History Memes / TwitchPlaysPokemon

* [=Will0=] Smith [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' filler stream, the chat somehow managed to name Ness '[=Will0=]'. Naturally, [[http://imgur.com/U41IjOM Willow]] [[http://imgur.com/gallery/RUOYqnq/new Smith]] jokes ensued.[[/labelnote]]
* [[BlatantLies No problem here]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phase that's said when examining something unimportant in VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} and VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}. Used by the Mob sarcastically when it pops up, especially during something weird / important, or when trolls use it to try and slow the stream down.[[/labelnote]]

* Praise ATM card[[labelnote:Explanation]]Chat played ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' for a second time. Much like in earlier Pokemon games, chat repeatedly tried to use the ATM card in battle.[[/labelnote]]

* BABA to the Future [[labelnote: Explanation]]The game crashed, erasing ''months'' of progress. This ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' reference became popular while they tried to figure out how to salvage the save file.[[/labelnote]]

* CHEATER [=SwiftRage=] / [=BabyRage=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used whenever an opposing trainer uses a healing item or an opposing Pokemon uses a healing move.[[/labelnote]]

** [=#TPPOpera=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]"Awakening the Chaos" from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' features an operatic=sounding OneWomanWail.[[/labelnote]]

** [=#TPPOpera=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]"Awakening the Chaos" from [=BlazBlue=]: Calamity Trigger features operatic "aaaahhhhhaaaaah" voice.[[/labelnote]]

** LALALALALALA [=BabyRage=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJvfoQCfU2E Map Screen music]] from VideoGame/BillyHatcher features kids singing. Naturally, the Mob joins in. [[/labelnote]]

Unlike most works, ''[[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon]]'' heavily relies on memes and AscendedFanon. The emergence of them has convinced many that this is not a merely crazy social experiment but an entire mythological story.

** GUUUUUUMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL [=SwiftRage=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During a LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena PBR "trap match" where Minun was supposed to beat Groudon with Grass Knot, a single player named Gumball093 was on Thunder, making the votes 99% Grass Knot, 1% Thunder. [[MillionToOneChance The RNG chose Thunder]], throwing the match. The chat was not very happy with Gumball. It's now to the point people consider him the "JOOOOOOOOORSUUUUUUUUUUN!!!" of PBR / Arena battles, shouting his name whenever the RNG picks a low percent move in an arena battle that costs the match.[[/labelnote]]

* Entei... [=TriHard=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A further mutation of Entei's MemeticLoser status in ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena''. Whenever something on the stream starts doing abysmally, expect [=TriHard=] emotes to quickly ensue, even in normal runs.[[/labelnote]]

* EFGH [[labelnote:Explanation]]Early in the run, ''Dual Blue'' glitched and the sprtie of its protagonist was replaced by a square spelling "EFGH". Like other glitches displaying broken text before it, it was perceived by players as an [[EldritchAbomination eldritch entity]] in the same vein as [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystalAnniversary OLDEN]] and [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonThetaEmeraldEX Ï ËdBLÁü]].[[/labelnote]]

* Second BEST [[labelnote:Explanation]]Cyndaquil was chosen as the run's starter; the chat dubbed it "Second BEST", as its nickname was "222", and it was the second time they had chosen Cyndaquil, the first being BEST from ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonVietnameseCrystal''.[[/labelnote]]

* X gave it to us[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever X, the Blissey from ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonBurningRed'', was sent into battle by one of the Hosts, the Stream Operator played the song "[[Music/{{DMX}} X Gon' Give It To Ya]]", as it proved one of the toughest individual Pokémon to defeat; as such, the phrase "X gave it to us" became a common reaction to any defeat it caused.[[/labelnote]]

* I liked to raise my donger, I did it all the time. And every time it lowered, I'd cry and start to whine. Since dongers are now banned, I'll RIOT all day long. A donger earned is a donger saved, so sing the RIOT song. [[labelnote:Explanation]] This meme is now spammed every Leaderboard (often referred to Leaderbored). Since the Streamer (LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon) banned dongers (unicode faces that raise their hands) the stream used this to convince him to bring them back. While dongers have come back since, typing this phrase into the chat will now get you banned for copypasta. [[/labelnote]]

* KAPOW for honor / [team] has no honor [[labelnote:Explanation]]Explosion and Self-Destruct are [[RuleOfCool very popular moves]]. The chat will always try to use them if it makes even the slightest strategic sense, or to [[DefeatEqualsExplosion go out with a bang]] if their team was doomed anyway. The "KAPOW" emote gets spammed when they're hoping for an explosion, [[UpToEleven and even more when they actually explode]]. Failing to explode results in the chat lamenting the team's lack of "honor".[[/labelnote]]

** [=#SummonCoffee=][[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a meme about Melia's pronounciation of "Summon Copy" in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'', which the chat liked to reference whenever "Coffee" the Excadrill was sent in battle.[[/labelnote]]

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Unlike most works, ''[[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon]]'' heavily relies on memes and AscendedFanon. The emergence of them has convinced many that this is not a merely crazy social experiment but an entire mythological story.

* "GUYS WE NEED TO X Y" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Call Wade, call Joey, milk Whitney, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs milk Wade]], [[AmbiguousSyntax Mount Silver]], milk Flannery, milk the Rollout guy... If there's a character, Pokémon, or even an object, you can bet that there's at least SOMETHING the chat needs to do to it.[[/labelnote]]

** "GUYS WE NEED TO MILK WHITNEY" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A stream catchphrase mutating from the running gag of "GUYS WE NEED TO BEAT MISTY" from Twitch Plays Pokémon Red. Later it was found out that this gag was a vital hint. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/22yixl/bills_only_weakness/]] [[/labelnote]]
* IT'S A SHINY! CATCH IT! [[labelnote:Explanation]] A phrase used by trolls; like, when they see a Sentret, they say it's a shiny Rattata, or when there's a Rhyhorn, they say it's a shiny Rhydon. This applies to pretty much any Pokémon, regardless of whether or not it resembles a shiny. Likewise, actual shiny Pokémon (such as Gyarados, Chinchou and Pikachu) are sometimes called ordinarily-coloured Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]

* "X confirmed for [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Two Pokémon fighters were revealed for ''Super Smash Bros 4'', Charizard and Greninja. Thus the chat likes to joke about another Pokémon joining in, or that the SSB Charizard is Red's Abby. [[/labelnote]]

* "False X/Fake X" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Whenever an enemy trainer sends out a Pokémon of the same species as one they've used, the Mob tends to refer to it as a "fake" version of their Pokémon. [[/labelnote]]

* Pioxys x Starmie OTP [[labelnote: Explanation]]While Twitch Plays Pokémon was playing Pokémon Stadium 2, a prominent community member named Pioxys once bet all of his money on a Starmie for no particular reason. The Starmie lost, and someone inputted "Pioxys x Starmie OTP" in the chat, after which the entire chat was spamming it. To this day, Pioxys has [[NeverLiveItDown never entirely lived it down]].[[/labelnote]]

* CLUTCH [[labelnote: xplanation]]When a Pokémon survives an attack by a small amount of health.[[/labelnote]]

* SMOGON STRATS [[labelnote: Explanation]]Whenever a Pokémon uses a move, ability, item or strategy usually performed in competitive play, people will exclaim that they used "{{Website/Smogon}} strats". Also used sarcastically when a Pokémon does something stupid.[[/labelnote]]

* WE DID IT X [[labelnote: Explanation]]Said whenever a goal is accomplished (such as defeating a gym leader), with X usually being Reddit or Website/YouTube. Taken to ridiculous levels after Valerie was defeated in Pokémon X (as well as after defeating Master Hand for the first time in the pre-OR/AS-demo Smash intermission), where people spammed "WE DID IT [any name that they could think of]".[[/labelnote]]

* X [[SoloCharacterRun solo run]] Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever a PC shuffle leaves only 1 decent Pokémon in the party. Mostly sarcasm, since solo runs aren't usually possible in Pokémon games, because of required [=HMs=] (Krabby/Kingler could do it in gen 1, but you can't get one until halfway through the game, so you'd have to trade it in). On the other hand, many rounds of TPP were mostly carried by a single overleveled Pokémon, and a botched PC trip is often how they end up in that situation.[[/labelnote]]

