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'''References to the Pokémon franchise''' are often made in other media. While {{p|Pikachu}} is a common target due to its prominence as the mascot of the franchise, other Pokémon, characters, and elements of the various Pokémon series are often lampooned.
'''References to Pokémon in popular culture''' are instances where television shows, music and video clips, or other non-Pokémon medium explicitly refer to or show a Pokémon (or to a specific Pokémon). These are distinct from parodies (which feature deliberately resemble or mock Pokémon, without actually explicitly mentioning Pokémon by name). Likewise, species being scientifically named after Pokémon are considered references to Pokémon in popular culture). Similarities between character designs, especially for background characters, are not considered references.  


==References in television broadcasts, movies, and radio==
==References in fiction shows and movies==
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| ''{{wp|100 Greatest (UK TV series)|100 Greatest}}''
| ''100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross''
| style="text-align:left" | In ''100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross'', Pokémon was featured as the 37th greatest toy, with emphasis being on the {{Trading Card Game}}, and the problems it created for schools dealing with the theft of cards.
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| ''{{wp|30 Rock}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon is a recurring theme in this episode with one of {{wp|Jack Donaghy|Jack}}'s girlfriends. When referring to Jack's polygamy, she said that it was like Pokémon the way Jack had "gotta catch 'em all". Jack pluralizes Pokémon as "Pokémons" only to have her correct him. Jack brings up Pokémon numerous times throughout the episode in reference to his girlfriend, including referring to a text message he got as being "Pokémon'd". At the end of the episode, Liz writes a letter on her laptop, and also refers to "Pokémons" and her life as "little creatures running around".
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon is a recurring theme in this episode with one of {{wp|Jack Donaghy|Jack}}'s girlfriends. When referring to Jack's polygamy, she said that it was like Pokémon the way Jack had "gotta catch 'em all". Jack pluralizes Pokémon as "Pokémons" only to have her correct him. Jack brings up Pokémon numerous times throughout the episode in reference to his girlfriend, including referring to a text message he got as being "Pokémon'd". At the end of the episode, Liz writes a letter on her laptop, and also refers to "Pokémons" and her life as "little creatures running around".
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| ''{{wp|97.3 Forth One}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | In an airing on 14 December 2011, the [[Pokémon Theme]] was briefly played, as the hosts mentioned that Pokémon was the top Christmas present at the height of its popularity.
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|''{{wp|Adventure Time}}''
|''{{wp|Adventure Time}}''
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|American Dad!}}''
| ''{{wp|American Dad!}}''
| ''{{wp|A Piñata Named Desire}}''
| style="text-align:left" | While {{wp|Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve}} was remembering about he and his friends used to have sleepovers when they were little, a pink and purple {{p|Pikachu}} is seen on the t-shirt worn by his friend Toshi.
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| ''{{wp|Buck, Wild}}''
| ''{{wp|Buck, Wild}}''
| style="text-align:left" | In the first act, Steve is upset about being seated at the kids' table, pointing out that the kids are playing with Pokémon cards and they are not very good. He yells at one of the kids for "wasting his {{p|Charizard}}".
| style="text-align:left" | In the first act, Steve is upset about being seated at the kids' table, pointing out that the kids are playing with Pokémon cards and they are not very good. He yells at one of the kids for "wasting his {{p|Charizard}}".
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|''Scientifically Accurate: Pokémon''
|''Scientifically Accurate: Pokémon''
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon is spoofed in this series of ADHD shorts. References to kids being thrown into the wilderness alone, as well as some of the kinds of Pokémon such as "a pile of gears" (presumably a {{p|Klink}}) and "a [EXPLETIVE] ice cream cone" (presumably {{p|Vanillite}}).
| style="text-align:left" | Pokémon is spoofed in this series of ADHD shorts. References to kids being thrown into the wilderness alone, as well as some of the kinds of Pokémon such as "a pile of gears" (presumably a {{p|Klink}}) and "a [EXPLETIVE] ice cream cone" (presumably {{p|Vanillite}}).
