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===Original series===
===Original series===
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''
| [[James]] says ''"Drat! We wasted this episode cheering the good guys!"''  
| [[James]] says ''"Drat! We wasted this episode cheering the good guys!"''
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]''
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| When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
| When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
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| style="text-align:center; background:#fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''  
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" |''[[EP251|Beauty is Skin Deep]]''
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|10px}}" | Jessie says to {{TP|Clair|Dratini}}: ''"If you don't cool it, the show's over for all of us!"''
| style="background:#fff; {{roundybr|10px}}" | Jessie says to {{TP|Clair|Dratini}}: ''"If you don't cool it, the show's over for all of us!"''
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===Advanced Generation===
===Advanced Generation===
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===Diamond & Pearl series===
===Diamond & Pearl series===
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]''
| After Jessie realizes she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.  
| After Jessie realizes she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[DP046|A Maze-ing Race!]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|''[[DP046|A Maze-ing Race!]]''
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]''
| Ash interrupts the narrator's closing speech saying he forgot about {{AP|Gliscor}}.
| Ash interrupts the narrator's closing speech saying he forgot about {{AP|Gliscor}}.
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| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP104|Sleepless In Pre-Battle!]]''
| style="text-align:center"|''[[DP104|Sleepless In Pre-Battle!]]''
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===Best Wishes series===
===Best Wishes series===
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===XY series===
===XY series===
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| When Jessie fantasizes about marrying Steven Stone, James and Meowth tear out Steven and the background respectively.
| When Jessie fantasizes about marrying Steven Stone, James and Meowth tear out Steven and the background respectively.
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY080|Rotom's Wish!]]''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| ''[[XY081|Rotom's Wish!]]''
| The episode concludes with [[Weston]]'s {{p|Rotom}} smirking and winking at the audience.
| The episode concludes with [[Weston]]'s {{p|Rotom}} smirking and winking at the audience.
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===Specials===
===Specials===
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===Movies===
===Movies===
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| {{OBP|Slowking|M02}} tells Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world. All four of them then look at the audience, and the Rocket trio realizes that it's true.
| {{OBP|Slowking|M02}} tells Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world. All four of them then look at the audience, and the Rocket trio realizes that it's true.
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff;" | ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff;" | ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''
| style="background: #fff;" | Meowth asks Jessie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next movie]].
| style="background: #fff;" | Meowth asks Jessie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next movie]].
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" | ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff; {{roundybl|10px}}" | ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''
| style="background: #fff" | When Jessie mentions diamonds and pearls, Meowth says they would be a "[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|good name for a game]]", a nod to the Generation IV games.
| style="background: #fff" | When Jessie mentions diamonds and pearls, Meowth says they would be a "[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|good name for a game]]", a nod to the Generation IV games.
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|style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|10px}}"| When James mentions diamonds and pearls again, Meowth says they should at least get through this season first. [[S10|The next season]] starts the Sinnoh arc.
|style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|10px}}"| When James mentions diamonds and pearls again, Meowth says they should at least get through this season first. [[S10|The next season]] starts the Sinnoh arc.
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* [[Trainer Tips]] signs and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions are also given by NPCs, such as the player's [[mother]], the regional [[Pokémon Professor]], and NPCs telling the player that they are [[Save|saving]].
* [[Trainer Tips]] signs and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions are also given by NPCs, such as the player's [[mother]], the regional [[Pokémon Professor]], and NPCs telling the player that they are [[Save|saving]].
* In the [[Generation I]] games and {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there is a sign on {{Rt|17|Kanto}} that says "Don't throw the game, throw [[Poké Ball]]s instead!".
* In the [[Generation I]] games and {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there is a sign on {{Rt|17|Kanto}} that says "Don't throw the game, throw [[Poké Ball]]s instead!".
* The [[Game Freak]] office can be found in [[Celadon City]] and [[Castelia City]]. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the {{player}} speaks to them:
* The [[Game Freak]] office can be found in [[Celadon City]] and [[Castelia City]]. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the {{player}} speaks to them:
** "I'm the game designer!"
** "I'm the game designer!"
** "I wrote the story!"
** "I wrote the story!"
** "I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!" or "I'm the graphic designer! I'm a skilled dot artist!"
** "I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!" or "I'm the graphic designer! I'm a skilled dot artist!"
** "Me? I'm the programmer!".
** "Me? I'm the programmer!".
** In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! [[Cheating|Messing with it]] could bug out the game!"  
** In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! [[Cheating|Messing with it]] could bug out the game!"
*** The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].  
*** The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
* In the [[Pokémon Communication Center]], a staff member receives an email stating Game Freak's desire of linking at worldwide level without link cable barriers.
* In the [[Pokémon Communication Center]], a staff member receives an email stating Game Freak's desire of linking at worldwide level without link cable barriers.