** Revo loves Chatot. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Chatot used to be one of [=ProjectRevolutionTPP=]'s favorite Pokémon. However, around early 2015, he began to despise Chatot. This is a source of amusement for the fandom, who love to insinuate that Revo loves Chatot despite his often irate claims to the contrary.[[/labelnote]]
* [=deIlluminati=] SELECT SECT [=deIlluminati=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started during the PBR intermissions when a complete democracy playthrough of [[VideoGame/PokemonVietnameseCrystal Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal]], but soon expanded into other runs, a small portion of the TPP chat has decided to "dedicate" themselves to the Select button, since it normally does nothing if nothing is registered to it, other than slow down progress. Even when not in Democracy, expect to see several selects on the input screen on most runs.[[/labelnote]]

** [=WAIT4BABA=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]When democracy was switched on during ''Anniversary Red'', they were stuck on Seafoam Islands. Commands were entered in combination of wait4, B, A, B, A. Baba is the name of the Magikarp from Mt. Moon's Poké Center, who was released. Has since mutated further with the chat managing to name the main heroine of Vietnamese Crystal BABA as well, to the point some claim "BABA" is the new Helix.[[/labelnote]]
* X SOLO RUN OR RIOT [[labelnote:Explanation]] The Mob trying either have one species of Pokémon dominate the party or create an overpowered CrutchCharacter again.[[/labelnote]]
* DELELELELELE WHOOOOOOOOOOP [[labelnote:Explanation]]Though this is a general Pokémon meme, the Mob went ballistic upon first hearing Kricketune's cry, and began quickly spamming it in chat. Now spammed whenever Kricketune's cry plays.[[/labelnote]]

** [=OneHand=] "Hello, this is your stream manager Deku. I have just dropped by to say..." [=OneHand=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started as joke where people pretended to be Deku and say the shiny select rate for ''Arena'' had been decreased even further, when a single shiny had yet to have been picked for a match at this point, it has since moved on to people pretending to be Deku to either deny something the Mob has been requesting, or has done something in the complete opposite direction of what they were requesting, such as making shinies even rarer in ''Arena''. Some people mix this with the emote's name by saying that the reason for the reduction of the shiny select rate was that a shiny Pokémon [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan ate one of Deku's hands]].[[/labelnote]]
* BIDOOF BIDOOF BIDOOF [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Mob's onomatopoeia for the sound played when one of the Pokémon is at low health. (It's the name of [[TheScrappy a less-than-popular 'mon]] from gen 4.)[[/labelnote]]

* [Pokémon's name] spelled backwards is [something] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ekans and Arbok spelled backwards are Snake and Kobra, [[CaptainObvious respectively]]. Muk backwards is... well. Jokes about Pokémon names spelled backwards are common in the chat; usually the reversed spelling will be obviously wrong, i.e. "Ekans spelled backwards is Cobra."[[/labelnote]]

* Run going by too fast? Better kill our Pokémon. Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mutation of the "Better nerf Greninja" Meme from Smash Bros., lot of the Gen VI games tend to go by really quick on the stream due to the fact that certain things like the EXP. Share and better balanced Pokémon tend to make things easier on the Mob. Ever since ''X'', though, all the gen VI games have had the entire main team released at least once, which has caused people to start believe that people are intentionally doing it to slow the runs down. As a result, the following joke ensued.[[/labelnote]]
* C [=PogChamp=] A [=PogChamp=] T [=PogChamp=] C [=PogChamp=] H [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originally a way to get people's attention when a Mob member really wanted a certain Pokémon to be caught, using the [=PogChamp=] emote between the letters of "CATCH", it eventually further mutated into other words using different emotes, though "CATCH" is still the most popular.[[/labelnote]]

* [=#WutFact=] [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A misspelling of the [=WutFace=] emote, the chat eventually ran with it by quoting disturbing Pokedéx entries or saying something creepy.[[/labelnote]]

* [=xD=] [=MingLee=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The [[https://twitchemotes.com/emote/68856 [=MingLee=]]] emote was added to Twitch and then spammed in TPP almost every day, rivaling Kappa in terms of spam. Once Pokémon XD was announced for TPP, people quickly started calling the run "Pokémon [=MingLee=]", due to the emote's resemblance to the "xD" emote. "xD [=MingLee=]" is said in chat whenever something goes wrong, like someone canceling an evolution or they failing to complete a puzzle. Also mentioned to be written as Meme Lee without spaces frequently.[[/labelnote]]

* NO NAME [=DansGame=] / NO NICKNAME [=DansGame=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Giving nicknames to Pokémon is often considered to enhance the experience (especially due to the chat's tendency to give [[TheUnpronounceable unintelligible and hilarious]] nicknames to Pokémon), so the chat tends to get annoyed whenever a Pokémon is given their default name.[[/labelnote]]

* Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=][[labelnote: Explanation]][[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Serena]] is one of Melia_antiqua's favorite Pokémon characters, so they would often say "Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=]" whenever a Pokémon with the Serene Grace ability was in battle. Other people followed suit.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Chatty Yellow]]

* Diglet Worl [=Jebaited=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] On day 4 of the run, the chat had grinded for an excruciating number of hours in Diglett's Cave causing most of chat to become stuck in a delirious state of spamming messages about their suffering attached with the [=Jebaited=] emote. #DigletWorl trended once they no longer needed to stay there, this being a mutation of the Didney Worl meme from the Gen 7 Pokémon games they had played previous to this run. [[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Blazed Glazed]]

* #who [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat's annoyance at unknown chat lurkers getting badges of caught Pokémon persists.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Randomized White 2]]
* Final Gambit/KAPOW Mudkip [[labelnote:Explanation]]The starter Pokémon ended up being a mudkip with Final Gambit, leading to the first hour being pretty much the chat blacking out to wild mons.[[/labelnote]]

* EFGH [[labelnote:Explanation]]Early in the run, ''Dual Blue'' glitched and the sprtie of its protagonist was replaced by a square spelling "EFGH". Like other glitches displaying broken text before it, it was perceived by players as an [[EldritchAbomination eldritch entity]] in the same vein as [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystalAnniversary OLDEN]] and [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonThetaEmeraldEX Ï ËdBLÁü]].[[/labelnote]]

* It's like an encyclopedia except the pages are blank[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kay repeatedly looked at the Pokédex in Oak's lab, triggering this line each time. The chat repeated it, often either mixing up the words or replacing "blank" by other words ("noisemakers", (rats", etc.).[[/labelnote]]

* POKÉMON STARS CONFIRMED [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Pokémon Stars" was the name of a rumoured [[UpdatedRerelease third version]] for ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. The name selected for the protagonist of the run was "Stars", leading the chat to mockingly state that this was the game they were playing.[[/labelnote]]

* $50 Mew [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mew was transferred from the Poké Ball Plus accessory to the ''Sword'' team. Said accessory costs $50 and has little purpose beyond obtaining said Mew, especially to ''TPP'' who cannot use it as a controller.[[/labelnote]]
* How did we get a Mew? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a ''[[Memes/TwitchPlaysPokemonSeason1 FireRed]]'' meme, used after the Stream Operator transferred Mew from the Poké Ball Plus accessory to make fun of players who were confused by its presence on the team.[[/labelnote]]

* ELITE FISH [[labelnote:Explanation]]A nickname given to a severely over-leveled Lumineon that unexpectedly managed to sweep ''the entirety'' of the Elite Four by itself, along with five of the Champion's six Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]
* ELITE POOR [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mocking nickname given to the Elite Four as it found itself completely unable to stop a single over-leveled Lumineon from sweeping ''every single one of their Pokémon''.[[/labelnote]]

* Is that a Shiny? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Several Pokémon in the party gained a special "star" entry animation by earning a strange ending in a Pokéstar movie, which caused some confusion among casual viewers due to how similar said animation looks to the one reserved for Shiny Pokémon. Not helping matters was the fact that ♀♀R did own a Shiny Porygon-Z, for which the Star animation overtook the Shiny animation, and a non-Shiny Landorus, a species which looks deceptively similar to its Shiny counterpart.[[/labelnote]]