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| ''Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies''
| ''Pikachu Gets Pokémon Rabies''
| style="text-align:left" | A short features Ash and Misty walking when he runs into a man and his dog. Thinking it's a Pokémon, Ash orders Pikachu to attack the dog, who in turn bites Pikachu. Oak tells Ash that Pikachu has "PokéRabies" (a possible take on [[Pokérus]]) and tells Ash he must put down Pikachu. Ash ties Pikachu to a tree and shoots him with a gun, citing that the first shot "wasn't very effective" and continues to fire at Pikachu until he dies. Ash sees Pikachu's spirit dragged to hell, to which Oak replies, "All Pokémon go to hell!" The short ends with Ash encountering another Pikachu.
| style="text-align:left" | A short features Ash and Misty walking when he runs into a man and his dog. Thinking it's a Pokémon, Ash orders Pikachu to attack the dog, who in turn bites Pikachu. Oak tells Ash that Pikachu has "PokéRabies" (a possible take on [[Pokérus]]) and tells Ash he must put down Pikachu. Ash ties Pikachu to a tree and shoots him with a gun, citing that the first shot "wasn't very effective" and continues to fire at Pikachu until he dies. Ash sees Pikachu's spirit dragged to hell, to which Oak replies, "All Pokémon go to hell!" The short ends with Ash encountering another Pikachu.
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| ''{{wp|Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day}}''
| ''Menma the Hero''
| style="text-align:left" | Tetsudō suggests that the wish Menma might want granted was to have a rare monster from a video game called "Nokezori Monsters" ("Nokémon" for short), which Jinta buys from the game shop Anaru works at. Some other games that were referenced were Gold, Opal, and Emerald.
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| ''{{wp|Austin Powers in Goldmember}}''
| ''{{wp|Austin Powers in Goldmember}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | The movie features people in costumes of {{p|Charmander}} and {{p|Pikachu}} among those running from "not Godzilla" in the Tokyo scene. The deleted scenes also feature background appearances of {{p|Meowth}} and {{p|Celebi}} costumes, the Pikachu car and a {{p|Dragonite}} plushie.
| style="text-align:left" | The movie features people in costumes of {{p|Charmander}} and {{p|Pikachu}} among those running from "not Godzilla" in the Tokyo scene. The deleted scenes also feature background appearances of {{p|Meowth}} and {{p|Celebi}} costumes, the Pikachu car and a {{p|Dragonite}} plushie.
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| ''{{wp|Arthur (TV Series)|Arthur}}''
| ''Arthur Loses his Marbles''
| style="text-align:left" | Muffy says that she has fifty-four Dopeyman cards in a pack, in resemblance to Pokémon cards, and with one card a take on a Pikachu called "Stinkachu".
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| ''{{wp|Are We There Yet? (TV series)|Are We There Yet?}}''
| ''{{wp|Are We There Yet? (TV series)|Are We There Yet?}}''
| '' The Bad Dream Episode''
| '' The Bad Dream Episode''
| style="text-align:left" | After Nick says "You can't make a sequel for everything", Kevin says "They should've told that to the Pokémon people thirteen movies ago!" and then names all Pokémon movies up to [[M13]], including [[Mewtwo Returns]].
| style="text-align:left" | After Nick says "You can't make a sequel for everything", Kevin says "They should've told that to the Pokémon people thirteen movies ago!" and then names all Pokémon movies up to [[M13]], including [[Mewtwo Returns]].
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| ''{{wp|Bad Santa}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | One child asks "Santa" for Pokémon.
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| ''Ballmastrz: 9009''
| ''To Catch A Princess"
| In the video game Ace is playing, he throws a gold ball at the princesses which then captures them just like the Pokéball catches Pokémon.
