>>37855378>Oh right; and Gen 5 had Ernie and Bart so there’s that.You mean the Subway Bosses, right? Loose inspiration at best, I can barely see any similarity.
And it's not the matter of Pokemon games never referencing celebs. But they've never did it on such a big scale.
If previous generations are anything to go by, celeb/band-based E4 is way too much to expect. Some random NPC, perhaps. But not an entire set of GLs/Elite4.