, be fair.
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Post by: Emaline on 29 Mar 2010, 11:52: I don't know if its cool to pretend your cats are pokemon though. It's like "Hi, I'm 21 years old and I know too much about this game for children that is kinda weird, plus Japanese."

Like somethings its cool to be geeky about(guitars, electronics, history, books, other adult things), but a franchise for children?
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Post by: Metope on 29 Mar 2010, 11:54: Well, weren't you a child when it started being a franchise?
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Post by: Ptommydski on 29 Mar 2010, 11:56: A massive part of the ascendancy of "geek" or "nerd" culture into being fashionable was unironic nostalgia for children's shows, toys etc.
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Post by: BlahBlah on 29 Mar 2010, 12:00: I am not cool.
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Post by: Theriandros on 29 Mar 2010, 12:07: I am somewhat still unironically interested in Yu-gi-oh!, so much so as to use the proper formatting for the name. This is probably not cool.
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Post by: Slick on 29 Mar 2010, 12:28: You are correct. That is a vital point of distinction between cool and not-cool. Drop the capital 'Y' and the exclamation mark and I think you'll be OK.
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Post by: Ballard on 29 Mar 2010, 15:10: Quote from: Inlander on 29 Mar 2010, 07:48
Yes and I was in the cinema watching films that had a 50% chance of featuring Elodie Bouchez. Tell me I made the wrong decision.

Quote from: Sox on 29 Mar 2010, 09:42
*google image search*

Ah. I see your point, my astonished friend.

Gentlemen, we'd like to talk to you for just a minute.

(http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/9098/daftpunko.jpg)
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 29 Mar 2010, 20:24: With pokemon only the original 150 matter. Who can forget such classics as Moltres
(http://www.digimonspirit.net/gallery/artworks/birdramon.gif)
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Post by: Dliessmgg on 30 Mar 2010, 00:49: Quote from: Ptommydski on 29 Mar 2010, 11:47
Only like two decades, be fair.
It came back in the last two decades. I have fond memories of Plato and Aristotle being teh shit back in the middle ages.
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Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Mar 2010, 02:26: If we're talking uncool, I spend significantly more time playing AdventureQuest than I do doing almost anything else except possibly sleeping.
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Post by: David_Dovey on 30 Mar 2010, 02:45: If we're talking uncool, I have 6,180 posts on an Internet forum
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Post by: scarred on 30 Mar 2010, 03:10: ew forums
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Post by: Sox on 30 Mar 2010, 10:23: Quote from: Blue Kitty on 29 Mar 2010, 20:24
With pokemon only the original 150 matter. Who can forget such classics as Moltres
(http://www.digimonspirit.net/gallery/artworks/birdramon.gif)

I always preferred Charmander:

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8420/agumon.jpg)
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Post by: Slick on 30 Mar 2010, 10:31: Goddamnit every time pokemon come up I have to fight the urge to download an emulator and start playing again. I was doing pretty good this time but man I love Charmander.
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Post by: McTaggart on 30 Mar 2010, 10:35: Slick if you do it get the emerald 386 hacked rom. That way you can get all the pokemon from generations one to three (all 386 of them) without all the tedium.

Also Blue Kitty and Darryl, I hate you guys so much.
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Post by: Sox on 30 Mar 2010, 10:58: Said the guy with a Botamon in his avatar.
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Post by: McTaggart on 30 Mar 2010, 11:00: (http://imgur.com/kgiWS.png)
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Post by: Lines on 30 Mar 2010, 11:46: That is not Charmander (http://webpages.csus.edu/~dmt43/charmander.jpg)! That isn't even a pokemon!! C'MONNNNNN!

I was always a Seel fan. Ice types ftw.

(http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pictures/anime/anime086.jpg)
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Post by: Zingoleb on 30 Mar 2010, 13:24: They were pointing out the similarities between Digimon and Pokémon, I think.
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Post by: Boro_Bandito on 30 Mar 2010, 14:23: It took a bit of self restraint to not point out that they were digimon, I'm not gonna lie.

I remember watching cartoons as a kid and thinking Digimon was way more personal feeling to me that Pokemon ever could be, because you got one digimon, a counterpart to yourself, as opposed to trying to catch 150 of them or some bullshit. Then the second season came out and I thought "well this is shit" and went on to the next show, Big bad Beetle Borgs, which in turn was a ripoff of Power Rangers.
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Post by: scarred on 30 Mar 2010, 17:45: Quote from: Linds on 30 Mar 2010, 11:46
That is not Charmander (http://webpages.csus.edu/~dmt43/charmander.jpg)! That isn't even a pokemon!! C'MONNNNNN!

