Pokémon

Pokémon is a media franchise that began life as a video game on Nintendo consoles, and has expanded into cartoons, toys, and other merchandise.
==References==
* Grover included Pokémon among his list of 140 characters in an acceptance speech during the 2010 Shorty Awards.
* Following the July 6, 2016 launch of the Pokémon Go mobile game, Cookie Monster posted a Facebook video for his own version of the game on August 9, 2016. Dubbed "Cookiemon Go", Cookie captures a Tea Biscuit before realizing that the cookies he's caught are only virtual. After he eats his phone, he surmises that it's not as delicious as a cookie, but it has a pretty good crunch.
==Muppet Mentions==
* In Chapter 2 of Volume 2 of the 1999 manga, Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Brock is seen relaxing in a bathhouse singing "Rubber Duckie."
* In the 2004 games Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, the player can encounter the Trainers Swimmer Luis in the Cerulean City Gym and Swimmer Maria on Kindle Road. 
* In the 2009 games Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver, the player can encounter the trainers, Bird Keeper Bert, and Bird Keeper Ernie on Route 20, a few steps from each other. A little further along the same route the player can encounter Swimmer Elmo.
* On March 28, 2019, the Twitter account for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu posted an image referencing the Evil Kermit meme. (Twitter)
==Connections==
*Tyler Bunch voiced Incineroar and other characters in the anime beginning with the fifteenth season (2012) under the pseudonym H.D. Quinn
*Ben Diskin voiced Lance in Pokémon Generations (2016 web series)
*Babi Floyd performed the PokéRap during the first season
*Bill Nighy played Howard Clifford in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019 film)
*Rita Ora played Dr. Ann Laurent and sang the song "Carry On" in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019 film)
*Katy Perry wrote and performed the song "Electric" for Pokémon 25: The Album (2021 album)
*Kathryn Raio-Rende sang the song "Follow Your Star" in Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011 film), the themes "Rival Destinies" and "It's Always You and Me" in the Pokémon Black & White series (2010-2013) , and the song "World of Wonder" for Eevee & Friends (2013 short film) 
*Ryan Reynolds played Harry Goodman and voiced Pikachu in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019 film)
*Pharrell Williams produced the ending theme "Electricity" for Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019 film)
*"Weird Al" Yankovic performed and wrote the song "Polkamon" for Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One (2000 film)
==External Links==
* Bulbapedia, a Pokémon wiki
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