Pokémon Underground Champions League

The Pokémon Underground Champions League, also known as PUCL (pronounced PUCK-uhl), is a Pokémon-centric and fan site hosted and run by "Trainer Thatch". The podcast is known for its wacky humor, and is the successor to a short-lived podcast that debuted in March of that same year called PokéChat.
==Podcast==
The Pokémon Underground Champions League podcast or PUCL Podcast is known for its bizarre and eccentric humor, which includes fake commercials and interviews, a prolonged announcer intro, various cracks made towards Pokémon, their listeners and community members (who they call "PUCLonians"), and the hosts themselves; and several other recurring gags.
It is also known for its many recurring co-hosts who joins host "Thatch" in many of his show's episodes, its longevity (more than four years as of their ninetieth episode on February 12, 2012).
The P.U.C.L Podcast, due in part to its longevity, is reportedly considered above average by both their listeners and the host, Thatch."Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel] himself. "Happy Birthday P.U.C.L.!" December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
===History===
Before P.U.C.L., Thatch created a podcast called PokéChat that debuted in March 2007. The podcast ended after only a few episodes due to Thatch's then-inexperience with podcasting and his dissatisfaction with the show's format.
Thatch stated in an email to a Bulbapedia user, "P.U.C.L. was never actually intended to be a podcast.""Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel]. Message to "BulbaPediaAid". March 5, 2012. E-mail. When were released, he had several friends playing the games in his high school during the fall of the same year. He and his friends decided to try to set up various Pokémon tournaments together and, jokingly, wanted to make a club out of it. They spent a couple of days trying to come up with an acronym that made a "word", coming up with "Pokémon Underground Champions" or "P.U.C." (pronounced "puck") and using it for a couple of weeks. They then added "League" to the end, making the acronym "P.U.C.L." Thatch treats the name as nonsensical and hopes no one takes it as serious.
====100th Episode Celebration====
For P.U.C.L's 100th episode on July 14, 2012, Thatch hosted a 12-hour long live stream in which he cleaned a friend's house and recorded the one-hundredth episode live. Members of the P.U.C.L. community that watched the live stream earned a special badge to show that they were there. Many members from the P.U.C.L. community watched the live stream in celebration of P.U.C.L.'s milestone.
With the publishing of episode 100, PUCL became the first Pokémon audio podcast to produce and release 100 episodes.
===Segments===
As aforementioned, the podcast has made up many segments and running gags throughout its run. These include:
*Intro - The introduction to the show normally goes in the following order:
** - The podcast begins with either a humorous phrase spoken by one of the hosts or a scene skit that the hosts set up as a joke. One of the podcast's most notable teases came on episode 89 when an exhausted Sarge came in and explained to listeners that the reason why they have not made a new episode since episode 88 was supposedly because he and Thatch went on a very inexpensive vacation to that went horribly wrong which supposedly ends up with Thatch dying at the U.S.-Mexico border, only for Thatch to come in yelling that the story was a lie and that he's just lazy. Other segments include the hosts pretending to forget what their segment was going to be about, and sometimes puns revolving around the week's topic.
**"Theme song" of the episode - A random song was once played as the theme tune for the episode, with mostly various non-Pokémon-related and music played at the beginning. Pokémon-related songs have been played before, including official songs such as the original Pokémon Theme for the English dub and parodies of popular songs such as "" by ; some in their entirety. Occasionally, the intro song would just be sung by the podcast's hosts. Since 2013, an official PUCL theme song was recorded by the band Bocefus and the Thunder Types. The transitions between segments were also recorded by this band led by one of PUCL's announcers, Bocefus.
**Announcer - After the intro song of the episode is played, a campy announcer (Currently the voice of former comic Sarge) gives an introduction to the show in a humorously prolonged and ever-changing tone. The phrase as it currently is usually starts by saying a location in the Pokémon world where the podcast is supposedly being recorded then goes to its slogan, "It's the one, the only, Podcast!"
*News - After the introduction, P.U.C.L. starts with a Pokémon news segment, with the hosts recapping recent Pokémon-related events. Once, this segment started and ended with a playing of "", a piece originally composed by for .