It does look a lot like Gengar though
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Post by: Lines on 30 Mar 2010, 18:15: Yeah, those are the only two from both series that look even remotely alike, but only because they are orange dino-like creatures. I mean, I watched both series for a while and enjoyed both, but really, they aren't that similar other than there are kids that have pet-like critters that fight other critters.
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Post by: Drill King on 30 Mar 2010, 19:37: I FUCKING LOVE DIGIMON THE DIGIMON SHOW WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN POKEMON
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Post by: sean on 30 Mar 2010, 19:44: when i was 12 i thought i was the shit cause i watched digimon instead of pokemon
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Post by: David_Dovey on 30 Mar 2010, 20:27: haha tru animu punx

anyway, dino riders you spoofbags

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a55/ddovey/dino20riders.jpg)

shit dino riders was probably before most of y'alls time right? Jeez I am somehow old
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Post by: Lines on 30 Mar 2010, 20:40: I have no idea what that is and we're around the same age. Maybe you just like things that are weird! But that's ok! You're still cool.
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Post by: Inlander on 30 Mar 2010, 22:36: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Elodie_Bouchez_Cannes.jpg)
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Post by: calenlass on 30 Mar 2010, 22:40: Harry I mostly missed the Pokemon thing too, and I was only 12 or 13 at the time.
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 30 Mar 2010, 22:45: Yeah me too.

Didn't miss Dino-Riders though because that show is fucking awesome.
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Post by: David_Dovey on 30 Mar 2010, 22:46: o/
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 30 Mar 2010, 22:46: \o

Edit: Oh man do you remember the episode where Krulos drops a baby Tyrannosaur into the Valorian's camp and it starts to fuck shit up? I loved that episode.
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Post by: FIXDIX on 31 Mar 2010, 01:45: I remember when I was 10 I read an article on a pokemon site about how a teenage girl lured a 10 or something year old boy, using a pokemon card, and then performed sexual acts on him.

Being 10 all I knew from that article is that a kid my age had some form of sexual relation with an older girl, which I thought was rad.

Not so much now though.
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Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 31 Mar 2010, 02:04: Pretty sure that kid probably thought it was rad too.
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Post by: scarred on 31 Mar 2010, 03:16: Quote from: Drill King on 30 Mar 2010, 19:37
I FUCKING LOVE DIGIMON THE DIGIMON SHOW WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN POKEMON

Quote from: sean on 30 Mar 2010, 19:44
when i was 12 i thought i was the shit cause i watched digimon instead of pokemon

These two posts perfectly encapsulate my feelings on the Pokemon vs. Digimon debate. However, my love for Digimon was restricted to the TV series whereas with Pokemon, I played the card and video games excessively.
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Post by: jhocking on 31 Mar 2010, 04:51: Quote from: Linds on 30 Mar 2010, 20:40
I have no idea what that is and we're around the same age. Maybe you just like things that are weird! But that's ok! You're still cool.

I've never heard of Dino-riders before but that picture is not uncool at all, it is the most amazing thing ever and I'm so disappointed in everyone that this show is not a number 1 hit everywhere.
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Post by: BeoPuppy on 31 Mar 2010, 05:04: I've seen that show. It was ... okay. At best.
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Post by: Inlander on 31 Mar 2010, 06:15: Should've had Elodie Bouchez in it.

It would've been a show about a dinosaur running away from home and finding that life on the streets of Lyon is pretty tough, but that the little moments of happiness in everyday life and occasional moments of kindness from strangers can help to temporarily keep the despair at bay. It would've been beautiful and heartbreaking all at once. There might've been a sexually ambiguous dinosaur from Algeria or Senegal in it.
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Post by: Zingoleb on 31 Mar 2010, 06:23: (http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u146/Zingoleb/Photo78.jpg)?

Apparently a book about "Murder, Deceit, and the Best Interspecies Sex Ever"

(this is the next on my to-read list)
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Post by: Inlander on 31 Mar 2010, 06:55: Yes but is it French? It is very important that it be French.

