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'''Pokémon {{wp|senryū}}''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン川柳''') are {{wp|haiku}}-like poems about Pokémon or Pokémon-related themes. Composing them is a hobby of Professor Oak usually used to close his lectures in the anime. Senryū are generally light-hearted or humorous, and they consist of three lines with 17 or fewer {{wp|morae}}. Unlike haiku, senryū do not require a {{wp|kigo}} (season word). The art form was created in the {{wp|Edo era}} of real-world Japan by Senryū Karai (柄井川柳, 1718-1790). | '''Pokémon {{wp|senryū}}''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン川柳''') are {{wp|haiku}}-like poems about Pokémon or Pokémon-related themes. Composing them is a hobby of Professor Oak usually used to close his lectures in the anime. Senryū are generally light-hearted or humorous, and they consist of three lines with 17 or fewer {{wp|morae}}. Unlike haiku, senryū do not require a {{wp|kigo}} (season word). The art form was created in the {{wp|Edo era}} of real-world Japan by Senryū Karai (柄井川柳, 1718-1790). | ||
The segment has never been used in the English dub and those based on it, though footage from the lecture of {{p|Alakazam}} was used to introduce the VHS release of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''. | The segment has never been used in the English dub and those based on it, though footage from the segments has been used in other English releases. Footage from the lecture of {{p|Alakazam}} was used to introduce the VHS release of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''. Segments for Slowpoke, Starmie, and Marowak were dubbed for a promotional VHS tape called "[[Pokémon Insider: The Video]]." Footage from the lecture of {{p|Entei}} was used on a promotional CD-ROM released in the UK to promote {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}. Footage has also been used in promos for Kids' WB!, such as ''Kids' WB! Top 20 Pokéthon Countdown 1999'', and the footage of Oak pulling his computer's lever and the computer's display was also used in the ''[[Pikachu's Jukebox]]'' music video for "[[What Kind of Pokémon Are You?]]". | ||
==List of Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture segments== | ==List of Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture segments== | ||