History Memes / PokemonGames

** ''[[TheStoner Pokemon ZaZa]]''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Some fans decided to repeat the Z-A in the game's logo to make [=ZaZa=] (a slang for cannabis), leading to several fanarts of human characters and Pokémon smoking joints[[/labelnote]]

** In the post-game, we see Team Star wearing normal clothes, including Mela...yet she ''still'' walks clumsily and without bending her knees. Fans were quick to suggest she wears those boots so much that she's forgotten how to walk normally.

** Nemona is [[Manga/HunterXHunter Hisoka]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans who like to play up Nemona's {{stalker|without a crush}} tendencies tend to view her as the ''Pokémon'' equivalent of [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/483/319/380 Hisoka Morow]], citing her tendency to follow the protagonist everywhere they go, her overall helpfulness masking her obsessiveness, and from a less savory standpoint, [[MemeticMolester constantly trying to force little kids to battle her]].[[/labelnote]]

** Y'all are stupid! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A random quote Guzma says when the player characters arrive in Ultra Deep Sea, which the fans quickly latched on to, especially when mocking other fans.[[/labelnote]]

** Professor Snu Snu[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Professor Sada was revealed, fan reaction to her CuteLittleFangs and attire consisting of a lab coat over what appears to be a tribal cave woman outfit immediately lead to personifying her as an adult WildChild while people who found the design sexy immediately quoted ''Futurama''[='=]s Death by Snu-Snu scene.[[/labelnote]]

** People have also alluded to Iron Bundle being the equivalent of the Robot Santa Claus from Futurama and also quote the monologue of [[VideoGame/Warhammer40000Mechanicus Magos Dominus Reditus.]]

* The villain team will just be the Spanish Inquisition.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A joking reference to the ''Monty Python'' gag "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" This ended up not being the case.[[/labelnote]]

* Amoonguss. [[labelnote:Explanation]]This Pokémon's popularity exploded after ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' became a common source of MemeticMutation, due to sharing a similar name and disguising itself as a Poké Ball, making it an "imposter".[[/labelnote]]

* [[LetsPlay/{{Critikal}} MoistCr1TiKaL]] Sledge[[labelnote:Explanation]]Many fans have noted that Paldea's iteration of the Backpacker Trainer class, which includes the Montevera Gym Trainer MC Sledge, looks a lot like Charles White. It's become pretty common for streamers or LP-ers to impersonate him when reading Sledge's dialogue out loud.[[/labelnote]]

* RIP Tabitha 2002-2014. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://pokebeach.com/news/0614/oras-corocoro-4.jpg The new Aqua and Magma admin redesigns]] became notorious for [[YouDontLookLikeYou bearing little resemblance to their pre-remake selves.]] [[https://i.imgur.com/C8jzjvx.png Magma Admin Tabitha]] is often singled out in this topic of discussion, as his redesign gives him a significantly heavier build than the original.

* GENWUN: Cross-pollinated from the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fandom term "GEEWUN", this is used to mock [[NostalgiaFilter anyone who thinks the first generation]] (''Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'') [[NostalgiaFilter was the best and that any other generation sucks]]. Also stemming from this is the term "Genwunner".

* RIP Tabitha 2002-2014. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://pokebeach.com/news/0614/oras-corocoro-4.jpg The new Aqua and Magma admin redesigns]] became notorious for [[YouDontLookLikeYou bearing little resemblance to their pre-remake selves.]] [[https://i.imgur.com/C8jzjvx.png Magma Admin Tabitha is often noted to have had the most strikingly different]] redesign.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Pokémon'' fans celebrate having to wait[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since a lot of the issues with recent ''Pokémon'' games have been attributed to them being ChristmasRushed, the reveal that ''Legends: Z-A'' would be released in 2025 rather than 2024 (the year it was announced) led to fans rejoicing over the fact that the game would have a longer amount of development time, as well as the idea that the next generation of ''Pokémon'' games will have a longer development time as a result.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/PokemonScarletAndVioletKieran Kieran]] memes:

*** [[Characters/DokiDokiLiteratureClubMonika Just Nemonika]][[labelnote:Explanation]]From this, comparisons were made between her and Monika from ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', with some going so far as to joke that Nemona has MediumAwareness and is willing to [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/484/424/9c6.jpg rig the game's programming]] [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/490/785/b8b.png in her favor]].[[/labelnote]]

* The surprise reveal memes

* The logo memes

** [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall "You used me... FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of how the last ''Legends'' game had Arceus sending the protagonist back to the past, many joke that Arceus will send the protagonist back in time to develop Lumiose City.[[/labelnote]]

* "Who gets isekai'ed this time?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of how the last ''Legends'' game had Arceus sending the protagonist back to the past and supposedly leaving them, many joked that he'll probably do the same thing here too, painting him as a MemeticPsychopath or JerkassGod who sends random people in the ''Pokémon'' universe to random periods of time [[ItAmusedMe for the heck of it]].[[/labelnote]]
* [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall "You used me... FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of how the last ''Legends'' game had Arceus sending the protagonist back to the past, many joke that Arceus will send the protagonist back in time to develop Lumiose City.[[/labelnote]]
* Emmet in France[[labelnote:Explanation]]Related to the above, the game's reveal immediately had people speculating that [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Emmet]] will have ended up in the game's time period, matching how his twin brother Ingo is TrappedInThePast as of ''Legends: Arceus''.[[/labelnote]]

* Mega Charizard Z[[labelnote:Explanation]]As soon as ''Legends: Z-A'' was revealed, with Mega Evolution making a return alongside Kalos, fans immediately joked that Charizard, the BreakoutCharacter and BaseBreakingCharacter that it is with two Megas and a Gigantamax form, would be almost guaranteed to get a new Mega form called Mega Charizard Z.[[/labelnote]]

* Mega Incineroar[[labelnote:Explanation]]Fans expect ''Z-A'' to also feature cross-generational starter choices since ''Legends: Arceus'' previously featured them. The announcement of Mega Evolution returning also had fans expecting the starters to get new Mega forms, leading to the joke that they'd somehow give Incineroar, [[HighTierScrappy one of the most hated and powerful Mons of VGC]], a Mega Evolution, ratcheting up its threat level even further if it ever came back to a non-''Legends'' main game.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall "You used me... FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT!"]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Because of how the last ''Legends'' game had Arceus sending the protagonist back to the past, many joke that Arceus will send the protagonist back in time to develop Lumiose City.[[/labelnote]]

** ''[[TheStoner Pokemon ZaZa]]''[[labelnote:Explanation]]The game being called Z-A instead of just Z led to some fans making fun of it by repeating the ZA, resulting in [=ZaZa=] (zaza is a slang for cannabis) and several fanarts of human characters and Pokémon smoking joints[[/labelnote]]

* It's been 11 years...[[labelnote:Explanation]]A repeat of the "It's been 3000 years" meme from the Generation VI folder, with 11 slapped over the larger number, because fans saw this game as the fabled ''Pokémon Z'' third version that Gen VI never received eleven years after that generation came out.[[/labelnote]]