I mean imagine a Ken Loach film but it's sexy and existential because everybody in it is French. This is what I'm saying.
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Post by: Lines on 31 Mar 2010, 08:34: Quote from: scarred on 31 Mar 2010, 03:16
These two posts perfectly encapsulate my feelings on the Pokemon vs. Digimon debate. However, my love for Digimon was restricted to the TV series whereas with Pokemon, I played the card and video games excessively.

This. And going to PAX made me want to buy a DS just so I could get the new Gold or Silver. I was a huge fan of Blue and Red and testing out the new ones this weekend brought back fun memories.
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Post by: jimbunny on 31 Mar 2010, 09:02: Quote from: Inlander on 31 Mar 2010, 06:15
Should've had Elodie Bouchez in it.

It would've been a show about a dinosaur running away from home and finding that life on the streets of Lyon is pretty tough, but that the little moments of happiness in everyday life and occasional moments of kindness from strangers can help to temporarily keep the despair at bay. It would've been beautiful and heartbreaking all at once. There might've been a sexually ambiguous dinosaur from Algeria or Senegal in it.

Harry, I have been a fan for years.
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Post by: Inlander on 31 Mar 2010, 15:45: I knew if I kept ignoring this Pokemon nonsense for long enough in this thread it would draw out another fan! Congratulations, sir, on your excellent and discriminating taste.
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Post by: sean on 31 Mar 2010, 16:25: Quote from: scarred on 31 Mar 2010, 03:16
whereas with Pokemon, I played the card and video games excessively.

i actually had some digimon cards.

granted i had no idea what to do with them.
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Post by: a pack of wolves on 31 Mar 2010, 19:06: Quote from: David_Dovey on 30 Mar 2010, 20:27
anyway, dino riders you spoofbags

My friend had that t-rex. My jealousy was enormous, but at least I had several ROCK LORDS!

(http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/random/machinemen/mm_catalogue2_rocklords.jpg)

Yeah that's right, they turn from robots into shitting rocks. And no, the reasoning why this variant on the Transformers theme was supposed to be awesome was never explained (except Nuggit being played by Roddy McDowall) but this in no way stopped me owning several and the movie.
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 31 Mar 2010, 19:08: Quote from: sean on 31 Mar 2010, 16:25
Quote from: scarred on 31 Mar 2010, 03:16
whereas with Pokemon, I played the card and video games excessively.

i actually had some digimon cards.

granted i had no idea what to do with them.

That's because they didn't make sense. Pokemon spelled out what you had to do pretty well.

And Linds, buy a DS and get the new Pokemon games, they are wonderful.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Ozymandias on 31 Mar 2010, 20:11: Quote from: a pack of wolves on 31 Mar 2010, 19:06
My friend had that t-rex. My jealousy was enormous, but at least I had several ROCK LORDS!

Oh my god I had one of these for longer than I can remember. Like, my entire childhood, I remember having one of these and having no effing clue what the hell it was.

Mind blown.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: a pack of wolves on 31 Mar 2010, 21:19: To make it even better, they had a feature film that was a crossover with severely inferior Transformers competitors Go-Bots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS_vbnKb0w).
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Johnny C on 31 Mar 2010, 22:08: go-bots invented the disappointing christmas
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: yellowfoliage on 31 Mar 2010, 23:13: The Digimon show was much easier to get emotionally invested in because it had conflict and the characters had interesting relationships. Game-wise, of course, it's all about the Pokemon.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Boro_Bandito on 31 Mar 2010, 23:43: Actually I think I really liked one of the Digimon world games, mostly because it was a 3D virtual pet. But then Monster Rancher did that way better.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Sox on 01 Apr 2010, 03:26: Quote from: Ozymandias on 31 Mar 2010, 20:11
Oh my god I had one of these for longer than I can remember. Like, my entire childhood, I remember having one of these and having no effing clue what the hell it was.

Mind blown.

Exactly that! I had "Sticks and Stones". Now I know, he was an ENEMY.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: A Wet Helmet on 01 Apr 2010, 03:32: Quote from: a pack of wolves on 31 Mar 2010, 21:19
To make it even better, they had a feature film that was a crossover with severely inferior Transformers competitors Go-Bots (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsS_vbnKb0w).

