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My prior edit was reverted because Yu-Gi-Oh isn't a "video" game, so I've made a new section for non-video games. Feel free to revert this edit too, but it looked like some interesting trivia.
(My prior edit was reverted because Yu-Gi-Oh isn't a "video" game, so I've made a new section for non-video games. Feel free to revert this edit too, but it looked like some interesting trivia.)
 
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| ''{{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}''
| ''{{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}''
| style="text-align:left" | Bernard's room is often shown to have first-generation Pokémon posters.
| style="text-align:left" | Bernard's room is often shown to have first-generation Pokémon posters.
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| ''Big City Greens''
| various episodes
| style="text-align:left" | Two minor characters, a pair of crooks named Bash and Bella, are parodies of [[James]] and [[Jessie]].
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| {{wp|Cartoon Network}} promo for ''{{wp|Ed, Edd n Eddy}}''
| ''CN City'' Promo: ''28 Days Later''
| style="text-align:left" | A copy of "The Times" magazine can be seen on the ground by Jimmy's feet. The cover star is a Pikachu in business attire. The visible text on the cover reads "PIKACHU/[...]ON OF THE YEAR", an apparent reference to the {{wp|Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year}} award in the real-life ''{{wp|Time (magazine)|Time}}'' magazine. The promo is included on the ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' DVD releases ''Complete 1st Season'' and ''The Complete Series''.
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| Unknown
| Unknown
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} make a cameo appearance as kids staying in a train station. However, the distinct facial features each possess, such as their hairstyles and Brock's eyes, were slightly altered and switched between them.
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} make a cameo appearance as kids staying in a train station. However, the distinct facial features each possess, such as their hairstyles and Brock's eyes, were slightly altered and switched between them.
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| ''{{wp|Chucky (TV series)}}''
| ''{{tt|Death by Misadventure}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When {{wp|Chucky (Child's Play)|Chucky}} looks through Lexy Cross' phone, he mentions Lexy looks up Pokémon porn.
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| style="text-align:left" | A {{p|Charmander}} doll can be seen sitting on the bed in some episodes, along with a Squirtle doll.
| style="text-align:left" | A {{p|Charmander}} doll can be seen sitting on the bed in some episodes, along with a Squirtle doll.
|[[File:Charmander Malcolm in the Middle bowling.png|200px]]
|[[File:Charmander Malcolm in the Middle bowling.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya}}''
| ''Endless Eight'' ({{wp|List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes#2009_version|part two}})
| style="text-align:left" | Two {{p|Pikachu}} masks, a purple {{p|Turtwig}} mask, a yellow {{p|Chimchar}} mask, and an orange {{p|Piplup}} mask can be seen on display.
|[[File:EndlessEight.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Modern Family}}''
| ''{{wp|Modern Family}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | When Ultronian superhero {{wp|Thermoman}}, aka. George Sunday ({{wp|Ardal O'Hanlon}}) is visiting his cousin Arnie ({{wp|Lou Hirsch}}) in {{wp|Las Vegas}} to ask him about the human holiday of Christmas, he says that he doesn't understand Christmas as although it is the season of goodwill, he says he was in Manchester the previous day to stop a pitched battle. Arnie asks if it was between rival gangs, but George says it was "three mums wanting the last Pokémon".
| style="text-align:left" | When Ultronian superhero {{wp|Thermoman}}, aka. George Sunday ({{wp|Ardal O'Hanlon}}) is visiting his cousin Arnie ({{wp|Lou Hirsch}}) in {{wp|Las Vegas}} to ask him about the human holiday of Christmas, he says that he doesn't understand Christmas as although it is the season of goodwill, he says he was in Manchester the previous day to stop a pitched battle. Arnie asks if it was between rival gangs, but George says it was "three mums wanting the last Pokémon".
