List of references to Pokémon in popular culture: Difference between revisions

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* The {{wp|Azealia Banks}} song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.<ref>[http://youtu.be/5hngZkblwUM?t=168 Azealia Banks' "Bitch Is Ill" on Youtube.com]</ref>
* The {{wp|Azealia Banks}} song "Bitch Is Ill" makes a lewd comparison involving the electricity of a Pikachu.<ref>[http://youtu.be/5hngZkblwUM?t=168 Azealia Banks' "Bitch Is Ill" on Youtube.com]</ref>
* The Nintendocore-band "Oak's parcel" is named after [[Professor Oak]] and has several Pokémon-themed songs.
* The Nintendocore-band "Oak's parcel" is named after [[Professor Oak]] and has several Pokémon-themed songs.
* The music group {{wp|Starbomb}} features many songs that parody other video game franchises, but three in particular parody Pokémon. The first song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dEiP8DZV8 I Choose You to Die], tells the story of [[Ash Ketchum]] being sent to jail for beating up his Pokémon out of pleasure after defeating the [[Elite Four]], before being shot in the groin by Pikachu after Pikachu posted Ash's bail; the followup song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCbl-12QV2c The NEW Pokérap!!], features [[Brock]] describing to Ash all the new Pokémon that were discovered during his time in the hospital after the events of the first song; and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMxoGAF5tMA A Wild Guitar Solo Appears!] is about Ash's Pikachu taking up guitar and using it to battle other Pokémon. Additionally, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1P1nkbuz6k Welcome to the Mario Party] features various Pokémon as guests, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2idLNXddg This Song Sucks] has a line about "Chokémon" featuring {{p|Squirtle}} trying auto-erotic asphyxiation.
* The music group {{wp|Starbomb}} features many songs that parody other video game franchises, but three in particular parody Pokémon. The first song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dEiP8DZV8 I Choose You to Die], tells the story of [[Ash Ketchum]] being sent to jail for beating up his Pokémon out of pleasure after defeating the [[Elite Four]], before being shot in the groin by Pikachu after Pikachu posted Ash's bail; the followup song, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCbl-12QV2c The NEW Pokérap!!], features {{an|Brock}} describing to Ash all the new Pokémon that were discovered during his time in the hospital after the events of the first song; and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMxoGAF5tMA A Wild Guitar Solo Appears!] is about Ash's Pikachu taking up guitar and using it to battle other Pokémon. Additionally, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1P1nkbuz6k Welcome to the Mario Party] features various Pokémon as guests, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2idLNXddg This Song Sucks] has a line about "Chokémon" featuring {{p|Squirtle}} trying auto-erotic asphyxiation.
* A song from Japanese musician {{wp|Kenichi Maeyamada}}, {{tt|リア充ってこんなもんだっけ?feat.ディスクン星人|Riajū tte kon'na monda kke? feat. Diskun Seijin}} ''Is this what it's supposed to be like to have a girlfriend?'', mentions the wish of catching a girlfriend in the same manner Ash celebrates catching a new Pokémon, as well as the slogan of the franchise in Japanese, saying "念願の彼女ゲットだぜ!! ''Nengan no kanojo [[Gotta catch 'em all!|getto da ze!]]''", as the character singing the line has Ash's face, holding a sphere with a female face inside, much like a Poké Ball.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IPBZAfsbE リア充ってこんなもんだっけfeat.ディスクン星人]</ref>
* A song from Japanese musician {{wp|Kenichi Maeyamada}}, {{tt|リア充ってこんなもんだっけ?feat.ディスクン星人|Riajū tte kon'na monda kke? feat. Diskun Seijin}} ''Is this what it's supposed to be like to have a girlfriend?'', mentions the wish of catching a girlfriend in the same manner Ash celebrates catching a new Pokémon, as well as the slogan of the franchise in Japanese, saying "念願の彼女ゲットだぜ!! ''Nengan no kanojo [[Gotta catch 'em all!|getto da ze!]]''", as the character singing the line has Ash's face, holding a sphere with a female face inside, much like a Poké Ball.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IPBZAfsbE リア充ってこんなもんだっけfeat.ディスクン星人]</ref>
* German rap group "Dicht & Ergreifend" mention [[Pokémon GO]] in their song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6V0q3RtEY Don't believe the like].
* German rap group "Dicht & Ergreifend" mention [[Pokémon GO]] in their song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6V0q3RtEY Don't believe the like].
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* A song by Peabod with the title "Dreamin" states in one line, "Cause back then Pokémon cards were the currency."
* A song by Peabod with the title "Dreamin" states in one line, "Cause back then Pokémon cards were the currency."
* In the lyric video for [https://youtu.be/dTfi4CYR8SU?t=112 Little Bit] by Timeflies, there is the line "road sodas, maybe one or two, need to charge it with a lighting bolt, Pikachu", while showing a gif of Pikachu from the anime.
* In the lyric video for [https://youtu.be/dTfi4CYR8SU?t=112 Little Bit] by Timeflies, there is the line "road sodas, maybe one or two, need to charge it with a lighting bolt, Pikachu", while showing a gif of Pikachu from the anime.
* The music video for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emqW_3ZxAy4 Romeo Must Die] from {{wp|Pi'erre Bourne}}'s album {{wp|The Life of Pi'erre 4}} invokes lots of Pokémon-themed imagery, featuring a battle between [[Gengar]] and [[Hitmonlee]]. A song on the deluxe edition, 4L, also includes a reference in the line "I feel like Geodude, you ain't hard as me."
* The music video for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emqW_3ZxAy4 Romeo Must Die] from {{wp|Pi'erre Bourne}}'s album {{wp|The Life of Pi'erre 4}} invokes lots of Pokémon-themed imagery, featuring a battle between {{p|Gengar}} and {{p|Hitmonlee}}. A song on the deluxe edition, 4L, also includes a reference in the line "I feel like Geodude, you ain't hard as me."
* The song [https://youtu.be/zMd_PxpF0Ug ПИКАЧУ by MIA BOYKA & ЕГОР ШИП], is dedicated to the titular Pokémon {{p|Pikachu}}.
* The song [https://youtu.be/zMd_PxpF0Ug ПИКАЧУ by MIA BOYKA & ЕГОР ШИП], is dedicated to the titular Pokémon {{p|Pikachu}}.


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