Just as a point of reference, Gobots came first. I remember when Transformers first came out a friend and I having a conversation about how badly they were ripping the Gobots off. Next thing you know... Transformers had total market share. Never quite figured out how that happened since they were essentially the same thing. Better toys, I guess.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: october1983 on 01 Apr 2010, 05:06: Every time I think my love of Jens has grown as far as is possible, he finds new ways of blowing my mind.
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Post by: Lines on 01 Apr 2010, 05:24: Quote from: Blue Kitty on 31 Mar 2010, 19:08
And Linds, buy a DS and get the new Pokemon games, they are wonderful.

I plan on it at some point. Also Wario Ware for DS was hilarious, as usual.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Ballard on 01 Apr 2010, 11:46: Quote from: Inlander on 31 Mar 2010, 06:15
Should've had Elodie Bouchez in it.

(http://music.solidgoldberger.com/music/2008/02/17/thomas.gif)

Come on, man. Seriously. Don't make me take my sunglasses off and show you who's boss.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Inlander on 05 Apr 2010, 05:27: THERE'S NOT A POWER IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN STOP ME WATCHING MOVIES LARGELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE YOUR WIFE IN THEM, DAFT PUNK.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Ballard on 05 Apr 2010, 15:59: (http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1271/daftpunkr.jpg)
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: JD on 05 Apr 2010, 16:55: Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 30 Mar 2010, 14:23
It took a bit of self restraint to not point out that they were digimon, I'm not gonna lie.

I remember watching cartoons as a kid and thinking Digimon was way more personal feeling to me that Pokemon ever could be, because you got one digimon, a counterpart to yourself, as opposed to trying to catch 150 of them or some bullshit. Then the second season came out and I thought "well this is shit" and went on to the next show, Big bad Beetle Borgs, which in turn was a ripoff of Power Rangers.

Huh, reminds me of His Dark Materials
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 05 Apr 2010, 18:01: I don't know if it's been asked yet, but which Pokemon is your favorite?
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Lunchbox on 05 Apr 2010, 18:12: Farfetch'd simply because he carries a leek.

Quote from: Pokédex
Farfetch'd, a Wild Duck Pokémon. Farfetch'd makes a delicious meal, especially when cooked with leek. Because of this, Farfetch'd is nearly extinct.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: yellowfoliage on 05 Apr 2010, 18:35: Even though he turned out to actually kind of suck, Porygon rarely strayed from my lineup just for how difficult it was to acquire him. Also Dragonite.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: JD on 06 Apr 2010, 11:52: Mudkips
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Post by: Lines on 06 Apr 2010, 12:34: Seel/Dewgong was my favorite from the game and Pikachu and Marill from the shows. Merill is probably the only new pokemon I like, but he's so freaking cute, how can you not like him?
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 06 Apr 2010, 13:30: Linds, it's spelled "Marill," not "Merill." Normally, I wouldn't care, but in this case it is important.

You see, your post caused me to do a GIS of "Pokemon Merill" which leads to this:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2007/321/2/b/Pokemon__Merrill_by_vtl.jpg)

When we're really talking about this:
(http://pokedream.com/pokerep/images/sugimori/183.jpg)

Anyway, AFK, bleaching eyballs.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: jhocking on 06 Apr 2010, 13:53: That drawing is not bad until you scroll to the bottom.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Cernunnos on 06 Apr 2010, 13:57: No, the drawing is worst closest to the bottom. But at no point is it not, um, problematic.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 06 Apr 2010, 18:15: I think this (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/25/best-worst-pokemon/) is pertinent to the discussion, especially the part about Glameow
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Lines on 06 Apr 2010, 20:15: GAH. Fixed it.

OhgodwhydidyouhavetopostthatpictureI'mgoingtohavenightmares.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: JD on 06 Apr 2010, 20:30: pansies
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Johnny C on 07 Apr 2010, 00:46: well i saw a vagina
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: E. Spaceman on 07 Apr 2010, 06:51: I thought this was the blog thread and was momentarily stoked for you.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 07 Apr 2010, 10:16: It's a sad day when we can't all be stoked for vagina.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: The extra letter on 07 Apr 2010, 15:58: My dad assumes that everything on the internet has something to do with "Anonymous".

He also reasons that since I spend a fair bit of time on the net, I am part of "Anonymous".
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: jhocking on 07 Apr 2010, 16:42: Quote from: Blue Kitty on 06 Apr 2010, 18:15
I think this (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/03/25/best-worst-pokemon/) is pertinent to the discussion, especially the part about Glameow

Oh man glameow/purugly

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2010/03/glameowpurugly.jpg)

I didn't even read that part of your post; I came back to comment on how that is the most awful pokemon, and you already did.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: FIXDIX on 07 Apr 2010, 17:06: Right now I'm playing HeartGold and leveling a Gastly who I use quite frequently in my team.