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| style="text-align:left" | Naru hands Kousuke a Poké Ball-like capsule containing shieldbugs. Kousuke, who hates insects, immediately screams and yells "Argh! Monster ball!" and throws the capsule just like Poké Balls are thrown.
| style="text-align:left" | Naru hands Kousuke a Poké Ball-like capsule containing shieldbugs. Kousuke, who hates insects, immediately screams and yells "Argh! Monster ball!" and throws the capsule just like Poké Balls are thrown.
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| ''{{wp|Barter Kings}}''
| ''Tazed and Confused''
| style="text-align:left" | During interviews for a new employee, one of the interviewees cites his history as a collector of Pokémon cards as relevant work experience.
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| ''{{wp|Beast Machines}}''
| ''{{wp|Beast Machines}}''
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| ''Mom, Lies, and Videotapes''
| ''Mom, Lies, and Videotapes''
| style="text-align:left" | Gene mentions Pokémon as an inspiration for his imaginary school play.
| style="text-align:left" | Gene mentions Pokémon as an inspiration for his imaginary school play.
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| ''{{wp|The Chase (UK game show)|The Chase UK}}''
| ''06/09/2016''
| style="text-align:left" | During the Cash-Builder round, Bradley Walsh asked the contestant "The Pokémon character: {{p|Bunnelby}} is based on what real-world animal?". The contestant was unable to answer and passed the question.
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| style="text-align:left" | A kid introduces the latest trend at Aberdale Elementary School - ''Tappy Cards''. They are somewhat based on Pokémon, and the only way to play is to "buy 'em all", a reference to the Pokémon tagline, "Gotta Catch 'Em All!"
| style="text-align:left" | A kid introduces the latest trend at Aberdale Elementary School - ''Tappy Cards''. They are somewhat based on Pokémon, and the only way to play is to "buy 'em all", a reference to the Pokémon tagline, "Gotta Catch 'Em All!"
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| ''{{wp|The Cleveland Show}}''
| ''{{wp|Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'}}''
| style="text-align:left" | While {{wp|Cleveland Brown|Cleveland}} and {{wp|List of The Cleveland Show characters#Rallo Tubbs|Rallo}} visit the County Fair, one of the stands has {{p|Gengar}} plushies.
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| ''{{wp|Codename: Kids Next Door}}''
| ''Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.''
| style="text-align:left" | A character that can be seen in the audience looks similar to {{Ash}} in his [[original series]] clothes.
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| ''{{wp|Community (TV series)|Community}}''
| ''{{wp|Community (TV series)|Community}}''
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| ''{{wp|Coronation Street}}''
| {{tt|N/A|Coronation Street episodes do not have titles.}}<!-- no, but we can still state what number the episode has and what year it aired -->
| style="text-align:left" | A character said, "What's up with you, Pikachu?"
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| ''{{wp|Crayon Shin-chan}}''
| ''SPECIAL 24-3 (福引きで温泉に行きたいゾ)''
| style="text-align:left" | Shinnosuke fantasizes about shooting a parody of a Pikachu doll to get a girl's admiration.
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| ''{{wp|Case Closed|Detective Conan}}''
| ''{{wp|Case Closed|Detective Conan}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} and Nardole arrive at the {{wp|Tokyo}} branch of Harmony Shoals. Nardole comments that it is empty {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} replies "Yes, I created a distraction. I flooded downstairs with Pokémon".
| style="text-align:left" | {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} and Nardole arrive at the {{wp|Tokyo}} branch of Harmony Shoals. Nardole comments that it is empty {{wp|The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor}} replies "Yes, I created a distraction. I flooded downstairs with Pokémon".
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| ''{{wp|Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan}}''
| ''Take responsibility, would you?''
| style="text-align:left" | Moriyama's son wears a Pikachu t-shirt.
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| ''{{wp|Drawn Together}}''
| {{tt|N/A|Entire series throughout.}}
| style="text-align:left" | One of the main characters, {{wp|List of Drawn Together characters#Ling-Ling|Ling-Ling}}, is a direct parody of {{p|Pikachu}}. He mentions that one of his pastimes is [[EP038|giving children seizures]].