* X gave it to us[[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever X, the Blissey from ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonBurningRed'', was sent into battle by one of the Hosts, the Stream Operator played the song "[[Music/{{DMX}} X Gon' Give It To Ya]]", as it proved one of the toughest individual Pokémon to defeat; as such, the phrase "X gave it to us" became a common reaction to any defeat it caused.[[/labelnote]]

!! Twitch Plays Pokémon: Arena
[[folder:Pokémon Stadium 2 Era]]

[[folder:Pokémon Battle Revolution Era]]

** The end of the battle is getting closer by the minute! / The battle has reached its final stage! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by the announcer during battles where only one Pokémon is left on a team. Often used sarcastically by the chat when it's said during a super stall-y one (along with comments like "closer by the hour" or "year").[[/labelnote]]

** Slllllimed [[AccidentalInnuendo by]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mutation of the announcer's phrase for when Sludge Bomb KO's a Pokémon, the original of which was 'Sllllimed by Sludge Bomb!'. The second someone pointed out how much it sounded like the phrase there, it quickly took off with the chat.[[/labelnote]]

** Not So Good[[labelnote:Explanation]]"It seems that its physical condition is, NOT SO GOOD." Said by the announcer when a damaged Pokémon is switched in. Perhaps an opposite to the [=SeemsGood=] emote, of a guy giving a thumbs-up.[[/labelnote]]
** SHITS OUT THEIR POKÉMON[[labelnote:Explanation]]When both teams switch their Pokémon on the same turn, sometimes the announcer says "The x Corner shifts out their Pokémon as well." for the second team.[[/labelnote]]

** Dududududududu [=duDudu=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Sandstorm" by Darude, driven by the song becoming a meme outside of TPP. It has a repetitive synth beat that supposedly sounds like "du du du du etc." Also appears whenever a Pokémon uses Sandstorm, for obvious reasons. Always accompanied by the [[https://twitchemotes.com/emote/62834 [=duDudu=]]] emote.[[/labelnote]]

** ~༼ຈل͜ຈ༽~ DISCO RIOT ~༼ຈل͜ຈ༽~ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Spammed whenever [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Mirror B.'s]] [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Pokémon XD]] theme pops up.[[/labelnote]]

** DING DONG DONGERS [[labelnote:Explanation]]Spammed when the Slateport theme (especially the Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire version) is played, due to the prominent bell ringing sounds.[[/labelnote]]

** [=Kappa=] // [[labelnote: Explanation]]Spammed in the chat whenever the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtpoJRhoO_Q boutique]] theme from [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon X and Y]] plays, due to the frequent clapping in the background.[[/labelnote]]

** BORT ELF HD BORT [[labelnote::Explanation]]Whenever Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver music plays, because the game is a remake of Pokémon Crystal, referred to as ELF WORLD by the chat due to the Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal playthrough[[/labelnote]]
*** ELF PREQUEL [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow[[/labelnote]] / ELF SEQUEL [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald[[/labelnote]]

* ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ DONGER RAIN ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ [[labelnote:Explanation]]The new victory animation shows the Pokémon symbol for money falling down in the color of the losing team. Naturally, the winning team loves spamming this.[[/labelnote]]

* All in on *Insert gen V or above Pokémon here* [[labelnote:Explanation]]The new team preview shows roulette of different Pokémon to keep people from betting early. This includes Pokémon that aren't in PBR, since it only goes up to Gen IV. Naturally, the chat loves poking fun whenever future gen Pokémon are on the wheel.[[/labelnote]]

* Lord Mouse Cursor! [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the stream, the [[http://i.imgur.com/ZeL05Jq.jpg streamer's mouse cursor appears on the video sometimes]]. Cue immediate jokes about it being the turn owner of Pokétopia.[[/labelnote]]

* POKÉMON IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! [=PogChamp=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Seismic Toss's animation involves throwing Pokémon into space. Needless to say, it became an instant hit with the chat. Made even funnier that Seismic Toss deals damage equal to the user's level, and, since every Pokémon in TPP's PBR is level 100, it will always deal 100 damage, often resulting in comments like "The Pokémon was thrown in space and took almost no damage?! [=DansGame=] ".[[/labelnote]]
** Guys, Seismic Toss is super-effective! [=OpieOP=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]Since Seismic Toss always deals fixed damage, it makes no difference whether or not it's super-effective against the opposing Pokémon. Some people aren't aware of this and will use Seismic Toss against a foe weak to Fighting-type moves instead of a move that would actually deal more damage, resulting in other people saying this.[[/labelnote]]

** [=BibleThump=] VAPOREON X MILOTIC NEW OTP [=BibleThump=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During a routine troll match featuring the two, they were the last two out, and the music that ended up playing was "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuNo02q0mY&index=22&list=PL6akIKaXBeU2mXSuKQbkaZ_pU7SXG3iJA Emotion]]" from Pokémon Black and White. Cue cryot, with lore quickly forming around the two being StarCrossedLovers who are forced to fight each other for the amusement of trolls.[[/labelnote]]

* ༼ ͡ ͡° ͜ ͡ ͡° ༽ [[labelnote:Explanation]]In preparation for the Anniversary Red run, the streamer unbanned markup dongers. This quickly became the donger spammed in the chat once it happened.[[/labelnote]]

* Do you remember the episode where Ash "X"? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started with a random (not true) comment about 'Remember that episode where Ash caught a Pumbloom?' and continued from there, with other comments about stuff like 'Remember that episode where Ash kissed Misty?' or 'Remember that episode where Ash won a Pokémon League?' and so on and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

* What about sturdy!? / WTF sturdy!? / HAX sturdy didn't work! [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Generation IV, Sturdy can only block [[OneHitKill OHKO moves]] like Horn Drill. Despite this, a lot of people seem convinced that Sturdy works like it does in Gen V / VI, where it acts as a free Focus Sash, and often start raging when a Pokémon with Sturdy gets one shotted, much to the amusement of those who know better.[[/labelnote]]

* WORDS [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to emulation errors, occasionally one of the textures used for a visual effect in PBR is replaced with some text, usually (if not always) a Pokémon's name. In cases where it's large enough and/or on screen long enough to be legible, some people say what it says instead.[[/labelnote]]
* GRILL! [=PogChamp=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the end of a routine match, the background that usually pops up during the results didn't happen, allowing a brief look behind the scenes at the main PBR menu, showing a receptionist of Pokétopia. Naturally, the chat went nuts upon sight of her.[[/labelnote]]

* !Lopunny / Gardevoir / Lucario [=OneHand=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever some more... ''[[AccidentalInnuendo Interesting]]'' Pokédex descriptions pop up during an intermission, expect to see one of the three commonly pop up in the chat.[[/labelnote]]
* ![[SdrawkcabName kobra]] / !kum / !PIKACHU [[labelnote:Explanation]]Deliberately guessing wrong the ad-intermission Pokémon, as there is no reward for getting it right and someone is likely to have guessed it within seconds of it appearing anyway. Almost guaranteed when a SdrawkcabName is involved.[[/labelnote]]
* What is a shiny? [=OpieOP=] / Shinies don't exist Kappa / Shiny hype. Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ever since it was implemented almost a few years ago now, shiny Pokémon have rarely been picked yet for a match, despite showing up in the roulette rather frequently. Naturally, people love to poke fun at this, from joking that shinies don't exist to saying the streamer decreased their probability of getting picked in PBR Platinum. One time a shiny was picked, it was a shiny Metagross with a very overpowered moveset[[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/3szbpp/shiny_metagross_confirmed_smogon/]][[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/MortalKombat FLAWLESS VICTORY!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever a team manages to win without losing a single Pokémon, expect this phrase to pop up in the chat shortly after.[[/labelnote]]

* Cancer Cat [[labelnote:Explanation]]More recently, Delcatty has had its moveset changed to have all non-attacking moves. The only way it can attack is by using Assist, which randomly chooses a move from the other Pokémon on it's team. If its teammates have poor attacking moves, it can end up taking a very long time to deal damage. This isn't that bad on it's own, but when paired with a Ditto or Mew opponent that's transformed, matches can last a very long time. Has also been used to hilarious effect with Pokémon on the team that can self-KO.[[/labelnote]]

