History Memes / PokemonGames

*** Carmine is Vegeta.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The ''Teal Mask'' DLC introduces Carmine, who like Nemona is passionate about Pokémon battles, but is also significantly more hostile and arrogant about it. This lead to many people comparing her to Goku's rival Vegeta. Made funnier if you're playing ''Scarlet'', where Nemona wears orange and Carmine wears blue, just like Goku and Vegeta respectively.[[/labelnote]]

* Pokémon Sentai Donbrothers[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the ''Teal Mask'' DLC was revealed featuring Literature/{{Momotaro}}-themed Pokémon, certain fans were quick to compare it to Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers. It adds that the show just finished airing a day before, so it creates a hilarious continuation, and that the trailer featured Sentai-looking masks that depict said mons.[[/labelnote]]

* Ogerpon loves ''Anime/{{Ponyo}}''.[[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]]The Teal Mask DLC introduces Ogerpon, who despite being a villain in the local folklore, is actually a sweet and kind Pokémon whose dialogue is rendered as "Pon-yo!", leading to jokes that she loves watching the anime of the same name or outright nicknaming her after the titular fish.[[/labelnote]]
** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2735971-ogerpon See you in hell, you stupid fruit.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme that originally arose from a stock image of a woman juicing a fruit in a blender with her seemingly ''enjoying'' it a little too much and too aggressively. It became popular in the fandom due to how appropriate it seemed for Ogerpon and Pecharunt, the latter being a malevolent Pecha Berry responsible for the former's tragic backstory.[[/labelnote]]

** Onion-haired boy[[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]]Kieran's new tied-up hairdo in The Indigo Disk looks like an onion to many fans, leading to more mockery and jokes against the kid.[[/labelnote]]

** "[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Why, Ogerpon...?! Why would you do this to me?! You said you'd be by my side!]]"[[labelnote:Explanation ('''''THE TEAL MASK'', '' THE INDIGO DISK'', AND ''XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3'' SPOILERS''')]]Kieran's fanatical obsession with Ogerpon to the point of feeling [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitled to Have Her]], as well as bearing a grudge on the protagonist during ''The Indigo Disk'' for taking who he feels is ''his'' Pokémon, has drawn plenty of parallels to [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles3ConsulN Consul N]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', specifically his EmasculatedCuckold moment from the start of Chapter 6 where he loses Mio to Noah.[[/labelnote]]

* "You can come have a look at my room later too, if you want."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Carmine's comment when she and the player character go to the player character's room in The Indigo Disk [=DLC=] quickly sparked memes saying that the comment sounded a little suggestive in an adult way.[[/labelnote]]

** "[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Why, Ogerpon?! Why would you do this to me?! You said you'd be by my side!]]"[[labelnote:Explanation ('''''THE TEAL MASK'', '' THE INDIGO DISK'', AND ''XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3'' SPOILERS''')]]Kieran's fanatical obsession with Ogerpon to the point of feeling [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitled to Have Her]], as well as bearing a grudge on the protagonist during ''The Indigo Disk'' for taking who he feels is ''his'' Pokémon, has drawn plenty of parallels to [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles3ConsulN Consul N]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', specifically his EmasculatedCuckold moment from the start of Chapter 6 where he loses Mio to Noah.[[/labelnote]]

* Ogerpon loves ''Anime/{{Ponyo}}''.[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Minor Spoilers!''')]]The Teal Mask DLC introduces Ogerpon, who despite being a villain in the local folklore, is actually a sweet and kind Pokémon whose dialogue is rendered as "Pon-yo!", leading to jokes that she loves watching the anime of the same name or outright nicknaming her after the titular fish.[[/labelnote]]

