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===Uri Geller===
===Uri Geller===
In November 2000, {{wp|Uri Geller}}, a man claiming to be a psychic who is to be able to bend spoons, tried to sue Nintendo for £60 million (the equivalent of US $100 million), claiming that {{p|Kadabra}}, known as ''Yungerer'' in Japan, was an unauthorized parody of himself. Besides Kadabra's use of [[Type-enhancing item#TwistedSpoon|bent spoons]] to enhance its {{t|psychic}} powers, the {{wp|katakana}} for its name, ユンゲラー, is visually similar to the transliteration of his own name into Japanese (ユリゲラー).
In November 2000, {{wp|Uri Geller}}, a man claiming to be a psychic who is to be able to bend spoons with psychic powers, tried to sue Nintendo for £60 million (the equivalent of US $100 million), claiming that {{p|Kadabra}}, known as ''Yungerer'' in Japan, was an unauthorized parody of himself. Besides Kadabra's use of [[Type-enhancing item#TwistedSpoon|bent spoons]] to enhance its {{t|psychic}} powers, the {{wp|katakana}} for its name, ユンゲラー, is visually similar to the transliteration of his own name into Japanese (ユリゲラー).


He also claimed that Kadabra was {{wp|Antisemitism|anti-Semitic}} in nature, with the star on its forehead and lightning bolts resembling the logo of the Nazi {{wp|Schutzstaffel|SS}}. He is quoted as saying: "''Nintendo turned me into an evil, occult Pokémon character. Nintendo stole my identity by using my name and my signature image.''"
He also claimed that Kadabra was {{wp|Antisemitism|anti-Semitic}} in nature, with the star on its forehead and lightning bolts resembling the logo of the Nazi {{wp|Schutzstaffel|SS}}. He is quoted as saying: "''Nintendo turned me into an evil, occult Pokémon character. Nintendo stole my identity by using my name and my signature image.''"
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