** [=#CherrimsRevenge=] [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The very next day, the stream would break again for several hours. This time instead of a freeze it was a relatively common bug with the bot that selects all of the Pokémon the trainers use during the matches getting stuck. Not that this stopped anyone from concluding Cherrim to have returned.[[/labelnote]]

* WRONG [=DansGame=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Among the songs available as battle music are the themes of each colosseum from the original Pokémon Battle Revolution video game. Whenever one of these songs comes up and the stream picks a non-matching colosseum, the chat expresses its disgust. Much more rarely, when the stream ''does'' pick the matching colosseum, the chat reacts with "CORRECT [=PogChamp=]".[[/labelnote]]
* AZ BORT ELF [[labelnote:Explanation]]An extension of Vietnamese Crystal's ELF BORT meme used to refer to the Pokémon Azelf. Its fellow members in the legendary trio are often referred to as MES BORT PRIT and UX BORT IE.[[/labelnote]]
* [=KappaPride=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]An extension of the old Rainbow meme from Stadium 2, where a rainbow ring appears whenever a Pokémon successfully gets the stat boost of Ancient Power. PBR brought with it the moves Silver Wind and Ominous Wind, as well as the rainbow [=KappaPride=] emote, so people associated [=KappaPride=] with the stat boost from these moves.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder:Pokémon Battle Revolution Version 2.0 Era]]

* [=OSFrog=] REEEEEEEEEE [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the intermission period between Pokémon Waning Moon and Season 4, live commentators were introduced. Somebody put [=OSFrog=] REEEEEEEEEE as a chat message, causing the announcer to burst into uncontrollable laughter for several minutes. Chat then proceeded to modify words containing RE, similar to how they modify words containing LY to LEE[[/labelnote]]

* Focus Miss [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used when a Pokémon misses Focus Blast, a Fighting-type move that does quite a lot of damage, but unfortunately, it has 70% accuracy, which is a very low hit chance for a common move that appears in many matches. There have been some variants as well, for other moves that may miss.[[/labelnote]]

* [=#TPPDrama=] / RIP Economy [[labelnote: Explanation]] Because players always win three times the betting amount, people would bet it all on the highest winning fighter, especially those who did not suffer any level nerfs. This resulted in players gaining tons of money and tokens in a matter of hours, to the point of two players earning over '''''700 million Pokédollars'''''. The Streamer got fed up with the "inflation" (what the chat called it) and reset the balances to whatever players had before Smash betting launched, including a limit bet of 1000 Pokédollars, but not before banning everyone who was causing the drama, even if they were just betting instead of complaining.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder:Twitch Plays Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal]]

* ELF'S WORLD [=BORT=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]What the Mob calls the session of Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal that occurs between matches. Comes from a sentence in Professor Oak's introductory speech at the beginning of the game. Early on in the chat it would sometimes be compared to Dragon Ball Z (as "Elf World Z", with each input a separate "episode" of a rising story arc.[[/labelnote]]

* MONSTER HANE [[labelnote: Explanation]]Whenever they heal, the Nurse says "LET YOUR MONSTER HANE A REST?" instead of "Shall we heal your Pokémon?", [[TranslationTrainWreck supposedly]]. It caught on in chat for making [[MindScrew absolutely no sense]]. Or potentially because of the word's similarity to a brand of underwear, as it's no secret the chat seems to like dirty things.[[/labelnote]]

** BEST ORGY EVER [[labelnote: Explanation]]The next two "ELFS" BABA caught got named ORGY (originally, it was going to be called "ORGAN" due to the Pokédex's entry) and EVER, so that this phrase would appear whenever they looked at their list of mons.[[/labelnote]]

* Reactions to Pokémon species names:

** GAY JELLYPET [[labelnote: Explanation]] For some reason, the chat was quite amused when they found Tentacruel was named JELLY in VC's translation and caught it. Even though it was pointed out it was female, they still named it GAY. The naming screen in VC displayed the text JELLYPET NAME? when perhaps the word PET should have been spaced differently. During the Randomized Alpha Sapphire run, which had randomized evolutions, two different Pokémon evolved opposite genders of the Generation V jellyfish Pokémon Jellicent, which unsurprisingly caused a few BORT JELLYPET BORT comments to be made.[[/labelnote]]
** BABA'S DADA [[labelnote: Explanation]]Since BABA is seen as a Magikarp-human, the chat decided that the shiny Gyarados was her father, and named it DADA when they caught it. He's not very happy with his daughter, either. Made funnier when you consider that the Pokémon Furret is actually called DADA in Vietnamese Crystal.[[/labelnote]]

** PIKAQ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pikachu. While Pikachu did not play a significant role in the VC run, its VC name became much more prominent than other VC names because of Pikachu's general prominence throughout Pokémon media.[[/labelnote]]

* FIRMLY GRASP [[labelnote: Explanation]]The term used when referring to catching Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]

* X? FALLED [[labelnote: Explanation]]The line used in the game whenever a Pokémon (or ELF) faints. The chat became so fond of the line they started to use it whenever anything went down, including Pokémon, Trainers, the stream, or even released Pokémon. When the stream goes offline, it's not uncommon to see at least one BORT STREAM? FALLED BORT comment.[[/labelnote]]

** ANANUKE [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the puzzles in the Ruins of Alph in Crystal and the Gen II remakes is a series of rooms where the player must use/have an item/skill given by a one-word hint (though deciphering the word is a puzzle in itself, as it is written using letter-like Pokémon known as "Unown"). In the first room, the hint in the English version is "ESCAPE" (hinting to use the item Escape Rope). The chat went wild when they saw that, mostly the word "nuke", and came up with several ideas for the meaning of the text, including "anarchy nuke" (a dislike for one of TPP's two primary control input methods) and "Annie nuked" (calling back to Annie, the Hariyama from their Emerald run). Since Vietnamese Crystal is a hack of the Japanese version, the hint was left in Japanese ("ANANUKE" for Ananuke no Himo, the Japanese name for Escape Rope), presumably because VC was a bootleg clearly rushed to the black market.[[/labelnote]]

* Bootleg Pokémon Diamond/[[{{VideoGame/Telefang}} Telefang]] memes:
** Regret, didn't catch! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Engrish message for failing to retreat from an encounter in the bootleg Pokémon Diamond (i.e. [[{{VideoGame/Telefang}} Telefang]])[[/labelnote]]

* Ice guns we're packing! [[labelnote: Explanation]]A phrase coined by Team Rocket during the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime intermission. The mob's spamming of controls caused many of the lines to be cut off, repeated, and/or remixed, resulting in phrases like "Ice Guns" or "The Other". Ice Guns resurfaced during the Black 2 run, where Team Plasma was out to freeze Unova.[[/labelnote]]

* INFINITE BELLY [[labelnote:Explanation]] In [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red]], the streamer hacked the game so we have 999/999 belly.[[/labelnote]]

* X plays Y [[labelnote:Explanation]] In ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red'', Mob was deciding the next game to play after. In response, the majority of the Mob typed their suggestions in the form of a "Twitch Plays Pokémon" parody. [[/labelnote]]
* [=Tom281=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] In ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red'', the majority of the Mob was distracted from the actual gameplay. During one mission, there was a member called [=Tom281=] who inputted roughly 50% of the commands and delivered an apple, as required by the mission. The Mob then proceed to praise Tom, usually coupled with the Senpai phrase. [[/labelnote]]

* Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/luigi-wins-by-doing-absolutely-nothing Not exclusive to Twitch Plays Pokémon]], but nevertheless something often uttered in the chat. Due to the difficulty of making helpful inputs in many minigames, and as Luigi is one of the characters most often played as, most of the time he does absolutely nothing to contribute, but still wins regardless.[[/labelnote]]

* ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ blood for bobo ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ [[labelnote:Explanation]]While playing some bootlegged Pokémon strategy game in the intermission, one of the Pokémon, a Pidgey named Bobo, quickly became the chat's strongest fighter. This quickly became spammed whenever they wanted to send it to fight something.[[/labelnote]]