*P.U.C.L.'s Pokéquiz - Thatch quizzes his co-hosts on their innate Pokémon knowledge with 5 questions. There are up to 7 points available each week, with one of the five questions being worth 2 points and an additional bonus point being awarded if the contestants can correctly answer all of the questions without using their hint. The scores carry over from week to week in a race to 30 points. The co-hosts can receive additional points for their appearances on the supplementary podcasts that P.U.C.L. produces.
*Main topic - The topic of the episode segment, which provides the titles for the podcast's episodes and is discussed by the hosts.
*Interviews - Mock interviews have been a part of the P.U.C.L. Podcast since the second episode when the Day-Care Man from Four Island was the first "interviewee" as the episode focused on breeding. These interviews happened early on in the podcast's run, but have been become less common later on, only being done on occasion when the hosts feel like it. The interviews tend to have exaggerated versions of various characters. 
*Commercials - P.U.C.L. always has a commercial break filled with fake commercials during each episode, normally after the topic of the episode. The commercials start after one of the hosts says, "We will catch you on the flip-flop!" Some of the more notable "commercials" include:
*"Poke" of the Episode - As with any other Pokémon podcast, P.U.C.L has a segment focusing on a Pokémon of the hosts' choosing. Referencing Smogon University's competitive usage articles, the hosts also look at their chosen Pokémon's Bulbapedia article and often read off the Pokémon's stats and "Trivia" section from there. Afterwards, they discuss their personal opinions of the chosen Pokemon.
*Mailbag - Listeners of the P.U.C.L. send in e-mails and feedback and are read on the air as part of the "Mailbag" segment. P.U.C.L. then asks a "Mailbag Question" that is answered in most e-mails for the next episode. While it is still recorded as the listeners' most favorite part of the podcast, the theme song for it is no longer a playing of "Mailtime" from the Nickelodeon children's show before Thatch and his co-hosts read the e-mails. Starting with episode 97, after they've read all the e-mails for the episode, the hosts award the "Green Tauros Badge" to an e-mailer who they think wrote the best e-mail of the episode based on grammar and content. The badge is added to the user's P.U.C.L. profile, provided that they have a profile on the website.
*Outro/"" - The podcast ends with Thatch giving a new "Mailbag Question" for the next episode and mentioning the e-mail address for listeners to send their feedback. After a bit of chatter and encouragement to check out the podcast's various social media outlets, Thatch usually says, "Until next time on the PUCL Podcast, I'm Trainer Thatch," then after the co-host(s) mention their names, Thatch continues, "And here at Lavender Town Radio Tower [where the podcast has supposedly been recorded], it's closing time." Before a recording of a P.U.C.L. unique closing song was made, during or after these final lines, the song "Closing Time" by alternative rock band played (with the first verse usually coming in right after Thatch says "it's closing time") until it faded out after the first chorus.
===Episode list===
P.U.C.L. Podcast episodes	P.U.C.L. Podcast episodes 	P.U.C.L. Podcast episodes 	P.U.C.L. Podcast episodes
 	Subject/ 	 	
1 	Meet the Hosts 	"Meet the hosts of the puclpodcast!" 	, 2007
2 	Breeding 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss breeding." 	2008
3 	Training Guide 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss how to train your pokes to the max!" 	2008
4 	Random Aspects 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about random stuff. Probably the worst episode ever." 	2008
5 	GTS 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the GTS." 	2008
6 	Kanto 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the ins and outs of Kanto." 	2008
7 	Move Combo's 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about move combinations." 	2008
8 	EV Training 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about EV training." 	2008
9 	Pokeballs 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Pokeballs." 	2008
10 	Super Smash Bros. Brawl 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new ." 	2008
11 	Stats 	"" 	2008
12 	A Pokemon Retrospective 	"" 	2008
13 	Johto 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Johto." 	2008
