Just a Face and a Caption: Urban Legend Of Zelda.Pokemon

The image is depicting the truck near the S.S. Anne in Pokémon Red and Blue which was rumored to contain a Mew underneath if you used strength on it. However, the image is meaningless if you aren't aware of said rumor.

At the very least, pending other ideas, it needs some kind of explanatory or lampshading caption.

Agreed. We can assume familiarity a bit with work subpages.

Edit: How about we make the current quote the image caption, with the caption potholed to VideoGame.Pokemon XD Gale Of Darkness?

Edited by GastonRabbit on May 7th 2020 at 3:24:35 AM

See, for non-Pokemon fans, obviously this image is meaningless. But for fans, it's incredibly famous; I like the idea of using the quote as the caption to add some context.

Or, we can find something like the "how to get Yoshi" April Fool's joke.

You could add a second image under the truck to get the point across◊.

I second adding a caption but keeping the image. As a franchise page we can expect some familiarity with the work.

I support the idea of making the page quote an explanatory caption.

I can get behind making the page quote the caption.

I agree that subpages specific to works should require some familiarity with the work to get the pic, but this may be a little too obtuse (for the record, I've heard about the truck myths before). Maybe we could use the Pokegods as the illustration (those fake Pokemon people once thought can be found by some hardcore method)? Here's one idea that may still require explanation, but seems more like something fake:

Edited by Piterpicher on May 8th 2020 at 1:43:22 PM

I vote making the page quote an explanatory caption

Perhaps something about Red looking under the truck? (Preferably fanart to be illustrative).

I guess I have to be the one to look under the truck

Edited by Shadao on May 17th 2020 at 2:59:45 AM

I think that would work, and I think the page quote would work as a caption for that as well.

I suppose that 15 works, but couldn't I at least get some feedback on the Pokegods idea (I still think it could be clearer, maybe with improvement)?

Alright then. In regards to the Poké Gods, I think the issue that it's obviously fake. The text alone in the Pokédex is clearly fan-forgery and thus no one today would fall for it. Whereas the Mew under the Truck at least has some plausibility of being seen as true (since the Truck is real and the Mew Glitch is real).

Good point. They are a little too fabricated, and I don't feel like I'd be able to insert a Pokegod into a collage with a truck/other inaccesible area like 15 (as there are no fake/real screenshots of them appearing in battles). Thanks for clarifying the reasoning, at least.

15.

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