* BLOOD [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat played Pokémon Channel for the [=GameCube=]. As new viewers came, they wanted to fully watch repeats of the in-game anime Pichu Bros.. As most of the session was controlled under Democracy, viewers spammed the Wait command to watch the cartoon in full. However, during one scene, Aipom paints fruit on a wall with Smeargle's tail, which had red paint. The chat began to spam the comment BLOOD, and it was soon discovered that the input software was interpreting the comments as a B,L vote, which if selected, would make the game quit playing the video (B) and switch to another channel (L).[[/labelnote]]
* SNORLAX'S FEEDING TIME [[labelnote:Explanation]]Within Pokémon Channel, the chat received a virtual version of the Pokémon Mini console, with a game called Snorlax's Lunch Time. The chat decided to play the game, only to find out that not only was the game impossible to play with Democracy mode, but also that the X (zoom) and Y (quit) buttons on the [=GameCube=] were disabled. The chat was stuck viewing the digital handheld for a couple hours until the Streamer enabled X and Y and got the chat out of the minigame. This was the second consecutive Pokémon game to have been disrupted by a Snorlax-related mishap, only days earlier having to suspend Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal when the game crashed while the chat attempted to use the radio to wake the sleeping Snorlax.[[/labelnote]]
* Meowth's Stream [=CoolCat=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This became a regular request by the chat following Pokémon Channel. It's actually a mishearing of "Meowth's dream".[[/labelnote]]
* [=PRChase=] NO INVITATION NO PARTY [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the chat's favorite lines from the narrator in the Pichu Bros. anime in Pokémon Channel.[[/labelnote]]

* PIKAQ? FALLED [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Pikachu is crestfallen." (in Pokémon Channel) is an unusually high-level of vocabulary for a Pokémon game. But having the word "fall" in it made the chat reference Vietnamese Crystal.[[/labelnote]]

* VOLTORB [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat played the Japanese-exclusive Pokémon Trading Card Game 2 for the Game Boy Color, with a fan translation patch applied. This game includes cards with fan-drawn illustrations, with one such being a Voltorb with a very jagged body (the chat spent about a day on this first opponent in the game, Nicholas, and never won). The original physical cards were created through fanart contests in Japan, but the chat didn't know that and was just shocked and confused.[[/labelnote]]

%% A note on the formatting on this article: Whenever a new run starts, add the examples after the previous run and before the Twitch Plays Pokémon Arena and Intermission meme stuff.

Unlike most works, ''[[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon Twitch Plays Pokémon]]'' heavily relies on memes and AscendedFanon. The emergence of them has convinced many that this is not a merely crazy social experiment but an entire mythological story.

* "GUYS WE NEED TO X Y" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Call Wade, call Joey, milk Whitney, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs milk Wade]], [[AmbiguousSyntax Mount Silver]], milk Flannery, milk the Rollout guy... If there's a character, Pokémon, or even an object, you can bet that there's at least SOMETHING the chat needs to do to it.[[/labelnote]]

** "GUYS WE NEED TO MILK WHITNEY" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A stream catchphrase mutating from the running gag of "GUYS WE NEED TO BEAT MISTY" from Twitch Plays Pokémon Red. Later it was found out that this gag was a vital hint. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/22yixl/bills_only_weakness/]] [[/labelnote]]
* IT'S A SHINY! CATCH IT! [[labelnote:Explanation]] A phrase used by trolls; like, when they see a Sentret, they say it's a shiny Rattata, or when there's a Rhyhorn, they say it's a shiny Rhydon. This applies to pretty much any Pokémon, regardless of whether or not it resembles a shiny. Likewise, actual shiny Pokémon (such as Gyarados, Chinchou and Pikachu) are sometimes called ordinarily-coloured Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]

* "X confirmed for [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Two Pokémon fighters were revealed for ''Super Smash Bros 4'', Charizard and Greninja. Thus the chat likes to joke about another Pokémon joining in, or that the SSB Charizard is Red's Abby. [[/labelnote]]

* "False X/Fake X" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Whenever an enemy trainer sends out a Pokémon of the same species as one they've used, the Mob tends to refer to it as a "fake" version of their Pokémon. [[/labelnote]]

* Pioxys x Starmie OTP [[labelnote: Explanation]]While Twitch Plays Pokémon was playing Pokémon Stadium 2, a prominent community member named Pioxys once bet all of his money on a Starmie for no particular reason. The Starmie lost, and someone inputted "Pioxys x Starmie OTP" in the chat, after which the entire chat was spamming it. To this day, Pioxys has [[NeverLiveItDown never entirely lived it down]].[[/labelnote]]

* CLUTCH [[labelnote: xplanation]]When a Pokémon survives an attack by a small amount of health.[[/labelnote]]

* SMOGON STRATS [[labelnote: Explanation]]Whenever a Pokémon uses a move, ability, item or strategy usually performed in competitive play, people will exclaim that they used "{{Website/Smogon}} strats". Also used sarcastically when a Pokémon does something stupid.[[/labelnote]]

* WE DID IT X [[labelnote: Explanation]]Said whenever a goal is accomplished (such as defeating a gym leader), with X usually being Reddit or Website/YouTube. Taken to ridiculous levels after Valerie was defeated in Pokémon X (as well as after defeating Master Hand for the first time in the pre-OR/AS-demo Smash intermission), where people spammed "WE DID IT [any name that they could think of]".[[/labelnote]]

* X [[SoloCharacterRun solo run]] Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever a PC shuffle leaves only 1 decent Pokémon in the party. Mostly sarcasm, since solo runs aren't usually possible in Pokémon games, because of required [=HMs=] (Krabby/Kingler could do it in gen 1, but you can't get one until halfway through the game, so you'd have to trade it in). On the other hand, many rounds of TPP were mostly carried by a single overleveled Pokémon, and a botched PC trip is often how they end up in that situation.[[/labelnote]]

** Revo loves Chatot. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Chatot used to be one of [=ProjectRevolutionTPP=]'s favorite Pokémon. However, around early 2015, he began to despise Chatot. This is a source of amusement for the fandom, who love to insinuate that Revo loves Chatot despite his often irate claims to the contrary.[[/labelnote]]
* [=deIlluminati=] SELECT SECT [=deIlluminati=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started during the PBR intermissions when a complete democracy playthrough of [[VideoGame/PokemonVietnameseCrystal Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal]], but soon expanded into other runs, a small portion of the TPP chat has decided to "dedicate" themselves to the Select button, since it normally does nothing if nothing is registered to it, other than slow down progress. Even when not in Democracy, expect to see several selects on the input screen on most runs.[[/labelnote]]

** [=WAIT4BABA=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]When democracy was switched on during ''Anniversary Red'', they were stuck on Seafoam Islands. Commands were entered in combination of wait4, B, A, B, A. Baba is the name of the Magikarp from Mt. Moon's Poké Center, who was released. Has since mutated further with the chat managing to name the main heroine of Vietnamese Crystal BABA as well, to the point some claim "BABA" is the new Helix.[[/labelnote]]
* X SOLO RUN OR RIOT [[labelnote:Explanation]] The Mob trying either have one species of Pokémon dominate the party or create an overpowered CrutchCharacter again.[[/labelnote]]
* DELELELELELE WHOOOOOOOOOOP [[labelnote:Explanation]]Though this is a general Pokémon meme, the Mob went ballistic upon first hearing Kricketune's cry, and began quickly spamming it in chat. Now spammed whenever Kricketune's cry plays.[[/labelnote]]

** [=OneHand=] "Hello, this is your stream manager Deku. I have just dropped by to say..." [=OneHand=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started as joke where people pretended to be Deku and say the shiny select rate for ''Arena'' had been decreased even further, when a single shiny had yet to have been picked for a match at this point, it has since moved on to people pretending to be Deku to either deny something the Mob has been requesting, or has done something in the complete opposite direction of what they were requesting, such as making shinies even rarer in ''Arena''. Some people mix this with the emote's name by saying that the reason for the reduction of the shiny select rate was that a shiny Pokémon [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan ate one of Deku's hands]].[[/labelnote]]
* BIDOOF BIDOOF BIDOOF [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Mob's onomatopoeia for the sound played when one of the Pokémon is at low health. (It's the name of [[TheScrappy a less-than-popular 'mon]] from gen 4.)[[/labelnote]]

* [Pokémon's name] spelled backwards is [something] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ekans and Arbok spelled backwards are Snake and Kobra, [[CaptainObvious respectively]]. Muk backwards is... well. Jokes about Pokémon names spelled backwards are common in the chat; usually the reversed spelling will be obviously wrong, i.e. "Ekans spelled backwards is Cobra."[[/labelnote]]