Thing is I only just remembered that you have to trade Haunter to evolve it into Gengar, now I don't feel like using Gastly anymore because he will never live up to my high expectations.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 07 Apr 2010, 17:09: People who say that only the first 150 Pogeymanz are the "true" pogeymanz clearly never played the boring as fuck RBY Alakazam/Eggy/Gengar/Rhydon/Starmie/Tauros metagame of blaahhahahahah paralysis.
Even GSC's skarmbliss joltwack curselax nonsense is more fun.
Fact is, competitive battling really came on in leaps and bounds with adv generation.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 07 Apr 2010, 17:11: Quote from: FIXDIX on 07 Apr 2010, 17:06
Right now I'm playing HeartGold and leveling a Gastly who I use quite frequently in my team.

Thing is I only just remembered that you have to trade Haunter to evolve it into Gengar, now I don't feel like using Gastly anymore because he will never live up to my high expectations.

Worry no more! (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070828070744AAsu8kH)
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 07 Apr 2010, 17:15: The quality of game mechanics is rather separate from the quality of character designs. I mean shit, they were already kinda reaching by the end of the first 150 pokemon. There's new ones that are more coherent than some of the originals, but frankly, it's hard to come up with 300+ winners.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: FIXDIX on 07 Apr 2010, 17:29: Quote from: Yayniall on 07 Apr 2010, 17:11
Quote from: FIXDIX on 07 Apr 2010, 17:06
Right now I'm playing HeartGold and leveling a Gastly who I use quite frequently in my team.

Thing is I only just remembered that you have to trade Haunter to evolve it into Gengar, now I don't feel like using Gastly anymore because he will never live up to my high expectations.

Worry no more! (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070828070744AAsu8kH)

Hey, wow thanks! Now I just have to make it to Goldenrod City to use GTS.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Rizzo on 07 Apr 2010, 19:01: Quote from: a pack of wolves on 31 Mar 2010, 19:06
(http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/random/machinemen/mm_catalogue2_rocklords.jpg)
How did they fuck this up? It's not as though a rock is hard to make and yet half these robots look like shit in both states. I mean come on, you could conceal anything in a rock. They could potentially be the most badass robots ever. Also, what do they do in their rock form? Fuck all I imagine...
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: a pack of wolves on 07 Apr 2010, 19:38: Some of them looked better than that photo makes them appear, in robot form anyway. I remember Nuggit having some quite nice detailing. They all did look shit as rocks though, and the only thing I could ever think of to do with their rock forms was a plot where they ambush someone who thought they were rocks. That scenario has a pretty short shelf life.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Slick on 07 Apr 2010, 21:06: I like following the implications of that scenario. Like, everyone would just start blasting the shit out of every rock they saw until they lived in a veritable gravel world, at which point they'd have to design some sort of gravel-swimming shape so that they could move through the sea of pebbles undetected.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: calenlass on 08 Apr 2010, 08:02: Quote from: The extra letter on 07 Apr 2010, 15:58
My dad assumes that everything on the internet has something to do with "Anonymous".

He also reasons that since I spend a fair bit of time on the net, I am part of "Anonymous".

This is the best assumption he could make, really. Good on him. I mean, at least he knows the internet exists.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Liz on 08 Apr 2010, 08:14: My dad knows that the internet exists, but he only uses it to go to the DNR website, or to play around on Google Earth. Watching him use a computer is comedy gold.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 08 Apr 2010, 10:32: What happens if the DNR website crashes?
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 09 Apr 2010, 05:58: My mum uses the internet to buy $300.00 astrology reports.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Jimmy the Squid on 09 Apr 2010, 05:58: Sigh.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Iron_Fist on 13 Apr 2010, 13:16: If I may, I'd like to bring up the subject of pokemon again. Of all existing pokemon, it seems only Geodude levitates. Pokemon seem to either fly, swim, walk, or crawl. But not levitate. Furthermore, when Geodude evolves to Graveller, he seems to lose his ability to levitate. Why can Geodude levitate? How does he levitate? Why does he lose his ability to levitate after evolving? Perhaps he is also secretly a psychic type piokemon? This seems unlikely given that his type is listed as rock. I feel the only way to answer these questions is to dissect a Geodude to see what makes it tick.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 13 Apr 2010, 13:20: Geodude doesn't levitate, he propels himself around by way of his arms.
Koffing levitates.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 13 Apr 2010, 13:28: the magnemite family levitates

