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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This card is infamously known as ''Yellow Cheeks Pikachu'' as a reference to the card's artwork and to differ it from {{OBP|Pikachu|Jungle 60}} card from the {{TCG|Jungle}} expansion. This name also appeared in some instruction manuals produced by [[Wizards of the Coast]]. | *This card is infamously known as ''Yellow Cheeks Pikachu'' as a reference to the card's artwork and to differ it from {{OBP|Pikachu|Jungle 60}} card from the {{TCG|Jungle}} expansion. This name also appeared in some instruction manuals produced by [[Wizards of the Coast]]. | ||
*The original Japanese version depicts Pikachu with yellow cheeks. However, Wizards of the Coast, when releasing this card for the first time in English, deliberately recolored Pikachu's cheeks red in an effort to make it more recognizable. Wizards would however later reverse this decision in subsequent reprints of the card and return Pikachu's cheeks to their original yellow color; because of this reversal the original red cheeks is commonly mistaken to be an error. | *The original Japanese version depicts Pikachu with yellow cheeks. However, Wizards of the Coast, when releasing this card for the first time in English, deliberately recolored Pikachu's cheeks red in an effort to make it more recognizable. Wizards would however later reverse this decision in subsequent reprints of the card and return Pikachu's cheeks to their original yellow color; because of this reversal the original red cheeks is commonly mistaken to be an error. The later reprint in Rising Rivals depicts Pikachu with red cheeks, because it is not giving off electric sparks. | ||
*The Japanese "Snap" print has a camera graphic where an expansion symbol would usually be. | *The Japanese "Snap" print has a camera graphic where an expansion symbol would usually be. | ||
*The text on the bottom right of the "Snap" print reads: ''Best Photo Contest Winners Prize Card''. | *The text on the bottom right of the "Snap" print reads: ''Best Photo Contest Winners Prize Card''. | ||