* Run going by too fast? Better kill our Pokémon. Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mutation of the "Better nerf Greninja" Meme from Smash Bros., lot of the Gen VI games tend to go by really quick on the stream due to the fact that certain things like the EXP. Share and better balanced Pokémon tend to make things easier on the Mob. Ever since ''X'', though, all the gen VI games have had the entire main team released at least once, which has caused people to start believe that people are intentionally doing it to slow the runs down. As a result, the following joke ensued.[[/labelnote]]
* C [=PogChamp=] A [=PogChamp=] T [=PogChamp=] C [=PogChamp=] H [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originally a way to get people's attention when a Mob member really wanted a certain Pokémon to be caught, using the [=PogChamp=] emote between the letters of "CATCH", it eventually further mutated into other words using different emotes, though "CATCH" is still the most popular.[[/labelnote]]

* [=#WutFact=] [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A misspelling of the [=WutFace=] emote, the chat eventually ran with it by quoting disturbing Pokedéx entries or saying something creepy.[[/labelnote]]

* [=xD=] [=MingLee=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The [[https://twitchemotes.com/emote/68856 [=MingLee=]]] emote was added to Twitch and then spammed in TPP almost every day, rivaling Kappa in terms of spam. Once Pokémon XD was announced for TPP, people quickly started calling the run "Pokémon [=MingLee=]", due to the emote's resemblance to the "xD" emote. "xD [=MingLee=]" is said in chat whenever something goes wrong, like someone canceling an evolution or they failing to complete a puzzle. Also mentioned to be written as Meme Lee without spaces frequently.[[/labelnote]]

* NO NAME [=DansGame=] / NO NICKNAME [=DansGame=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Giving nicknames to Pokémon is often considered to enhance the experience (especially due to the chat's tendency to give [[TheUnpronounceable unintelligible and hilarious]] nicknames to Pokémon), so the chat tends to get annoyed whenever a Pokémon is given their default name.[[/labelnote]]

* Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=][[labelnote: Explanation]][[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Serena]] is one of Melia_antiqua's favorite Pokémon characters, so they would often say "Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=]" whenever a Pokémon with the Serene Grace ability was in battle. Other people followed suit.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Chatty Yellow]]

* Diglet Worl [=Jebaited=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] On day 4 of the run, the chat had grinded for an excruciating number of hours in Diglett's Cave causing most of chat to become stuck in a delirious state of spamming messages about their suffering attached with the [=Jebaited=] emote. #DigletWorl trended once they no longer needed to stay there, this being a mutation of the Didney Worl meme from the Gen 7 Pokémon games they had played previous to this run. [[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Blazed Glazed]]

* #who [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat's annoyance at unknown chat lurkers getting badges of caught Pokémon persists.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder: Pokémon Randomized White 2]]
* Final Gambit/KAPOW Mudkip [[labelnote:Explanation]]The starter Pokémon ended up being a mudkip with Final Gambit, leading to the first hour being pretty much the chat blacking out to wild mons.[[/labelnote]]

* EFGH [[labelnote:Explanation]]Early in the run, ''Dual Blue'' glitched and the sprtie of its protagonist was replaced by a square spelling "EFGH". Like other glitches displaying broken text before it, it was perceived by players as an [[EldritchAbomination eldritch entity]] in the same vein as [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystalAnniversary OLDEN]] and [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonThetaEmeraldEX Ï ËdBLÁü]].[[/labelnote]]

* It's like an encyclopedia except the pages are blank[[labelnote:Explanation]]Kay repeatedly looked at the Pokédex in Oak's lab, triggering this line each time. The chat repeated it, often either mixing up the words or replacing "blank" by other words ("noisemakers", (rats", etc.).[[/labelnote]]

* POKÉMON STARS CONFIRMED [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Pokémon Stars" was the name of a rumoured [[UpdatedRerelease third version]] for ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. The name selected for the protagonist of the run was "Stars", leading the chat to mockingly state that this was the game they were playing.[[/labelnote]]

* $50 Mew [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mew was transferred from the Poké Ball Plus accessory to the ''Sword'' team. Said accessory costs $50 and has little purpose beyond obtaining said Mew, especially to ''TPP'' who cannot use it as a controller.[[/labelnote]]
* How did we get a Mew? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a ''[[Memes/TwitchPlaysPokemonSeason1 FireRed]]'' meme, used after the Stream Operator transferred Mew from the Poké Ball Plus accessory to make fun of players who were confused by its presence on the team.[[/labelnote]]

* ELITE FISH [[labelnote:Explanation]]A nickname given to a severely over-leveled Lumineon that unexpectedly managed to sweep ''the entirety'' of the Elite Four by itself, along with five of the Champion's six Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]
* ELITE POOR [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mocking nickname given to the Elite Four as it found itself completely unable to stop a single over-leveled Lumineon from sweeping ''every single one of their Pokémon''.[[/labelnote]]

* Is that a Shiny? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Several Pokémon in the party gained a special "star" entry animation by earning a strange ending in a Pokéstar movie, which caused some confusion among casual viewers due to how similar said animation looks to the one reserved for Shiny Pokémon. Not helping matters was the fact that ♀♀R did own a Shiny Porygon-Z, for which the Star animation overtook the Shiny animation, and a non-Shiny Landorus, a species which looks deceptively similar to its Shiny counterpart.[[/labelnote]]

!! Twitch Plays Pokémon: Arena
[[folder:Pokémon Stadium 2 Era]]

[[folder:Pokémon Battle Revolution Era]]

** The end of the battle is getting closer by the minute! / The battle has reached its final stage! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by the announcer during battles where only one Pokémon is left on a team. Often used sarcastically by the chat when it's said during a super stall-y one (along with comments like "closer by the hour" or "year").[[/labelnote]]

** Slllllimed [[AccidentalInnuendo by]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mutation of the announcer's phrase for when Sludge Bomb KO's a Pokémon, the original of which was 'Sllllimed by Sludge Bomb!'. The second someone pointed out how much it sounded like the phrase there, it quickly took off with the chat.[[/labelnote]]

** Not So Good[[labelnote:Explanation]]"It seems that its physical condition is, NOT SO GOOD." Said by the announcer when a damaged Pokémon is switched in. Perhaps an opposite to the [=SeemsGood=] emote, of a guy giving a thumbs-up.[[/labelnote]]
** SHITS OUT THEIR POKÉMON[[labelnote:Explanation]]When both teams switch their Pokémon on the same turn, sometimes the announcer says "The x Corner shifts out their Pokémon as well." for the second team.[[/labelnote]]

** Dududududududu [=duDudu=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Sandstorm" by Darude, driven by the song becoming a meme outside of TPP. It has a repetitive synth beat that supposedly sounds like "du du du du etc." Also appears whenever a Pokémon uses Sandstorm, for obvious reasons. Always accompanied by the [[https://twitchemotes.com/emote/62834 [=duDudu=]]] emote.[[/labelnote]]

** ~༼ຈل͜ຈ༽~ DISCO RIOT ~༼ຈل͜ຈ༽~ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Spammed whenever [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Mirror B.'s]] [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Pokémon XD]] theme pops up.[[/labelnote]]

** DING DONG DONGERS [[labelnote:Explanation]]Spammed when the Slateport theme (especially the Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire version) is played, due to the prominent bell ringing sounds.[[/labelnote]]

** [=Kappa=] // [[labelnote: Explanation]]Spammed in the chat whenever the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtpoJRhoO_Q boutique]] theme from [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon X and Y]] plays, due to the frequent clapping in the background.[[/labelnote]]

** BORT ELF HD BORT [[labelnote::Explanation]]Whenever Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver music plays, because the game is a remake of Pokémon Crystal, referred to as ELF WORLD by the chat due to the Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal playthrough[[/labelnote]]
*** ELF PREQUEL [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow[[/labelnote]] / ELF SEQUEL [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald[[/labelnote]]

* ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ DONGER RAIN ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ [[labelnote:Explanation]]The new victory animation shows the Pokémon symbol for money falling down in the color of the losing team. Naturally, the winning team loves spamming this.[[/labelnote]]