BUT THAT'S FUKKEN MAGNETS

HOW DO THEY WORK?
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Iron_Fist on 13 Apr 2010, 13:46: This is true, both the Koffing and Magnemite genus levitate also. I will have to adjust my theory. And Geodude most certainly does levitate. Even if his arms are crossed he still floats around.

EDIT: Revised statement. Geodude seems to be the only pokemon that floats, and then loses the ability to float upon its evolution to Graveller. The opposite seems to happen in the case of Bellsprout, it walks, and then evolves to Weepinbell, whereupon it gains the ability to float. Both the Koffing and Magemite genus float all the way through their respective evolutionary trees. Most curious.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Zingoleb on 13 Apr 2010, 15:14: Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 13 Apr 2010, 13:28
the magnemite family levitates

BUT THAT'S FUKKEN MAGNETS

HOW DO THEY WORK?

Fucking Magnemites!
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Lines on 13 Apr 2010, 16:17: Ghastly and Haunter also float, but they're ghosts. But Gengar is also a ghost and he walks! This doesn't make sense.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 13 Apr 2010, 16:24: Problem solved. (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Levitate_%28ability%29)
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Zingoleb on 13 Apr 2010, 18:00: Geodude doesn't levitate! My world is changed with one swell foop!
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 13 Apr 2010, 18:18: With the new follow feature I'm a little freaked out my Gyarados can keep up with me
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Trollstormur on 13 Apr 2010, 18:32: http://rule34.paheal.net/post/list/Pokemon/1
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Post by: Zingoleb on 13 Apr 2010, 18:38: Jesus christ, it's not that it exists, it how MUCH exists.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 13 Apr 2010, 18:39: Doesn't most of it involve the characters in the show instead of the Pokemon themselves?
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 13 Apr 2010, 18:40: I dunno about you guys, but I'm not going to be the one to count that shit up and find out.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Zingoleb on 13 Apr 2010, 18:41: I clicked the link because I am stupid.

I saw pooping Pokémon porn.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Lunchbox on 13 Apr 2010, 19:32: Harry can you like, put a NSFW up in that shit. Because some people might innocently click it, and that would be bad.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 13 Apr 2010, 19:35: Or delete it
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Lines on 13 Apr 2010, 19:45: It says Rule 34 in the url. That was the little red flag saying, "No, do not click me."
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: David_Dovey on 13 Apr 2010, 19:54: Honestly if you didn't know what Rule 34 was before clicking on it, you probably needed to learn a lesson anyway
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Inlander on 13 Apr 2010, 20:05: Guys if you don't know by now not to click any link that Troll posts I don't know if I can help you.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Lunchbox on 13 Apr 2010, 20:12: Okay okay.
Just thinkin' of the children.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 13 Apr 2010, 20:41: Yeah, this honestly counts as a moment of remarkable restraint.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: David_Dovey on 13 Apr 2010, 21:43: I guess so, he could've hotlinked pics instead of a text link
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: FIXDIX on 13 Apr 2010, 22:07: This new Voltorb Flip game is frustrating as hell.

I just want 2100 coins so I can buy Dratini.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: JD on 13 Apr 2010, 22:11: Slavery? D:
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 14 Apr 2010, 00:38: "In the original Pokémon Red/Blue, when you encounter your rival in Lavender Town he asks whether or not you know what it's like to have one of your Pokémon die. At this point in the game, he no longer has his Raticate that he used in previous battles.Your rival battle before this took place aboard the S.S. Anne. Your rival's Raticate sustained serious injuries from the battle...but, because crowding and confusion on the luxury liner, he was unable to make it to a Pokémon Center in time and the Raticate passed away. The real reason your rival is in Lavender Town to begin with is to lay his deceased friend to rest.Despite all of this, your rival never outwardly tells you that you're responsible for the death of his Pokémon. He hides his grief and instead channels that energy into the motivation he needed to continue his quest to become Indigo League Champion. The death of his Raticate effectively destroys your rival's impish, childhood innocence. Although he tells himself that he doesn't hold you responsible, he subconsciously holds a great deal of resentment towards you which further fuels his ambitions.Tearfully swearing upon his Raticate's grave to not fail in what he set out to do, he trains hard in hopes of becoming better than you...defeating you...and to eventually make it to the Pokémon League. Mere moments after he became Indigo League champion, he was defeated...by you. Although he fulfilled his promise to his fallen Pokémon, it was only for a painfully brief instant.In the end, your rival is scolded by his grandfather while you receive the professor's praise. During the course of the game, you steal your rival's innocence, crush his dreams, and ultimately snatch away the love of his own grandfather. Oh, and by the way, your rival doesn't have any parents. He's an orphan."
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Post by: scarred on 14 Apr 2010, 01:33: And I named him "Titties."
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: FIXDIX on 14 Apr 2010, 01:44: Yay I got a Dratini!

