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==In the games== | ==In the games== | ||
===In the core series games=== | ===In the core series games=== | ||
* In the [[Generation I]] games, the television in the {{player}}'s house says, "''There's a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks.'' …I'd better go, too.", which is a reference to the film ''{{wp|Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me}}''. This carries over to {{g|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} if the player chose male for their character's [[gender]]. If the player chose female, the TV says, "''There's a movie on TV. A girl with her hair in pigtails is walking up a brick road.'' …I'd better go, too.", which is a reference to the film ''{{wp|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''. | * In the [[Generation I]] games, the television in the {{player}}'s house says, "''There's a movie on TV. Four boys are walking on railroad tracks.'' …I'd better go, too.", which is a reference to the film ''{{wp|Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me}}''.<ref>(July 2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230418175409/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0007/taidan1/page04.html 田尻智さん（ゲームフリーク）ＶＳ石原恒和さん（クリーチャーズ）対談 (ページｄ)]。 ''Nintendo Online Magazine'' (N.O.M). No.23.</ref> This carries over to {{g|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} if the player chose male for their character's [[gender]]. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, upon player interaction with the television in the player's house, it will also say "''They are showing a movie on TV. The scene is showing four boys walking down a set of railroad tracks…'' But it's time you get going!" | ||
** If the player chose female, the TV says, "''There's a movie on TV. A girl with her hair in pigtails is walking up a brick road.'' …I'd better go, too.", which is a reference to the film ''{{wp|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}''. | |||
* In the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} on {{rt|25|Kanto}} says, "''I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.''" which may be a reference to the film ''{{wp|The Godfather}}''. | * In the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} on {{rt|25|Kanto}} says, "''I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.''" which may be a reference to the film ''{{wp|The Godfather}}''. | ||
* In the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, in the {{OBP|Copycat|character}}'s room in [[Saffron City]], there is a [[television]] connected to a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] running "''A game with <sc>{{smw|Mario}}</sc> wearing a bucket on his head!''", referring to the Japan-exclusive game ''{{smw|Mario & Wario}}'', also developed by [[Game Freak]]. | * In the Generation I games and FireRed and LeafGreen, in the {{OBP|Copycat|character}}'s room in [[Saffron City]], there is a [[television]] connected to a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] running "''A game with <sc>{{smw|Mario}}</sc> wearing a bucket on his head!''", referring to the Japan-exclusive game ''{{smw|Mario & Wario}}'', also developed by [[Game Freak]]. | ||
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===''[[GOTCHA!]]''=== | ===''[[GOTCHA!]]''=== | ||
* The animated short opens with a scene of the | * The animated short opens with a scene of four characters resembling the protagonists of ''{{wp|Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me}}'' walking along a railroad, a reference to the film which played on the television in the Generation I games. | ||
== In other animated media == | == In other animated media == | ||