* All in on *Insert gen V or above Pokémon here* [[labelnote:Explanation]]The new team preview shows roulette of different Pokémon to keep people from betting early. This includes Pokémon that aren't in PBR, since it only goes up to Gen IV. Naturally, the chat loves poking fun whenever future gen Pokémon are on the wheel.[[/labelnote]]

* Lord Mouse Cursor! [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the stream, the [[http://i.imgur.com/ZeL05Jq.jpg streamer's mouse cursor appears on the video sometimes]]. Cue immediate jokes about it being the turn owner of Pokétopia.[[/labelnote]]

* POKÉMON IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! [=PogChamp=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Seismic Toss's animation involves throwing Pokémon into space. Needless to say, it became an instant hit with the chat. Made even funnier that Seismic Toss deals damage equal to the user's level, and, since every Pokémon in TPP's PBR is level 100, it will always deal 100 damage, often resulting in comments like "The Pokémon was thrown in space and took almost no damage?! [=DansGame=] ".[[/labelnote]]
** Guys, Seismic Toss is super-effective! [=OpieOP=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]Since Seismic Toss always deals fixed damage, it makes no difference whether or not it's super-effective against the opposing Pokémon. Some people aren't aware of this and will use Seismic Toss against a foe weak to Fighting-type moves instead of a move that would actually deal more damage, resulting in other people saying this.[[/labelnote]]

** [=BibleThump=] VAPOREON X MILOTIC NEW OTP [=BibleThump=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During a routine troll match featuring the two, they were the last two out, and the music that ended up playing was "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuNo02q0mY&index=22&list=PL6akIKaXBeU2mXSuKQbkaZ_pU7SXG3iJA Emotion]]" from Pokémon Black and White. Cue cryot, with lore quickly forming around the two being StarCrossedLovers who are forced to fight each other for the amusement of trolls.[[/labelnote]]

* ༼ ͡ ͡° ͜ ͡ ͡° ༽ [[labelnote:Explanation]]In preparation for the Anniversary Red run, the streamer unbanned markup dongers. This quickly became the donger spammed in the chat once it happened.[[/labelnote]]

* Do you remember the episode where Ash "X"? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started with a random (not true) comment about 'Remember that episode where Ash caught a Pumbloom?' and continued from there, with other comments about stuff like 'Remember that episode where Ash kissed Misty?' or 'Remember that episode where Ash won a Pokémon League?' and so on and so forth.[[/labelnote]]

* What about sturdy!? / WTF sturdy!? / HAX sturdy didn't work! [[labelnote:Explanation]]In Generation IV, Sturdy can only block [[OneHitKill OHKO moves]] like Horn Drill. Despite this, a lot of people seem convinced that Sturdy works like it does in Gen V / VI, where it acts as a free Focus Sash, and often start raging when a Pokémon with Sturdy gets one shotted, much to the amusement of those who know better.[[/labelnote]]

* WORDS [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to emulation errors, occasionally one of the textures used for a visual effect in PBR is replaced with some text, usually (if not always) a Pokémon's name. In cases where it's large enough and/or on screen long enough to be legible, some people say what it says instead.[[/labelnote]]
* GRILL! [=PogChamp=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the end of a routine match, the background that usually pops up during the results didn't happen, allowing a brief look behind the scenes at the main PBR menu, showing a receptionist of Pokétopia. Naturally, the chat went nuts upon sight of her.[[/labelnote]]

* !Lopunny / Gardevoir / Lucario [=OneHand=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever some more... ''[[AccidentalInnuendo Interesting]]'' Pokédex descriptions pop up during an intermission, expect to see one of the three commonly pop up in the chat.[[/labelnote]]
* ![[SdrawkcabName kobra]] / !kum / !PIKACHU [[labelnote:Explanation]]Deliberately guessing wrong the ad-intermission Pokémon, as there is no reward for getting it right and someone is likely to have guessed it within seconds of it appearing anyway. Almost guaranteed when a SdrawkcabName is involved.[[/labelnote]]
* What is a shiny? [=OpieOP=] / Shinies don't exist Kappa / Shiny hype. Kappa [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ever since it was implemented almost a few years ago now, shiny Pokémon have rarely been picked yet for a match, despite showing up in the roulette rather frequently. Naturally, people love to poke fun at this, from joking that shinies don't exist to saying the streamer decreased their probability of getting picked in PBR Platinum. One time a shiny was picked, it was a shiny Metagross with a very overpowered moveset[[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/3szbpp/shiny_metagross_confirmed_smogon/]][[/labelnote]]

* [[Franchise/MortalKombat FLAWLESS VICTORY!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Whenever a team manages to win without losing a single Pokémon, expect this phrase to pop up in the chat shortly after.[[/labelnote]]

* Cancer Cat [[labelnote:Explanation]]More recently, Delcatty has had its moveset changed to have all non-attacking moves. The only way it can attack is by using Assist, which randomly chooses a move from the other Pokémon on it's team. If its teammates have poor attacking moves, it can end up taking a very long time to deal damage. This isn't that bad on it's own, but when paired with a Ditto or Mew opponent that's transformed, matches can last a very long time. Has also been used to hilarious effect with Pokémon on the team that can self-KO.[[/labelnote]]

** [=#CherrimsRevenge=] [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The very next day, the stream would break again for several hours. This time instead of a freeze it was a relatively common bug with the bot that selects all of the Pokémon the trainers use during the matches getting stuck. Not that this stopped anyone from concluding Cherrim to have returned.[[/labelnote]]

* WRONG [=DansGame=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Among the songs available as battle music are the themes of each colosseum from the original Pokémon Battle Revolution video game. Whenever one of these songs comes up and the stream picks a non-matching colosseum, the chat expresses its disgust. Much more rarely, when the stream ''does'' pick the matching colosseum, the chat reacts with "CORRECT [=PogChamp=]".[[/labelnote]]
* AZ BORT ELF [[labelnote:Explanation]]An extension of Vietnamese Crystal's ELF BORT meme used to refer to the Pokémon Azelf. Its fellow members in the legendary trio are often referred to as MES BORT PRIT and UX BORT IE.[[/labelnote]]
* [=KappaPride=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]An extension of the old Rainbow meme from Stadium 2, where a rainbow ring appears whenever a Pokémon successfully gets the stat boost of Ancient Power. PBR brought with it the moves Silver Wind and Ominous Wind, as well as the rainbow [=KappaPride=] emote, so people associated [=KappaPride=] with the stat boost from these moves.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder:Pokémon Battle Revolution Version 2.0 Era]]

* [=OSFrog=] REEEEEEEEEE [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the intermission period between Pokémon Waning Moon and Season 4, live commentators were introduced. Somebody put [=OSFrog=] REEEEEEEEEE as a chat message, causing the announcer to burst into uncontrollable laughter for several minutes. Chat then proceeded to modify words containing RE, similar to how they modify words containing LY to LEE[[/labelnote]]

* Focus Miss [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used when a Pokémon misses Focus Blast, a Fighting-type move that does quite a lot of damage, but unfortunately, it has 70% accuracy, which is a very low hit chance for a common move that appears in many matches. There have been some variants as well, for other moves that may miss.[[/labelnote]]

* [=#TPPDrama=] / RIP Economy [[labelnote: Explanation]] Because players always win three times the betting amount, people would bet it all on the highest winning fighter, especially those who did not suffer any level nerfs. This resulted in players gaining tons of money and tokens in a matter of hours, to the point of two players earning over '''''700 million Pokédollars'''''. The Streamer got fed up with the "inflation" (what the chat called it) and reset the balances to whatever players had before Smash betting launched, including a limit bet of 1000 Pokédollars, but not before banning everyone who was causing the drama, even if they were just betting instead of complaining.[[/labelnote]]

[[folder:Twitch Plays Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal]]

* ELF'S WORLD [=BORT=] [[labelnote: Explanation]]What the Mob calls the session of Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal that occurs between matches. Comes from a sentence in Professor Oak's introductory speech at the beginning of the game. Early on in the chat it would sometimes be compared to Dragon Ball Z (as "Elf World Z", with each input a separate "episode" of a rising story arc.[[/labelnote]]