I named the lastest rival in HearGold Cunny. I was watching some show while I was naming him, I think it might've been Deadwood.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Gemmwah on 14 Apr 2010, 02:04: I named mine after my housemate because he's a BASTARD.

So far it's working out great.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Johnny C on 14 Apr 2010, 04:34: Quote from: ImRonBurgundy? on 14 Apr 2010, 00:38
"In the original Pokémon Red/Blue, when you encounter your rival in Lavender Town he asks whether or not you know what it's like to have one of your Pokémon die. At this point in the game, he no longer has his Raticate that he used in previous battles.Your rival battle before this took place aboard the S.S. Anne. Your rival's Raticate sustained serious injuries from the battle...but, because crowding and confusion on the luxury liner, he was unable to make it to a Pokémon Center in time and the Raticate passed away. The real reason your rival is in Lavender Town to begin with is to lay his deceased friend to rest.Despite all of this, your rival never outwardly tells you that you're responsible for the death of his Pokémon. He hides his grief and instead channels that energy into the motivation he needed to continue his quest to become Indigo League Champion. The death of his Raticate effectively destroys your rival's impish, childhood innocence. Although he tells himself that he doesn't hold you responsible, he subconsciously holds a great deal of resentment towards you which further fuels his ambitions.Tearfully swearing upon his Raticate's grave to not fail in what he set out to do, he trains hard in hopes of becoming better than you...defeating you...and to eventually make it to the Pokémon League. Mere moments after he became Indigo League champion, he was defeated...by you. Although he fulfilled his promise to his fallen Pokémon, it was only for a painfully brief instant.In the end, your rival is scolded by his grandfather while you receive the professor's praise. During the course of the game, you steal your rival's innocence, crush his dreams, and ultimately snatch away the love of his own grandfather. Oh, and by the way, your rival doesn't have any parents. He's an orphan."

holy shit
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 14 Apr 2010, 13:33: Quote from: FIXDIX on 14 Apr 2010, 01:44
Yay I got a Dratini!

I named the lastest rival in HearGold Cunny. I was watching some show while I was naming him, I think it might've been Deadwood.

You paid money for one? You get one for free in the final town before the Elite Four

You think that stories messed up? There are some theories that Red, the champion at the end of Kanto in Gold and Silver, may in fact be a ghost. They think he died in the Cinnabar eruption, which is where you meet him originally.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: scarred on 14 Apr 2010, 15:59: I feel the need to research all Pokemon theory now
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: LTK on 15 Apr 2010, 07:38: Start here. (http://www.gamespot.com/users/SmartOne5792/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25562151)
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Post by: SWOON! at My Gravitas on 15 Apr 2010, 08:43: That was a depressing thing to read
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Post by: the_pied_piper on 15 Apr 2010, 09:32: Wow.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 15 Apr 2010, 09:44: I've always wondered why the series radically changed after the first few episodes.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Theriandros on 15 Apr 2010, 10:31: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/Ptitlei015gc004kw4
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: scarred on 15 Apr 2010, 11:12: Quote from: LTK on 15 Apr 2010, 07:38
Start here. (http://www.gamespot.com/users/SmartOne5792/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25562151)

So fucking depressing.