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| ''{{wp|Nate Is Late}}''
| ''The Thunderbird''
| style="text-align:left" | When posing as Matthew, Maxime Dermy wears a wig that resembles [[James]]'s hairstyle.
| [[File:Nate Is Late Matthew.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia}}''
| ''{{wp|Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia}}''
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| ''{{wp|Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice}}''
| ''{{wp|Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice}}''
| ''Step One''
| ''Step One''
| style="text-align:left" | An action figure of {{p|Reshiram}} is shown in this episode.
| style="text-align:left" | An action figure of {{p|Reshiram}}, {{p|Zekrom}} and Pokemon cards are shown at the end of this episode where they belong to a child named Mason who watches ''Phineas and Ferb'' with his newly met father.
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|[[File:Private Practice.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Robot Chicken}}''
| ''{{wp|Robot Chicken}}''
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| ''Love Means Having to Say You're Sorry''
| ''Love Means Having to Say You're Sorry''
| style="text-align:left" | Clarence drops the Pokémon cards he was holding while running away from Harvey, prompting Harvey to shout out "Wait, Clarence! You dropped your Pokémon cards."
| style="text-align:left" | Clarence drops the Pokémon cards he was holding while running away from Harvey, prompting Harvey to shout out "Wait, Clarence! You dropped your Pokémon cards."
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| [[File:Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei#Anime|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei}}''
| ''{{wp|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei#Anime|Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | While looking at pictures at Charlotte's gallery, Samantha says, "You know, women dressing like men is very popular right now", to which Carrie replies, "And here I thought it was Pokémon".
| style="text-align:left" | While looking at pictures at Charlotte's gallery, Samantha says, "You know, women dressing like men is very popular right now", to which Carrie replies, "And here I thought it was Pokémon".
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|- style="background: #fff"
| ''{{wp|Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya}}''
| ''Endless Eight'' ({{wp|List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes#2009_version|part two}})
| style="text-align:left" | Two {{p|Pikachu}} masks, a purple {{p|Turtwig}} mask, a yellow {{p|Chimchar}} mask, and an orange {{p|Piplup}} mask can be seen on display.
|[[File:EndlessEight.png|200px]]
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| rowspan="3" | ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
| rowspan="3" | ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
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| rowspan = "3" | ''{{wp|Steven Universe}}''
| rowspan = "3" | ''{{wp|Steven Universe}}''
| ''{{wp|Steven the Sword Fighter}}''
| ''{{wp|Steven the Sword Fighter}}''
| style="text-align:left" | A figure in Steven's room looks like a Pikachu merged with a {{wp|Character_design_of_Final_Fantasy#Moogle|Moogle}}.
| style="text-align:left" | A figure in Steven's room looks like a {{p|Pikachu}} merged with a {{wp|Character_design_of_Final_Fantasy#Moogle|Moogle}}.
| [[File:Pikachu SU.png|200px]]
| [[File:Pikachu SU.png|200px]]
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| Numerous
| Numerous
| style="text-align:left" | The character Nephrite, also known as Centipeedle, has a gem greatly resembling a Poké Ball.
| style="text-align:left" | The character Nephrite, also known as Centipeedle, has a gem greatly resembling a [[Poké Ball]].
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| ''Monsters University''
| ''Monsters University''
| style="text-align:left" | One of the sororities in the film is called "Slugma Slugma Kappa."
| style="text-align:left" | One of the sororities in the film is called "Slugma Slugma Kappa."
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| ''{{wp|Osmosis Jones}}''
| ''{{wp|Osmosis Jones}}''
| style="text-align:left" | When Ozzy tries to stop Drix from leaving Frank's body, one of the germs carries a Pikachu.<!--No relation to the protein named after Pikachu—Pikachurin—which was named seven years after Osmosis Jones came out.-->
| style="text-align:left" | When Ozzy tries to stop Drix from leaving Frank's body, one of the germs carries a Pikachu.<!--No relation to the protein named after Pikachu—Pikachurin—which was named seven years after Osmosis Jones came out.-->
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| style="text-align:left" | The slug event’s item is shaped like a Poké Ball.
| style="text-align:left" | The slug event’s item is shaped like a Poké Ball.
| [[File:Fastlane.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Hearthstone (video game)|Hearthstone}}''
| style="text-align:left" |The flavor text of card "Troublemaker" is "Prepare for trouble!" "Make it double!"(Japanese translation use a {{wp|Aggressors of Dark Kombat}} reference instead), which is a reference to Team Rocket motto in Kanto.
