History Memes / PokemonGames

** 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]]

* [[Wrestling/JimRoss BY GOD, IT'S KALOS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]''Legends Z-A'' was announced during the Pokémon Presents in February 2024, when largely everybody was expecting the next game to be set in Unova or Johto, and were caught completely off-guard when it turned out to be in Kalos instead.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Pokémon Legends Pizza''[[labelnote:Explanation]]The rather peculiar Z-A part of the title has left fans wondering what it means, with one common suggestion (ironically or unironically) being that the game is about piz''za'', supported by one of the final shots of the trailer being an overhead shot of Lumiose City which resembles a pizza.[[/labelnote]]

* Kieran memes:

* The Kalos Revolution[[labelnote:Explanation]]Given how the previous ''Legends'' game involved exploring the past of a region, a number of people have guessed the same will be applied to Kalos. Since Kalos is based off of France, it didn't take long for jokes to pop up about how the game will put the player through a Pokémon version of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution.[[/labelnote]]

* [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants 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]]

* They skipped Gen V[[labelnote:Explanation]]''Legends Z-A'' was announced during the Pokémon Presents in February 2024, when largely everybody was expecting Game Freak to stick to the established pattern and announce remakes for ''Black and White'', and they instead got a Legends game based on Generation VI while Generation V wasn't even mentioned.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Wrestling/JimRoss BY GOD, IT'S KALOS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Everyone was expecting the next game to be set in Unova or Johto, and were caught completely off-guard when it turned out to be in Kalos instead.[[/labelnote]]

!!''PokemonLegends Z-A''

!!''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsZA''

* BY GOD, IT'S KALOS WITH A STEEL CHAIR![[labelnote:Explanation]]Everyone was expecting the next game to be set in Unova or Johto, and were caught completely off-guard when it turned out to be in Kalos instead.[[/labelnote]]

** Armarouge and Ceruledge are ''Franchise/MegaMan'' characters.[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Armarouge and Ceruledge were revealed, fans noted that they looked like characters from the ''Mega Man'' series, pointing to their humanoid appearance, {{Cool Helmet}}s, BootsOfToughness, and ShouldersOfDoom – and the sleek shapes and the way the eyes are drawn specifically evoking the art style of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' – which lead to fanart that portrays them in an artstyle even closer to the ''Mega Man'' games, as well as a fan shiny design using [[VideoGame/MegaManX X and Zero]]'s colors for Armarouge and Ceruledge respectively. For a time, some suspected that Hitoshi Ariga, an illustrator previously involved with ''Mega Man'' who designed some Pokémon like Corviknight and Espathra, designed this evolutionary line as well.[[/labelnote]]

* "Who gets isekai'ed this time?"[[labelnote:Explaination]]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]]
* Emmet in France[[labelnote:Explaination]]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]]

** Does that make Ogerpon the child we got in the divorce?[[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]Kieran's ShipTease with the player and his envy of the player for getting Ogerpon has made many fans joke that this is a lovers' quarrel with Ogerpon being the child caught in the middle.[[/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]]
* Pokémon Legends Pizza[[labelnote:Explanation]]The rather peculiar Z-A part of the title has left fans wondering what it means, with one common suggestion (ironically or unironically) being that the game is about piz''za'', supported by one of the final shots of the trailer being an overhead shot of Lumiose City which resembles a pizza.[[/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]]
* Who gets Isekai’ed this time? [[labelnote:Explaination]] 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 ForTheLulz.[[/labelnote]]
* Emmet in France [[labelnote:Explaination]] 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]]

** Does that make Ogerpon the child we got in the divorce? [[labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]] Kieran's ShipTease with the player and his envy of the player for getting Ogerpon has made many fans joke that this is a lovers' quarrel with Ogerpon being the child caught in the middle. [[/labelnote]]

** Does that make Ogerpon the child we got in the divorce? [labelnote:Explanation ('''SPOILERS''')]] Kieran's ShipTease with the player and his envy of the player for getting Ogerpon has made many fans joke that this is a lovers' quarrel with Ogerpon being the child caught in the middle. [[/labelnote]]

* Mega Charizard Z [[labelnote:Explanation]]As soon as ''Legends: Z-A'' was revealed, 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]]

** Terapagos seems to be associated with pizza.

* [[http://ericlide.com/post/140034005134/poor-guy Zygarde has no game!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]With the announcement that the next ''Pokémon'' games are going to be for Generation VII, many people are joking about how there was no "Pokémon Z" game centering around Zygarde as a follow-up to ''X'' and ''Y'' like in previous generations.[[/labelnote]]

** Okay, my favorite Pokémon is Landerous-Therian 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]]

** "[[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]]