** We started his Villain arc!?[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Major Spoilers!''')]]Over the course of ''The Teal Mask'', Kieran, who starts off (seemingly) shy but kind, goes through major amounts of SanitySlippage thanks to a combination of his sister's treatment of him, losing ''five'' battles to the player over the course of the story, and most importantly, not being able to be Ogerpon's Trainer. The last cutscene of ''The Teal Mask'' heavily implies he snapped. By ''The Indigo Disk'', Kieran (now the Champion of Blueberry Academy) has become TheResenter, having built up an unhealthy obsession with surpassing the player as revenge for all of the losses he's suffered against them. Fans have (tearfully) pointed out how a lot of the blame for this is on themselves.[[/labelnote]]
** Onion-haired boy[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Minor Spoilers!''')]]Kieran's new tied-up hairdo in The Indigo Disk looks like an onion to many fans, leading to more mockery and jokes against the kid.[[/labelnote]]

** "[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 Why, Ogerpon?! Why would you do this to me?! You said you'd be by my side!]]"[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Major Spoilers!''')]]Kieran's fanatical obsession with Ogerpon to the point of feeling [[EntitledToHaveYou Entitled to Have Her]], as well as bearing a grudge on the protagonist during ''The Indigo Disk'' for taking who he feels is ''his'' Pokémon, has drawn plenty of parallels to [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles3ConsulN Consul N]] from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', specifically his EmasculatedCuckold moment from the start of Chapter 6 where he loses Mio to Noah.[[/labelnote]]

* The Lousy Three[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Minor Spoilers!''')]]Carmine starts referring to the Loyal Three as the "Lousy Three" after she hears the truth about [[HeroWithBadPublicity Ogerpon]]. This nickname quickly caught on with fans due to how popular Ogerpon ended up being.[[/labelnote]]

** {{Virtual Youtuber}}s vs Iono[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to Iono being an AffectionateParody of streamer culture and her Gym Trial being set up like a VirtualYoutuber layout, naturally streamers of that format such as the cast of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' [[https://youtu.be/28-Nl_qG1Ho?si=Ptw9gZYpF8lweM-m found her hilarious]], then their viewers tend to start a fictional FandomRivalry where they start cheering for Iono instead, up including making superchat donations in support of her.[[/labelnote]]

* Tinkaton vs Corviknight[[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite its cutesy appearance, mediocre stats, and the fact that its intended prey [[GameplayAndStorySegregation pretty much completely dominates it in competitive battle due to practically little-to-no ways to get around its defenses]], Tinkaton is apparently such an efficient predator of Corviknight – or at least consistently enough endangers Corviknight passengers by trying to hunt it down – that the bird Pokémon was deemed ill-suited for use in a flying taxi service like the one in Galar, the region opting to have its taxies carried by several Squawkabilly instead.[[/labelnote]]

* Penny's problematic ships.[[labelnote:Explanation]]After her design was revealed, many fans noted how Penny's design made her look like the common Western stereotype of a female fanfic author. Cue jokes about her getting into intense arguments on [=AO3=] about her shipping preferences, along with other common jokes about the subculture.[[/labelnote]]

** Darce/Dunce.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The exact opposite, a Dunsparce with no segments that is just its tail attached to its head.[[/labelnote]]

* Ogerpon loves ''Anime/{{Ponyo}}''.[[labelnote:Explanation '''(Minor Spoilers!)''']]The Teal Mask DLC introduces Ogerpon, who despite being a villain in the local folklore, is actually a sweet and kind Pokémon whose dialogue is rendered as "Pon-yo!", leading to jokes that she loves watching the anime of the same name or outright nicknaming her after the titular fish.[[/labelnote]]
* Gender-neutral restrooms[[labelnote:Explanation]]In The Teal Mask DLC, players have taken notice of the restrooms in the Mossui Community Center, which use the sharp and heart-shaped Pikachu tails for the male and female restrooms respectively, and a third one depicted with Pikachu's head which is explicitly described as "this restroom can be used by anyone!"[[/labelnote]]
* We started his Villain arc!?[[labelnote:Explanation ('''Major Spoilers''')]]Over the course of ''The Teal Mask'', Kieran, who starts off (seemingly) shy but kind, goes through major amounts of SanitySlippage thanks to a combination of his sister's treatment of him, losing ''five'' battles to the player over the course of the story, and most importantly, not being able to be Ogerpon's Trainer. The last cutscene of ''The Teal Mask'' heavily implies he snapped. By ''The Indigo Disk'', Kieran (now the Champion of Blueberry Academy) has become TheResenter, having built up an unhealthy obsession with surpassing the player as revenge for all of the losses he's suffered against them. Fans have (tearfully) pointed out how a lot of the blame for this is on themselves.[[/labelnote]]

