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''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo 3DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.

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''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo 3DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, Platform/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Using the QR Scanner made the basement of the stream operator show up on the screen, with various plushes and figures representing Pokémon caught by Rrwq: set up in front of the camera, and ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena PBR]]'' matches running in the background. While they initially just stoically faced the camera, they were eventually put into various situations, including [[ConsoleCameo playing Nintendo consoles]], [[PutOnABus waiting inside a PC screen]] and later [[TelevisionPortal attempting to escape it]], or even [[RecursiveReality watching the stream itself]]. At times, it even showed [[SeriesMascot a basket of Pikachu merchandise]], or [[SurpriseCreepy a Mimikyu in the dark with static on a screen next to it]]. An incomplete list of these can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/c3xdv6/ultra_sun_qr_crew_a_compilation/ here]].

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Using the QR Scanner made the basement of the stream operator show up on the screen, with various plushes and figures representing Pokémon caught by Rrwq: set up in front of the camera, and ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena PBR]]'' matches running in the background. While they initially just stoically faced the camera, they were eventually put into various situations, including [[ConsoleCameo playing Nintendo consoles]], [[PutOnABus waiting inside a PC screen]] and later [[TelevisionPortal attempting to escape it]], or even [[RecursiveReality watching the stream itself]]. At times, it even showed [[SeriesMascot a basket of Pikachu merchandise]], or [[SurpriseCreepy [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment a Mimikyu in the dark with static on a screen next to it]]. An incomplete list of these can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/c3xdv6/ultra_sun_qr_crew_a_compilation/ here]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The Voices dressed me up in yellow as a joke, but look! I'll fit right in!"]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Source]][[https://old.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/7x3cph/ultra_sun_alola_im_roark_4/ "Alola! I'm Roark!" by GlaceonMyst]][[/labelnote]]]]

-> '''0d 6h 56m:''' Oh, god, we bought yellow capris. They are ''dreadful'' and now we are poor.
-> '''0d 6h 58m:''' We decide to play around with the Lens case Lillie gave us and now we have yellow eyes.
-> '''0d 7h 00m:''' We manage to put on the Yellow Alolan Exeggutor T-Shirt.
-> '''0d 7h 02m:''' And now we put on the Yellow Capris, as well. We are hideous and deserve to be mocked.
-->-- '''[[https://www.reddit.com/live/zr4lmzz2p2tp Live Updater]]''' for ''Twitch Plays Pokémon Ultra Sun''

''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo 3DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.

''Twitch Plays Pokémon Ultra Sun'' is the sixth and final run of Season 4; it began on November 25th, 2017, a week after the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSun'', and ended on December 9th, 2017. Several new features were introduced to the input system, including cardinal aliases ("n", "e", "w" and "s" respectively serve as equivalents to "up" "right", "left" and "down"), held inputs ("input-" keeps the input held down for longer), and dragged coordinates ("0,0>255,255", for instance, drags the stylus from the upper left to the lower right of the touchscreen).

Despite once more failing to pick a female Host to dress up, the Voices had a field day picking the clothes of [=Rrwq:=] ("Rick"/"Rorick"/"Roark"), who wound up with an outfit so yellow one could confuse him for a Pikachu; in fact, he eventually ended up wearing Pikachu ears, which he won ([[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup with great struggle]]) from the Pikachu Quiz. Thus, our appropriately brightly-dressed hero went on to defeat the [[LightDarknessJuxtaposition light-consuming Necrozma]], and became [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonSun the]] [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonWaningMoon third]] first Champion of Alola in ''TPP'' history.

See also [[http://twitchplayspokemon.org/ultrasun/ here]] for the archived progress of the game, [[http://thatswhatyouget.github.io/tpp-progress/run-status.html?run=Ultra%20Sun here]] for the archived status of the run, or [[https://www.reddit.com/live/zr4lmzz2p2tp here]] for live updates, which have been archived [[https://archive.tppleague.me/s04-06-ultrasun.html here]].

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!!''Twitch Plays Pokémon Ultra Sun'' contains examples of:

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Using the QR Scanner made the basement of the stream operator show up on the screen, with various plushes and figures representing Pokémon caught by Rrwq: set up in front of the camera, and ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena PBR]]'' matches running in the background. While they initially just stoically faced the camera, they were eventually put into various situations, including [[ConsoleCameo playing Nintendo consoles]], [[PutOnABus waiting inside a PC screen]] and later [[TelevisionPortal attempting to escape it]], or even [[RecursiveReality watching the stream itself]]. At times, it even showed [[SeriesMascot a basket of Pikachu merchandise]], or [[SurpriseCreepy a Mimikyu in the dark with static on a screen next to it]]. An incomplete list of these can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/c3xdv6/ultra_sun_qr_crew_a_compilation/ here]].
* CallBack: The QR Scanner at one point showed the Pokémon plushes [[https://i.redd.it/lr16s6gze9001.png watching TV]], with a Pikachu sitting close to the screen referencing the ''Twitch Plays Pokémon Channel'' itermission from Season 2.
* ColorMotif: If someone only knows one thing about the ''Ultra Sun'' run, it'll be that Rrwq:'s signature color is yellow. His final outfit was comprised of a Pikachu Shirt, a Pikachu Cap, Yellow Capris, Yellow Sporty Sneakers, a Yellow Sporty Backpack, Yellow Mirrored Sunglasses, yellow contact lenses, and platinum blonde hair.
* TheFaceless: While M4_Used_Rollout, the stream operator, was spotted on the QR Scanner camera on a few occasions, all that was ever seen of him is a pair of white gloves; his face proper was never actually shown.
* HistoryRepeats: For the [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonX fourth]] [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonSun time]] [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonWaningMoon in a row]], the Voices picked a white male protagonist as a Host in a game featuring {{character customization}}, much to their dismay.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Rrwq:'s Vikavolt is named "'''666'''7R RB ", which earned it the nickname of "Beelzebug" among the Voices.
* TelevisionPortal: At one point, the QR Scanner showed a bunch of Pokémon [[https://i.redd.it/mmekp9fwom101.png waiting inside the PC]]. When checking it again about three hours later, [[https://images.twitchplaysleaderboard.info/Screenshots/1512280857308.png said Pokémon were now in the process of escaping]].
* RecursiveReality: The QR Scanner allows Rrwq: to see the room inside which is the 3DS in which is played the game he is the protagonist of. To add another layer of recursion, [[RecursiveCanon a bunch of Pokémon games]] are also visible, including a physical copy of ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRedAnniversary Red Anniversary]]'' and some ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonArena Battle Revolution]]'' matches running on a Wii U Gamepad. And for yet ''[[MindScrew another]]'' level of recursion, Rotom was at one point seen [[https://i.redd.it/rrcdbqrh46101.png using the camera]] ''through'' the camera. It all culminated when the plushes were seen [[https://i.redd.it/sokgzdhmmu001.png watching the stream on which the plushes were watching the stream on which the plushes were watching the stream on which]]...

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