14 	Pokemon Leagues 	"" 	2008
15 	Pokemon The First Movie 	"" 	2008
16 	Hacking 	"" 	2008
17 	 	"Thatch and Zel discuss the ins and outs of berries." 	2008
18 	Hoenn/Gen 3 	"" 	2008
19 	Pokemon Types 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss pokemon types." 	2008
20 	Console Games 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the games for anything but the handheld ." 	2008
21 	Ultimate Training Guide Part 1 	"Thatch and Sycamore start their comprehensive training guide for noobs." 	July 29, 2008
22 	Ultimate Training Guide Part 2 	"Thatch and Sycamore continue their comprehensive training guide for noobs." 	August 2, 2008
23 	Ultimate Training Guide Part 3 	"" 	August 10, 2008
24 	The Metagame 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about ." 	August 15, 2008
25 	Pokemon Battle Revolution 	"" 	September 1, 2008
26 	Shiny Pokemon 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about ." 	September 18, 2008
27 	Pokemon the Movie 2000 	"" 	October 3, 2008
28 	Pokemon Names / Large Mailbag 	"Thatch and Sycamore read a large mailbag!" 	November 3, 2008
29 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about Legendary pokemon." 	November 17, 2008
30 	One Year Anniversary 	"" 	December 31, 2008
31 	 	"" 	January 11, 2009
32 	Sinnoh 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the newest region Sinnoh." 	January 31, 2009
33 	Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2 	"" 	February 9, 2009
34 	Evolution 	"" 	February 28, 2009
35 	Events 	"" 	March 17, 2009
36 	Abilities 	"" 	April 8, 2009
37 	Pokemon the Movie 3 	"" 	April 30, 2009
38 	Pokemon Remake Speculation 	"" 	May 1, 2009
39 	Pokemon 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new " 	June 7, 2009
40 	Pokemon on the GCN 	"" 	June 25, 2009
41 	Antagonists 	"Thatch and Norb discuss Antagonists." 	July 17, 2009
42 	Review 	"" 	July 27, 2009
43 	Platinum Battle Frontier 	"The hosts go over awesome stuff about the battle frontier" 	August 7, 2009
44 	Pokemon Ranch 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss Pokemon Ranch and await the update that never comes." 	September 4, 2009
45 	 	"Thatch and Speezi talk about the ultimate four trainers in the game." 	September 18, 2009
46 	More Mature Games 	"Thatch and Infinity talk about how awesome it would be to have more mature pokemon games." 	October 8, 2009
47 	Gym Leaders 	"Thatch and GTG talk about gym leaders." 	November 15, 2009
48 	/HGSS 	"" 	December 27, 2009
49 	The Anniversary 	"" 	December 31, 2009
50 	Items 	"Thatch and Toast discuss items." 	January 13, 2010
51 	 	"Thatch and Karl talk about berries." 	February 4, 2010
52 	5th Speculation 	"Thatch and Speezi speculate about the 5th Generation." 	February 18, 2010
53 	Pokemon 	"" 	February 25, 2010
54 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss TMs and HMs." 	March 8, 2010
55 	RGBY Manga 	"Thatch and Toast talk about the fi[r]st manga series and how awesome it is." 	March 27, 2010
56 	Team Rocket 	"Thatch, and all talk about Team rocket and their shenanigans." 	April 10, 2010
57 	Pokewalker 	"Thatch and New Guy discuss the pokewalker, and New Guy gets his !" 	April 20, 2010
58 	Pokemon 	"" 	, 2010
59 	 	"" 	May 14, 2010
60 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss how the metagame has changed since HGSS. " 	May 27, 2010
61 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk about the tiers of the metagame." 	June 5, 2010
62 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore talk abit about the generation 5 [games], the famous pokemon music from the ’90s and compare Pokemarts to s." 	June 27, 2010
63 	Rivals 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss rivals and even get an interview with one of Hoenn’s finest!" 	July 9, 2010
64 	 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss the hidden number values of breeding. Tune in on how to make your pokemon stronger!" 	July 29, 2010
65 	Remakes 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the old games that had the chance to be relived." 	August 25, 2010
66 	Spin off Games 	"Thatch and Toast talk about the spin off games they think mattered." 	September 9, 2010
67 	Pokemon Memes 	"Thatch and discuss and quote some of the most memorable pokemon ." 	September 30, 2010
68 	Online Communities 	"Thatch and Toast Talk about Pokemon communities in an iffy sound quality." 	October 30, 2010
69 	Breeding Pokemon 	"Thatch and Infinity talk on this legendary episode of innuendos. They discuss breeding without mistakes and ask you a question and call all Puclonians to send in their mail." 	November 6, 2010