* The Lousy Three[[labelnote:Explanation (minor spoilers!)]]Carmine starts referring to the Loyal Three as the "Lousy Three" after she hears the truth about [[HeroWithBadPublicity Ogerpon]]. This nickname quickly caught on with fans due to how popular Ogerpon ended up being.[[/labelnote]]

* Official ''Pokémon'' yuri.[[labelnote: Explanation]]To celebrate ''Scarlet/Violet''[=‘s=] one year anniversary, a 3D animated music video to Music/{{YOASOBI}}’s “Biri-Biri” was released. The video showcases Juliana and Nemona doing various things together. At one point, we’re shown a downtrodden Juliana and a fretting Nemona who, upon meeting each other, brighten up with a Gengar taking their hands and having them holding them before jumping to a fireworks display where Nemona looks like she wants to say something but stops. Fans ''clearly'' saw the possible romantic undertones in this and went nuts.[[/labelnote]]
* You can come have a look at my room later too, if you want.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Carmine’s comment when she and the player character go to the player character’s room in The Indigo Disk [=DLC=] quickly sparked memes saying that the comment sounded a little suggestive in an adult way.[[/labelnote]]

* Onion-haired boy[[labelnote:Explanation (minor spoilers!)]]Kieran's new tied-up hairdo in The Indigo Disk looks like an onion to many fans, leading to more mockery and jokes against the kid.[[/labelnote]]
* "I don't know if the [Pokémon] is [common set] or [other common set] until I watch inside the box" [[TakeAThirdOption (something else entirely)]] "Shut up"[[note]][[https://twitter.com/_vividley/status/1741320800177684926 This meme]] branching off the Schrodinger's Cat meme took off to widespread popularity in the competitive battling scene, being repurposed and redrawn for all kinds of Pokémon that [[ConfusionFu force opponents to make wild guesses as to what sort of moveset it's using]].[[/note]]
* Dark Arven. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A player on Twitter [[https://ifunny.co/picture/4GH7CVBNA encountered a visual glitch]] where Arven's model failed to color correctly, making his hair and clothes entirely black. Fans were quick to jump on the glitch, saying that it was Arven's "emo phase" or suggesting that "Evil Arven" has the complete opposite personality as regular Arven.[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2735971-ogerpon See you in hell, you stupid fruit.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme that originally arose from a stock image of a woman juicing a fruit in a blender with her seemingly ''enjoying'' it a little too much and too aggressively. It became popular in the fandom due to how appropriate it seemed for Ogerpon and Pecharunt, the latter being a malevolent Pecha Berry responsible for the former's tragic backstory.[[/labelnote]]

* MILF Hunter Penny [[labelnote:Explanation]]In ''Mochi Mayhem'', Penny, upon visiting the player's house, remarks how "pretty" their mother is. Of course, the fandom [[https://www.tumblr.com/eggtempest/739279881379184640/really-loved-the-scarvi-epilogue had a field day]] with this quote and quickly [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] Penny to be a lesbian who's into older women, with some jokes comparing her to Okuyasu of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' who is similarly known for calling his friend Josuke's mother "hot".[[/labelnote]]
* Nemona vocal-stimming. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Even after she is freed from Pecharunt's control, Nemona still finds it fun to say "Mochi-mochi match!" for no particular reason. As Nemona is frequently headcanoned by fans to be on the autism spectrum due to her mannerisms and hyperfixation on battling, many have suggested her to be "stimming", a repetitive action that many with autism like doing as a means of stress or boredom relief.[[/labelnote]]

* Kiki's Delivery Service [[labelnote:Explanation]] Carmine's nickname for her brother is Kiki. Fans have JustForPun drawn the connection between Kieran and the Anime/KikisDeliveryService with some going so far as to make [[https://twitter.com/SubmasHell/status/1756121604831293871 art]] of it [[/labelnote]]