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| ''{{wp|Drunk History}}''
| ''{{wp|Drunk History}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | When {{wp|Dustin the Turkey}} was wondering what new job he should get, Socky asks "are we going to become [[Pokémon Trainer]]s?"
| style="text-align:left" | When {{wp|Dustin the Turkey}} was wondering what new job he should get, Socky asks "are we going to become [[Pokémon Trainer]]s?"
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|EastEnders}}''
| {{tt|N/A|An episode that aired sometime between 2001 and 2003. EastEnders episodes do not have titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | Doctor {{wp|Anthony Trueman}} explains {{wp|Yin and Yang}} to his ex {{wp|Kat Slater}}, who then replied "Yin? Yang? You're not letting Pokémon characters take over your life?"
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|{{tt|N/A|An episode that aired in November 2016. Eastenders episodes do not have titles.}}
| style="text-align:left" | As three characters discuss a recent incident at the local school in which a student stabbed and killed one of his fellow classmates, {{wp|List of EastEnders characters (2014)#Babe Smith|Babe Smith}} blames video games for the child's behaviour, saying that "one minute they're inside {{wp|Grand Theft Auto|stealing cars}}, the next they're out chasing Pokémon!", in reference to [[Pokémon GO]].
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| ''{{wp|The Emperor's New School}}''
| ''The Emperor's New Show''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode contains "Llamaballs", a parody of both the Pokémon anime and the {{wp|Dragon Ball}} series.
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| ''{{wp|Evil Con Carne|Evil Con Carne}}''
| {{wp|Family Guy}}''
| ''Search and Estroy''
| style="text-align:left" | In a parody of both Pokémon and {{wp|Digimon}}, General Skarr and Major Dr. Ghastly create the "Poké-Digi Tank."
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| ''{{wp|Everybody Loves Raymond}}''
| ''Hackidu''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode focuses "Hackidu", which is a spoof of Pokémon and {{wp|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}. Ray's daughter Ally makes a trade with a boy, giving him a sizable stack of cards for just one of hers, called "Scramisaur." Ray thinks the trade is unfair, so he talks to the boy's father and the trade is reversed. Ray then learns that he should not have reversed the trade, and attempts to get the card back. Hackidu is also watched on TV during the episode.
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Family Guy}}''
| ''{{wp|April in Quahog}}
| style="text-align:left" | A poster depicting a superhero that strongly resembles a {{p|Machoke}} can be seen in {{wp|Chris Griffin|Chris's}} room.
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| Three Directors
| Three Directors
| style="text-align:left" | At the end of the second story, Stewie says that Peter died chasing a Pokémon on the street, referencing real life deaths of players playing [[Pokémon GO]].
| style="text-align:left" | At the end of the second story, Stewie says that Peter died chasing a Pokémon on the street, referencing reports of deaths of players playing [[Pokémon GO]].
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| style="text-align:left" | The [[Pokémon anime]] is referenced when Leo states that the broadcast begins right after Pokémon.
| style="text-align:left" | The [[Pokémon anime]] is referenced when Leo states that the broadcast begins right after Pokémon.
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Good Luck Charlie}}''
| ''A L.A.R.P. in the Park''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode features a card game called "Pokeo", based on the Pokémon Trading Card Game and {{wp|Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}. [[Type]] advantages are mentioned ("{{t|Grass}} power is no match for {{t|Fire|volcano}} power") and the chicken character "Chikapu" is a parody of {{p|Pikachu}}. A creature named "Slugmar" is also mentioned, presumably a portmanteau of {{p|Slugma}} and {{p|Magmar}}.
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| style="text-align:left" | A picture of an {{p|Eevee}} is drawn on a chalkboard in the basement.