Quote from: Theriandros on 15 Apr 2010, 10:31
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/Ptitlei015gc004kw4

I never realized what a horrifying creeper Hypno was until now.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: LTK on 15 Apr 2010, 12:27: Quote from: Theriandros on 15 Apr 2010, 10:31
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/Ptitlei015gc004kw4

There goes two hours. Just on going through that page from start to finish.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Yayniall on 15 Apr 2010, 13:04: When you hatch a Kangaskhan from an egg it has a baby in its pouch.
Think about it.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Blue Kitty on 15 Apr 2010, 18:29: (http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6540/babykangaskan.jpg)

Also those pokemon human hybrids (http://www4.atwiki.jp/hitec/pages/1.html)
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: JD on 15 Apr 2010, 20:36: (http://www4.atwiki.jp/hitec/?plugin=ref&serial=55)
hahaha
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Johnny C on 15 Apr 2010, 20:44: Quote from: LTK on 15 Apr 2010, 07:38
Start here. (http://www.gamespot.com/users/SmartOne5792/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25562151)

fanfiction that pretends to serious discourse is the WORST
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Gryff on 17 Apr 2010, 07:57: Guys so today I got an email that reminded me of this here forum and I was like "what the hey I'll drop by" and this was the first thread I looked at. I laughed, I cried, I learned about French cinema.

So I just wanted to say: Good work, guys.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Cernunnos on 17 Apr 2010, 08:43: Gryff!

Please stay!
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Zingoleb on 17 Apr 2010, 12:14: Quote from: Theriandros on 15 Apr 2010, 10:31
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/Ptitlei015gc004kw4

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the ghost version of Curse involved the user shoving a nail, slowly, into its own face, then doing the same thing to its opponent.

Argh what the fuck

Pokémon is seriously fucked up, why did I never realize this.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Alex C on 17 Apr 2010, 12:34: Because relative to other Japanese cartoons it's only mildly fucked up.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: tania on 17 Apr 2010, 19:45: Quote from: wikipedia
Cubone appears to be a small brown dinosaur-like Pokémon, that constantly wears a skull (supposedly the skull of its deceased mother) like a helmet. It carries another bone, which it uses to attack with moves like Bone Club, Bonemerang, and Bone Rush. A Cubone is constantly lonely, possibly because after its mother gives birth to it, it abandons it and dies. During the night, it cries for its lost mother and it is unable to let go of the memory of her. Its cries echo within the skull and it comes out as a pained and sad melody that can travel for miles around its mountain homeland. Sometimes, it can emit mournful sounds during the day. On the night of a full moon, its cries are the loudest - for it seems to recognize its mother's face in the moon. Because of this, a Cubone's personality is described as being asocial. It will not willingly make friends with others and it strongly dislikes company. A Cubone always wears the skull of its dead mother and has never removed it (or will let others remove it). The marks on the skull are actually dried tear stains from a Cubone's constant crying.

jesus christ
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: Theriandros on 20 Apr 2010, 10:06: *Theriandros successfully learned Topic Change!*
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Barmymoo on 20 Apr 2010, 11:08: I remember when I was at primary school, we had an OFSTED inspection coming up and my headteacher was so stressed about it that she tore up a bunch of Pokemon cards belonging to a kid in the queue for lunch. I couldn't believe it at the time and it still seems weird - she was such an amazing headteacher, she got an OBE for services to Education.
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to
Post by: JD on 20 Apr 2010, 17:17: Quote from: Theriandros on 20 Apr 2010, 10:06
*Theriandros successfully learned Topic Change!*
*It was not very effective*
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: ruyi on 03 Jun 2010, 00:16: Quote from: Gryff on 17 Apr 2010, 07:57
Guys so today I got an email that reminded me of this here forum and I was like "what the hey I'll drop by" and this was the first thread I looked at. I laughed, I cried, I learned about French cinema.

So I just wanted to say: Good work, guys.

Necro-posting to say: aw, I'm so flattered! (Obviously you chose to click on this thread first because I wrote it, so I might as well take credit for the Pokémon/Digimon/Dino-Riders/Elodie Bouchez discussion too.)

Also wow guys you are very slow at making threads now-a-days! How is this still on page 1.

Welp, now I shall click the "post" button and I guess it'll stay on page 1 for another couple months or something. Okay bye~
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: Johnny C on 03 Jun 2010, 00:44: hi cathy
Title: Re: I was reading a thread here when my mom peers over at my screen and says to me,
Post by: axerton on 29 Jun 2010, 03:12: My mother just walked up to me as I was reading the forum and said "Oh you don't still play pokemon do you?"
*sigh*

made me think of this thread