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podcastname=P.U.C.L. Podcast | | podcastname=P.U.C.L. Podcast | | ||
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sitename={{tt|'' | sitename={{tt|''Pokémon Underground Champions League''|Website name and podcast's actual name.}} | | ||
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sloganline=It's the one, the only, {{tt|PUCL|Spelled without periods for pronunciation-based reasons.}} Podcast! | | sloganline=It's the one, the only, {{tt|PUCL|Spelled without periods for pronunciation-based reasons.}} Podcast! | | ||
image=PUCL.jpg | | image=PUCL.jpg | | ||
size=170px | | size=170px | | ||
caption=The '' | caption=The ''Pokémon Underground Champions League''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s podcast art, featuring a close-up on the podcast's mascot, {{p|Suicune}}. | | ||
lang=English | | lang=English | | ||
podcast_status=Active | | podcast_status=Active | | ||
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The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''', also known as | The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''', also known as '''''P.U.C.L.''''' <small>(pronounced ''PUCK-uhl'')</small>, is a Pokémon-centric {{wp|podcast}} and fan site hosted and run by Thaddeus "Tadj" Asel, better known as "Trainer Thatch". The podcast debuted on New Year's Eve 2007, beginning in the same year as another Pokémon podcast, ''[[WTPT - Pokémon Radio]]''. The podcast is known for its wacky humor, and is the successor to a short-lived podcast that debuted in March of that same year called ''PokéChat''. | ||
==Podcast== | ==Podcast== | ||
The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''' podcast or '''''P.U.C.L. Podcast''''' is known for its bizarre and eccentric humor, which includes fake | The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''' podcast or '''''P.U.C.L. Podcast''''' is known for its bizarre and eccentric humor, which includes fake commercials and interviews, a prolonged announcer intro, various cracks made towards Pokémon, their listeners and community members (who they call "PUCLonians"), and the hosts themselves; and several other recurring gags. | ||
It is also known for its many recurring co-hosts who joins host "Thatch" in many of his show's episodes, its longevity (more than four years as of their ninetieth episode on February 12, 2012), and its supposed rivalry with the late, ''WTPT''. Also, it is one of the few Pokémon-centric podcasts that was at one point {{wp|profanity|explicit}}. | It is also known for its many recurring co-hosts who joins host "Thatch" in many of his show's episodes, its longevity (more than four years as of their ninetieth episode on February 12, 2012), and its supposed rivalry with the late, ''WTPT''. Also, it is one of the few Pokémon-centric podcasts that was at one point {{wp|profanity|explicit}}. | ||
The ''P.U.C.L'' | The ''P.U.C.L'' Podcast, due in part to its longevity, is reportedly considered above average by both their listeners and the host, Thatch.<ref>"Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel] himself. "[http://www.puclpodcast.com/happy-birthday-p-u-c-l/ Happy Birthday P.U.C.L.!]" December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.</ref> | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||