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| ''{{wp|Good Vibes (U.S. TV series)|Good Vibes}}''
| ''{{wp|Good Vibes (U.S. TV series)|Good Vibes}}''
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| [[File:Green Lantern Pokémon.png|200px]]
| [[File:Green Lantern Pokémon.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy}}''
| ''It's Hokey Mon!''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode features a trading card game named "Hokey Mon".
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| ''{{wp|Grojband}}''
| ''{{wp|Grojband}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | A 6-year-old Amy interviews states that the {{pkmn|anime}} is one of his favorite TV shows.
| style="text-align:left" | A 6-year-old Amy interviews states that the {{pkmn|anime}} is one of his favorite TV shows.
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| ''{{wp|Jackie Chan Adventures}}''
| ''Tough Break''
| style="text-align:left" | A franchise called "Gnomekop" appears in an episode, which is Pokémon spelled backwards plus a "G". It also uses the slogan "Gotta collect 'em all", similar to Pokémon's [[Gotta catch 'em all!]]
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| ''{{wp|Jeopardy!}}''
| Several
| style="text-align:left" | The franchise and parts thereof has been used in [http://j-archive.com/search.php?search=pokemon&submit=Search a number of clues and responses].
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| ''{{wp|Johnny Bravo}}''
| ''20,000 Leagues Over My Head''
| style="text-align:left" | Clam-League 9000 is a show which Johnny Bravo watches and enjoys. Due to his addiction with the show, Johnny goes to great lengths to secure all of the Clam-League 9000 toys, but unfortunately goes about it by deep-sea diving for actual clams. The Clam-League 9000 is somewhat of a lampoon fusion of both {{wp|Dragonball Z}} and Pokémon. The main rival characters of the show bear resemblance to Goku, Vegeta and Piccolo, the latter two being combined into one green skinned antagonist.
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| ''{{wp|Johnny Test}}''
| ''Johnny'mon'' and ''The Return of Johnny'mon''
| style="text-align:left" | Two episodes featured Tinymon, with a [[Pokédex|Tinydex]], [[Poké Ball|Tiny Cubes]] that contain creatures, a character named [[Ash Ketchum|Blast Ketchup]], and the slogan "Gotta snatch 'em all!". The episodes feature a legendary Tinymon known as "Screechereen", which greatly resembles [[Shadow Lugia]]. Blast Ketchup's Tinymon, Kadoomerang, also slightly resembles {{p|Squirtle}}. Evolution and attacks are also featured. For example, Screechereen evolves from Cuddlebuns, who is said to be the weakest Tinymon. It turned out that it needs love in order for it to evolve into the legendary Tinymon. Something similar to link cables are also featured. In the plot, Johnny and his sisters get stuck in a Tinymon game and need to trade with a cable in order to get out. However, a battle must first be won in order to access that function.
|[[File:Johnnymon.png|200px]]<br>[[File:Johnnymon 2.png|200px]]
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: SVU}}''
| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: SVU}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | The dub inserts multiple references to {{pkmn|anime|Pokémon}} airing on television. It should be noted that these are dub only, as the original Japanese episode was written and aired several years before {{game|Red and Green|s}} were even released.
| style="text-align:left" | The dub inserts multiple references to {{pkmn|anime|Pokémon}} airing on television. It should be noted that these are dub only, as the original Japanese episode was written and aired several years before {{game|Red and Green|s}} were even released.
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| ''{{wp|ReBoot}}''
| ''{{wp|ReBoot: My Two Bobs|My Two Bobs}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's featured game is a game entitled "Pantsu Hebi X", which is a parody of both Pokémon-styled battles and anime in general. In it, the dog character Frisket reboots itself to resemble {{p|Pikachu}}.
|[[File:ReBoot.png|200px]]
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| ''{{wp|Recess (TV series)|Recess}}''
| ''The Game''
| style="text-align:left" | The addictive card game featured in the episode, named "Ajimbo", appears to be a a parody of the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}.