* MONSTER HANE [[labelnote: Explanation]]Whenever they heal, the Nurse says "LET YOUR MONSTER HANE A REST?" instead of "Shall we heal your Pokémon?", [[TranslationTrainWreck supposedly]]. It caught on in chat for making [[MindScrew absolutely no sense]]. Or potentially because of the word's similarity to a brand of underwear, as it's no secret the chat seems to like dirty things.[[/labelnote]]

** BEST ORGY EVER [[labelnote: Explanation]]The next two "ELFS" BABA caught got named ORGY (originally, it was going to be called "ORGAN" due to the Pokédex's entry) and EVER, so that this phrase would appear whenever they looked at their list of mons.[[/labelnote]]

* Reactions to Pokémon species names:

** GAY JELLYPET [[labelnote: Explanation]] For some reason, the chat was quite amused when they found Tentacruel was named JELLY in VC's translation and caught it. Even though it was pointed out it was female, they still named it GAY. The naming screen in VC displayed the text JELLYPET NAME? when perhaps the word PET should have been spaced differently. During the Randomized Alpha Sapphire run, which had randomized evolutions, two different Pokémon evolved opposite genders of the Generation V jellyfish Pokémon Jellicent, which unsurprisingly caused a few BORT JELLYPET BORT comments to be made.[[/labelnote]]
** BABA'S DADA [[labelnote: Explanation]]Since BABA is seen as a Magikarp-human, the chat decided that the shiny Gyarados was her father, and named it DADA when they caught it. He's not very happy with his daughter, either. Made funnier when you consider that the Pokémon Furret is actually called DADA in Vietnamese Crystal.[[/labelnote]]

** PIKAQ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Pikachu. While Pikachu did not play a significant role in the VC run, its VC name became much more prominent than other VC names because of Pikachu's general prominence throughout Pokémon media.[[/labelnote]]

* FIRMLY GRASP [[labelnote: Explanation]]The term used when referring to catching Pokémon.[[/labelnote]]

* X? FALLED [[labelnote: Explanation]]The line used in the game whenever a Pokémon (or ELF) faints. The chat became so fond of the line they started to use it whenever anything went down, including Pokémon, Trainers, the stream, or even released Pokémon. When the stream goes offline, it's not uncommon to see at least one BORT STREAM? FALLED BORT comment.[[/labelnote]]

** ANANUKE [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the puzzles in the Ruins of Alph in Crystal and the Gen II remakes is a series of rooms where the player must use/have an item/skill given by a one-word hint (though deciphering the word is a puzzle in itself, as it is written using letter-like Pokémon known as "Unown"). In the first room, the hint in the English version is "ESCAPE" (hinting to use the item Escape Rope). The chat went wild when they saw that, mostly the word "nuke", and came up with several ideas for the meaning of the text, including "anarchy nuke" (a dislike for one of TPP's two primary control input methods) and "Annie nuked" (calling back to Annie, the Hariyama from their Emerald run). Since Vietnamese Crystal is a hack of the Japanese version, the hint was left in Japanese ("ANANUKE" for Ananuke no Himo, the Japanese name for Escape Rope), presumably because VC was a bootleg clearly rushed to the black market.[[/labelnote]]

* Bootleg Pokémon Diamond/[[{{VideoGame/Telefang}} Telefang]] memes:
** Regret, didn't catch! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Engrish message for failing to retreat from an encounter in the bootleg Pokémon Diamond (i.e. [[{{VideoGame/Telefang}} Telefang]])[[/labelnote]]

* Ice guns we're packing! [[labelnote: Explanation]]A phrase coined by Team Rocket during the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime intermission. The mob's spamming of controls caused many of the lines to be cut off, repeated, and/or remixed, resulting in phrases like "Ice Guns" or "The Other". Ice Guns resurfaced during the Black 2 run, where Team Plasma was out to freeze Unova.[[/labelnote]]

* INFINITE BELLY [[labelnote:Explanation]] In [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red]], the streamer hacked the game so we have 999/999 belly.[[/labelnote]]

* X plays Y [[labelnote:Explanation]] In ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red'', Mob was deciding the next game to play after. In response, the majority of the Mob typed their suggestions in the form of a "Twitch Plays Pokémon" parody. [[/labelnote]]
* [=Tom281=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] In ''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red'', the majority of the Mob was distracted from the actual gameplay. During one mission, there was a member called [=Tom281=] who inputted roughly 50% of the commands and delivered an apple, as required by the mission. The Mob then proceed to praise Tom, usually coupled with the Senpai phrase. [[/labelnote]]

* Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/luigi-wins-by-doing-absolutely-nothing Not exclusive to Twitch Plays Pokémon]], but nevertheless something often uttered in the chat. Due to the difficulty of making helpful inputs in many minigames, and as Luigi is one of the characters most often played as, most of the time he does absolutely nothing to contribute, but still wins regardless.[[/labelnote]]

* ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ blood for bobo ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ [[labelnote:Explanation]]While playing some bootlegged Pokémon strategy game in the intermission, one of the Pokémon, a Pidgey named Bobo, quickly became the chat's strongest fighter. This quickly became spammed whenever they wanted to send it to fight something.[[/labelnote]]

* BLOOD [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat played Pokémon Channel for the [=GameCube=]. As new viewers came, they wanted to fully watch repeats of the in-game anime Pichu Bros.. As most of the session was controlled under Democracy, viewers spammed the Wait command to watch the cartoon in full. However, during one scene, Aipom paints fruit on a wall with Smeargle's tail, which had red paint. The chat began to spam the comment BLOOD, and it was soon discovered that the input software was interpreting the comments as a B,L vote, which if selected, would make the game quit playing the video (B) and switch to another channel (L).[[/labelnote]]
* SNORLAX'S FEEDING TIME [[labelnote:Explanation]]Within Pokémon Channel, the chat received a virtual version of the Pokémon Mini console, with a game called Snorlax's Lunch Time. The chat decided to play the game, only to find out that not only was the game impossible to play with Democracy mode, but also that the X (zoom) and Y (quit) buttons on the [=GameCube=] were disabled. The chat was stuck viewing the digital handheld for a couple hours until the Streamer enabled X and Y and got the chat out of the minigame. This was the second consecutive Pokémon game to have been disrupted by a Snorlax-related mishap, only days earlier having to suspend Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal when the game crashed while the chat attempted to use the radio to wake the sleeping Snorlax.[[/labelnote]]
* Meowth's Stream [=CoolCat=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This became a regular request by the chat following Pokémon Channel. It's actually a mishearing of "Meowth's dream".[[/labelnote]]
* [=PRChase=] NO INVITATION NO PARTY [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the chat's favorite lines from the narrator in the Pichu Bros. anime in Pokémon Channel.[[/labelnote]]

* PIKAQ? FALLED [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Pikachu is crestfallen." (in Pokémon Channel) is an unusually high-level of vocabulary for a Pokémon game. But having the word "fall" in it made the chat reference Vietnamese Crystal.[[/labelnote]]

* VOLTORB [=WutFace=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The chat played the Japanese-exclusive Pokémon Trading Card Game 2 for the Game Boy Color, with a fan translation patch applied. This game includes cards with fan-drawn illustrations, with one such being a Voltorb with a very jagged body (the chat spent about a day on this first opponent in the game, Nicholas, and never won). The original physical cards were created through fanart contests in Japan, but the chat didn't know that and was just shocked and confused.[[/labelnote]]

* Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=][[labelnote: Explanation]][[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Serena]] is one of Melia_antiqua's favorite Pokémon characters, so they would often say "Serena Grace! [=VoHiYo=]" whenever a Pokémon with the Serene Grace ability was in battle. Other people followed suit.[[/labelnote]]

** STOP THE FIGHTING [=BibleThump=] [[labelnote:Explanation]] For some bizarre reason, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuNo02q0mY "Emotion" theme]] from VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite was once used as a ''battle theme''. When it plays, this is commonly the chat's reaction.[[/labelnote]]

* Ice guns we're packing! [[labelnote: Explanation]]A phrase coined by Team Rocket during the ''[[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' anime intermission. The mob's spamming of controls caused many of the lines to be cut off, repeated, and/or remixed, resulting in phrases like "Ice Guns" or "The Other". Ice Guns resurfaced during the Black 2 run, where Team Plasma was out to freeze Unova.[[/labelnote]]