* Dialga ate a Beldum.[[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]]In an early leaked screenshot, Dialga's Origin Form looked like it had a large block in the middle of its neck, causing fans to joke that Dialga swallowed a Beldum and is choking. In full, it's more a blocky structure attached to the neck.[[/labelnote]]

** Okay, my favorite Pokémon is Landerous-Therion and yours is Ledian.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A counter-meme to the above, making fun of those who don't have the slightest idea how competitive works and the assumption the meme makes that says that the competitively viable Pokémon can't be people's favorites.[[/labelnote]]

* It's common to give the Legendaries from this Gen that people love (ExactWords is in play here; the Loyal Three and Pecharunt are [[TheScrappy widely reviled]] because of what they did to Ogerpon and the fact they're awful in competitive play) a TrademarkFavoriteFood:

** Ogerpon likes burgers. For BlackComedy, the burger is made out of parts of the Loyal Three.

** Okay, my favorite Pokémon is Landerous-Therion and yours is Ledian.[[lablenote:Explanation]]A counter-meme to the above, making fun of those who don't have the slightest idea how competitive works and the assumption the meme makes that says that the competitively viable Pokémon can't be people's favorites.[[/labelnote]]

* "In Sinnoh, you catch Pokémon...In Mother Hisui, [[RussianReversal Pokémon catch you]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]]In previous and subsequent core series games, battles with wild Pokémon always began with the player sending out one of their own Pokémon, and the player character themself never got involved in battles. As soon as it was revealed that, in ''Legends Arceus,'' Pokémon can and will attack the player directly until they throw out a Pokémon to defend themself, players turned to the Russian Reversal to sum up the role reversal. It sometimes crosses over with [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrone Mother Hisui Makes You Stronger,]] too. For bonus points, brown bears can be found in Russia, and Ursaring is a bear Pokémon that is brown and can be found in Hisui.[[/labelnote]]

* [[BossInMookClothing Level 40 Alpha Rapidash]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the Obsidian Fieldlands, all the Pokémon you encounter in the starting area of Aspiration Hill are low-level unevolved ComMons. That is, with the exception of a Level 40 Alpha Rapidash that is aggressive, can easily one-shot everything on your team before you can get off a single command, and is best to run away from. Some fans have liked it to the similarly memetic [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Territorial]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Rot]][[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3 bart]].[[/labelnote]]

* Dark Arven. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A player on Twitter [[https://ifunny.co/picture/4GH7CVBNA encountered a visual glitch]] where Arven's model failed to color correctly, making his hair and clothes entirely black. Fans were quick to jump on the glitch, saying that it was Arven's "emo phase" or suggesting that "Evil Arven" has the complete opposite personality as regular Arven.[[/note]]
* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2735971-ogerpon See you in hell, you stupid fruit.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme that originally arose from a stock image of a woman juicing a fruit in a blender with her seemingly ''enjoying'' it a little too much and too aggressively. It became popular in the fandom due to how appropriate it seemed for Ogerpon and Pecharunt, the latter being a malevolent Pecha Berry responsible for the former's tragic backstory.[[/note]]

* MILF Hunter Penny [[labelnote:Explanation]]In ''Mochi Mayhem'', Penny, upon visiting the player's house, remarks how "pretty" their mother is. Of course, the fandom [[https://www.tumblr.com/eggtempest/739279881379184640/really-loved-the-scarvi-epilogue had a field day]] with this quote and quickly [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] Penny to be a lesbian who's into older women, with some jokes comparing her to Okuyasu of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' who is similarly known for calling his friend Josuke's mother "hot".[[/note]]
* Nemona vocal-stimming. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Even after she is freed from Pecharunt's control, Nemona still finds it fun to say "Mochi-mochi match!" for no particular reason. As Nemona is frequently headcanoned by fans to be on the autism spectrum due to her mannerisms and hyperfixation on battling, many have suggested her to be "stimming", a repetitive action that many with autism like doing as a means of stress or boredom relief.[[/note]]