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| ''{{wp|Rick and Morty}}''
| ''{{wp|Rick and Morty}}''
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| ''{{wp|Sharknado 5: Global Swarming}}''
| rowspan="9" | ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
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| style="text-align:left" | During the "Sharkzilla" attack in Tokyo near the end of the film, a woman is seen on a street corner playing a shark-themed parody of [[Pokémon GO]]. She notes the rarity of her new catch to a second woman, who is wearing grenades painted like [[Poké Ball]]s on a belt, similarly to how {{Ash}} wears his Poké Balls in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]]. After throwing one of the grenades at the passing Sharkzilla, the second woman tells the first that there are "only five thousand more to go."
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| rowspan="12" | ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Simpsons The Simpsons]''
| ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]''
| ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]''
| style="text-align:left" | The effects of ''[[EP038|Electric Soldier Porygon]]'' are experienced by the family in the episode, after they watch the local program "Battling Seizure Robots".
| style="text-align:left" | The effects of ''[[EP038|Electric Soldier Porygon]]'' are experienced by the family in the episode, after they watch the local program "Battling Seizure Robots".
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| On July 16, 2016, a Simpsons short was uploaded on Fox Animation's official YouTube channel titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDCg7f93R6o THE SIMPSONS: Pokémon Now?]. The short is a parody of [[Pokémon GO]] with [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Homer_Simpson Homer], [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Bart_Simpson Bart], and [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Lisa_Simpson Lisa] going to the [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Springfield_City_Zoo Springfield Zoo]; here, Homer is playing Pokémon GO and catches {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Diglett}}, {{p|Grimer}}, {{p|Rattata}}, {{p|Sandshrew}}, and a {{p|Drowzee}}.
| On July 16, 2016, a Simpsons short was uploaded on Fox Animation's official YouTube channel titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDCg7f93R6o THE SIMPSONS: Pokémon Now?]. The short is a parody of [[Pokémon GO]] with [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Homer_Simpson Homer], [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Bart_Simpson Bart], and [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Lisa_Simpson Lisa] going to the [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Springfield_City_Zoo Springfield Zoo]; here, Homer is playing Pokémon GO and catches {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Diglett}}, {{p|Grimer}}, {{p|Rattata}}, {{p|Sandshrew}}, and a {{p|Drowzee}}.
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|''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Looking_for_Mr._Goodbart Looking for Mr. Goodbart]''
|This episode has several references. First it has an app called [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Peekimon_Get Peekimon Get], which is a parody of [[Pokémon GO]]. The first Pokémon mentioned in the show is Rotata, which resembles Rattata. The episode features a parody of the [[Pokémon Theme]] called "[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Homermon Homermon]". During the credits, Otto mentions playing the game while driving, which some people have done in real life.
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| ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Homer_Is_Where_the_Art_Isn%27t Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]''
| ''[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Homer_Is_Where_the_Art_Isn%27t Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]''
| The name of the restaurant [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Poke_Mon_Jamaican_Poke Poke Mon Jamaican Poke] is a reference to ''Pokémon''.
| The name of the restaurant [https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Poke_Mon_Jamaican_Poke Poke Mon Jamaican Poke] is a reference to ''Pokémon''.
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| ''{{wp|Smosh: The Movie}}
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| style="text-align:left" | The plot of the movie revolves around Anthony and Ian going inside YouTube and changing an embarrassing video of Anthony singing a parodied version of the [[Pokémon Theme]] while failing to do a backflip. Additionally, numerous references to a series called "Magic Pocket Slave Monsters" are seen throughout the movie, including an arcade machine that features a parodied version of [[Ash Ketchum]] whipping a parodied version of {{p|Pikachu}}, albeit with circular ears, scars, and an eyepatch. The machine also parodies [[Poké Ball]]s with cube-shaped versions. The point of "Magic Pocket Slave Monsters" pays homage to Smosh's incredibly successful YouTube video where they lip-sync the [[Pokémon Theme]], which was taken down due to copyright reasons.