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| ''{{wp|Simon's Cat|Simon's Cat - Pop Time}}''
| ''{{wp|Simon's Cat|Simon's Cat - Pop Time}}''
| style="text-align:left" | There is an achievement that grants the player five coins for saving fifty critters called "Gotta save 'em all!", which is based on the franchise's original slogan, "Gotta catch 'em all!".
| style="text-align:left" | There is an achievement that grants the player five coins for saving fifty critters called "Gotta save 'em all!", which is based on the franchise's original slogan, "Gotta catch 'em all!".
| [[File:Simon's Cat - Pop Time.png|200px]]
| [[File:Simon's Cat - Pop Time.png|200px]]
|- style="background: #fff"
| ''{{wp|Stellaris}}''
| style="text-align:left" | There is an achievement for having three specialized subject called "Gotta Subjugate Them All", which is based on the franchise's original slogan, "Gotta catch 'em all!".
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| ''{{wp|Transformice}}''
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There is a defilante title achievement called "Catch Them All", which is based on the franchise's original slogan, "Gotta catch 'em all!".
The shaman markings are based on Sentret and Furret.
Ash's cap, Decidueye's hood, Umbreon hat, Slowking's shell, Selene's hat, May's bandana, Lillie's hat, Magikarp hat, Floria's hat, Dawn's beanie and Sawsbuck's spring antlers appear in the shop as head items.
Selene's hair, May's hair, Lillie's hair, Dawn's hair, N's hair and Primarina's hair appear in the shop as hair styles.
Selene's hibiscus, Primarina's tiara and Gracidea flower appear in the shop as ear items.
Cubone's skull appears in the shop as an eye item.
Dawn's scarf appears in the shop as a neck item.
Drifloon appears in the shop as a tail item.
Sylveon's eyes appear in the contact lenses section as four colors: pink, green, blue and yellow.
Poké Ball appears in the shop as a hand item and ball skin.
Eevee, Marill, Furret, Litten, Vaporeon, Mega Charizard X, Mega Audino, Dewott, Wooloo, Lycanroc, Sylveon, Shaymin, and Spring Sawsbuck appear in the shop as furs.
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===Non-Pokémon non-video games===
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! style="background: #6AA9E4; {{roundytl|10px}}"| Game
! style="background: #6AA9E4"| Details
! style="background: #6AA9E4; {{roundytr|10px}}"| Image
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| ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' card game
| style="text-align:left" | There is a card whose English name is "[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/A_Wild_Monster_Appears! A Wild Monster Appears!]" (cf. the wording of the random encounters in the English-language Pokémon games).
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===In books, manga and comics===
===In books, manga, and comics===
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* {{p|Golisopod}} is mentioned in Jason Starr's November 2018 book, ''Too Far''.
*{{p|Golisopod}} is mentioned in Jason Starr's November 2018 book, ''Too Far''.
** ''"My son's into Pokémon too," Rob Said. "Big Golisopod fan - huge."''
**''"My son's into Pokémon too," Rob Said. "Big Golisopod fan - huge."''
* A few of {{wp|Becky Albetalli}}'s books mention Pokémon.
*A few of {{wp|Becky Albetalli}}'s books mention Pokémon.
** Shelves of Pokémon, {{wp|Power Rangers}}, and {{wp|Barbie}} are featured in ''{{wp|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda}}'', and the movie tie-in, ''Love, Simon''.
** Shelves of Pokémon, {{wp|Power Rangers}} and {{wp|Barbie}} are featured in ''{{wp|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda}}'', and the movie tie-in, ''Love, Simon''.
** Kent talks with Dylan and Ben in ''What If It's Us'', co-written with {{wp|Adam Silvera}}.
** Kent talks with Dylan and Ben in ''What If It's Us'', co-written with {{wp|Adam Silvera}}.


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