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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 19:09:32 No.45020015 View View Reply Original Report

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Stand by me! Oh stand by me!

Pokemon references This classic coming of age movie in the original games and references Wizard of Oz in FRLG.
The recent MV got me thinking, what other western media has Pokemon referenced?

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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 19:20:35 No.45020100 Report

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>>45020015
Bill turning into a Pokemon is a reference to The Fly.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 19:43:33 No.45020293 Report

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>>45020100
Oh hey you're right, his lab has the tanks and everything. I can't believe I've never thought of it in that way before.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 19:49:36 No.45020341 Report

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>>45020015
Kadabra was based on a Jewish magician, the dude himself sued the company for that and that's why we didn't see any new Kadabra stuff in the TCG and anime.

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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 22:09:55 No.45021397 Report

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>>45020015
A lot, actually. I think bulbapedia has a trivia page just for that, no?

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Anonymous Mon 05 Oct 2020 22:11:40 No.45021408 Report

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The whole line is basednoff of magicians. Alakazam's Japanese name is hudini

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