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| ''{{wp|Chinpokomon}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode parodies Pokémon and fad culture in general. The line of toys have additionally made cameos in many subsequent episodes. Near the end of the episode {{wp|Kenny McCormick|Kenny McCormick}} dies of an epileptic seizure as a reference to the banned episode ''[[EP038|Electric Soldier Porygon]]''. The episode additionally heavily parodies the {{pkmn|anime}} and video games to a lesser extent. [[Ash Ketchum]] and [[James]] are both parodied. Some of the "Chinpokomon" seen closely resemble {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Meowth}} and {{p|Charmander}}.
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| ''{{wp|The End of Serialization as We Know It}}''
| style="text-align:left" | The episode make a reference to the Chinpokomon episode with one of the history results for a character being a Google seach for "new chinopokomon [[Alola|alolan]] region."<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/5h7voo/ike_was_looking_up_the_new_alolan_forms_on_last/ Ike was looking up the new Alolan forms on last night's South Park {{!}} Pokemon on Reddit]</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | ''{{wp|SpongeBob SquarePants}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | The episode's Japanese broadcast [[eyecatch]] is an homage to [[Who's That Pokémon?]], with Wreck-Gar being the silhouetted character.<ref>[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garbage_In%2C_Garbage_Out "Garbage, In, Garbage Out" on TFWiki.net]</ref>
| style="text-align:left" | The episode's Japanese broadcast [[eyecatch]] is an homage to [[Who's That Pokémon?]], with Wreck-Gar being the silhouetted character.<ref>[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garbage_In%2C_Garbage_Out "Garbage, In, Garbage Out" on TFWiki.net]</ref>
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| ''{{wp|TV Funhouse}}''
| ''Mexicans Day''
| style="text-align:left" | In this short, the {{wp|R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company}} has agreed to stop using {{wp|Joe Camel}} to advertise cigarettes to children and will instead make him a character in a tobacco-free cartoon called "Jokámel". This parody of the [[Pokémon anime]] stars a {{p|Pikachu}}-like Jokámel, near-exact copies of {{Ash}}, {{an|Brock}}, {{an|Misty}}, [[Jessie]], and [[James]], and sexual parodies of Pikachu, {{p|Meowth}}, and {{p|Geodude}}. Throughout the show, the audience is told to buy Jokámel merchandise and given subliminal messages to buy {{wp|Camel (cigarette)|Camel}} cigarettes.
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| ''{{wp|Tween Academy: Class of 2012}}''
| ''{{wp|Tween Academy: Class of 2012}}''
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| style="text-align:left" | One of the contestants in this episode, Mika Mori, was given the nickname "Mikachu" in the episode. At one point during the episode, show co-host {{wp|John Henson}} said that Mika was {{p|Jigglypuff}}'d about the height of the hurdles.
| style="text-align:left" | One of the contestants in this episode, Mika Mori, was given the nickname "Mikachu" in the episode. At one point during the episode, show co-host {{wp|John Henson}} said that Mika was {{p|Jigglypuff}}'d about the height of the hurdles.
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| style="background: #fff"| ''{{wp|Love Tyrant}}''
| ''Go to the Beach With Me? x It's Not a Matter of Knowing or Not ''
| style="text-align:left" | Near the start of the episode, Guri is surprised she can find a {{p|Pikachu|Pikabug}} on [[Pokémon GO|her way to the beach.]]
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| style="background: #fff"| ''{{wp|Yin Yang Yo!}}
| ''Smoke and Mirrors''
| style="text-align:left" | Smoke catches Yang in Prison Prism ([[Poké Ball]] spoof), while later Mirrors catches Yin with it. They later force them to fight against each other in a tournament.
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| rowspan=2 style="background: #fff" |''{{wp|Yo-kai Watch}}
| rowspan=2 style="background: #fff" |''{{wp|Yo-kai Watch}}
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