* Dark Arven. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A player on Twitter encountered a visual glitch where Arven's model failed to color correctly, making his hair and clothes entirely black. Fans were quick to jump on the glitch, saying that it was Arven's "emo phase" or suggesting that "Evil Arven" has the complete opposite personality as regular Arven.[[/note]]
* See you in hell, you stupid fruit. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A meme that originally arose from a stock image of a woman juicing a fruit in a blender with her seemingly ''enjoying'' it a little too much and too aggressively. It became popular in the fandom due to how appropriate it seemed for Ogerpon and Pecharunt, the latter being a malevolent Pecha Berry responsible for the former's tragic backstory.[[/note]]

* MILF Hunter Penny [[labelnote:Explanation]] In ''Mochi Mayhem'', Penny, upon visiting the player's house, remarks how "pretty" their mother is. Of course, the fandom had a field day with this quote and quickly [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] Penny to be a lesbian who's into older women, with some jokes comparing her to Okuyasu of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' who is similarly known for calling his friend Josuke's mother "hot". [[/note]]
* Nemona vocal-stimming. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Even after she is freed from Pecharunt's control, Nemona still finds it fun to say "Mochi-mochi match!" for no particular reason. As Nemona is frequently headcanoned by fans to be on the autism spectrum due to her mannerisms and hyperfixation on battling, many have suggested her to be "stimming", a repetitive action that many with autism like doing as a means of stress or boredom relief.[[/note]]

** From ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed/LeafGreen]]'', "You're not wearing shorts! What's wrong with you?"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc_0wfIuuzw Driftveil City's music]] has become a meme in two ways: one for sometimes being used in [=YTPMVs=], and the other for trending on Vietnamese [=TikTok=] due to it sounding similar to a typical wedding song from that country.
** It became more popular in late 2023 to early 2024 thanks to WebAnimation/CasVanDePol using it in his WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon video, were Toothless dances to it.

* Onion-haired boy[[labelnote:Explanation (minor spoilers!)]]Kieran's new tied-up hairdo in The Indigo Disk looks like an onion to many fans[[/labelnote]]

* ''Pokémon'' fans learn about convergent evolution for the first time[[labelnote:explanation]]When new Pokémon Wiglett was announced, the more critical side of the fanbase ended up criticizing it for its "lazy" design, either missing or outright ignoring that it was deliberately designed to be superficially similar to Diglett as an example of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_evolution convergent evolution]]. The fans who actually knew about it, or the ones that just didn't miss the memo, quickly took to mocking them with variants of this line.[[/labelnote]]

* The Pyroar King[[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Indigo Disk'' has an easter egg where in the Savannah Biome of the Terarium one can find a suspiciously Pride Rock-like ledge with a Pyroar standing on top in an obvious reference to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]''. Many players have jokingly added a Litleo to the scene to complete the image of Simba and Mufasa, or tried to push off the Pyroar/faint it in battle as a BlackComedy reference to Mufasa's death.
* Onion-haired boy[[labelnote:Explanation (Minor Indigo Disk spoiler)]]Kieran's new tied-up hairdo in The Indigo Disk looks like an onion to many fans[[/labelnote]]

* The Pyroar King[[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Indigo Disk'' has an easter egg where in the Savannah Biome of the Terarium one can find a suspiciously Pride Rock-like ledge with a Pyroar standing on top in an obvious reference to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]''. Many players have jokingly added a Litleo to the scene to complete the image of Simba and Mufasa, or tried to push off the Pyroar/faint it in battle as a BlackComedy reference to Mufasa's death.[[/labelnote]]

* Geeta is worst champion.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Many players found Geeta underwhelming because of her team, which was not optimized to its full potential, with Glimmora, a hazard-setter, being sent ''last'', and Kingambit, which gets stronger the more allies faint, being sent ''in the first half''. While a rather underwhelming fight, the fandom has fully Flanderized Geeta into either incompetent, a BadBoss, or both.[[/labelnote]]

** Ethical sushi.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The portrayal of all Pokémon as at least semi-sapient has raised lots of CarnivoreConfusion about where the meat shown as food comes from. Veluza having the ability to ''fillet away its own flesh'' and regrow it quickly is one surprising and rather... disturbing solution to the question.[[/labelnote]]