70 	Pokemon Retrosode 	"Thatch and GTG reminisce about the old days of pokemon and PUCL." 	November 13, 2010
71 	Pokemon Heros (5th Movie) 	"Thatch and review the 5th movie and give their opinion on the franchise itself." 	November 23, 2010
72 	Mewtwo Returns 	"Thatch and go over the sequel of the first pokemon movie." 	December 5, 2010
73 	New Stuff in 	"Thatch and Sycamore discuss the things they find weird and interesting in the new Black and White Pokemon games." 	December 23, 2010
74 	3rd Anniversary 	"" 	January 5, 2011
75 	Pokemon History 	"Thatch and Sycamore use their new mic to bring you this awesome show." 	January 13, 2011
76 	Love Hate Relationship 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the things they hate about the pokemon games." 	February 7, 2011
77 	 	"With the release of coming out what better topic than to reflect and give one more hoorah to the games that hosted the 4th generation." 	March 1, 2011
78 	Team Building 	"Thatch and Aero discuss this long awaited topic and teach you how to build a better team of pokemon to beat your friends." 	March 27, 2011
79 	Pokemon 	"Thatch and the Apprentice discuss the newest pokemon games, and talk about other cool PUCL events." 	May 16, 2011
80 	Pokemon 	"I can’t believe we haven’t done an episode on this. App and Thatch talk about the first pokemon games released in the US." 	May 28, 2011
81 	Pokepark Wii 	"Thatch and the Apprentice talk about the going ons in the PUCL and Pokemon worlds and then discuss the “meh” game of Pokepark Wii." 	June 4, 2011
82 	Pokemon the 6th Movie: Jirachi Wishmaker 	"Thatch and App talk about this movie and the decline of quality between pokemon movies, thus far." 	June 11, 2011
83 	 	"Thatch and Sarge go over the exciting happenings in the orange islands in the Second Season of the Anime." 	June 18, 2011
84 	Religion in Pokemon 	"This episode Thatch and the Apprentice talk about how Religion has affected the pokemon video games. No harm was intended to anyone." 	June 26, 2011
85 	Things in Pokemon that make us Angry 	"Thatch and the Apprentice talk about things that make them upset in the pokemon games. They also bring back interviews!" 	, 2011
86 	Pokemon Movie 7: Destiny Deoxys 	"Thatch and App discuss this next feature film and how to classify pokemon on site!" 	July 16, 2011
87 	Pokemon TCG 	"Thatch and App talk about the TCG until App goes to rehab and a surprise guest comes in to replace him!" 	July 24, 2011
88 	Regions 	"Thatch and Thingy talk about the pokemon regions!" 	August 9, 2011
89 	Odd Evolutions 	"Sarge breaks to the PUCL community about the long wait. And de[c]ides to go ahead and in Thatch’s stead make an episode!" 	December 3, 2011
90 	Pokemon Conspiracies 	"Thatch, Sarge and App bring back the PUCL Podcast with a vengeance, while talking about conspiracies and give you all one simple answer. Aliens." 	February 12, 2012
91 	P.U.C.L. Happenings 	"Your favorite hosts ramble on about whats happening in PUCL and how there was only a two week gap between episodes." 	February 27, 2012
92 	Pokemon Black and White 2... 2 	"Thatch[,] Sarge and App talk about all the new stuff that has been revealed for the newest pokemon games and hope they make it to them soon!" 	April 27, 2012
93 	Shipping 	"Thatch and App discuss the odd topic of shipping and their opinions of what it is to be." 	May 21, 2012
94 	Pokemon Snap 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about this classic game and how badly a sequel is needed." 	June 3, 2012
95 	Gym Leaders Part 1 	"Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the first 2 generations of pokemon gym leaders and their legacy." 	June 11, 2012
96 	Gym Leaders Part 2 	"Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the gym leaders that they did not complete last time." 	June 18, 2012
97 	Pokemon Conquest 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the newest pokemon spin off game, pokemon conquest. They also award the first ever email of the episode badge!" 	June , 2012
98 	League Team building 	"Thatch and Sarge go over the basics of team building and award a new email of the episode badge!" 	July 1, 2012
99 	The Elite Four 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the Elite Four members of every region and reveal some of the PUCL 100 plans so stick around on the website if you want to find out more!" 	July 9, 2012
100 	The Ultimatum on Pokemon Communities 	"Thatch, Sarge, and App Celebrate in Style!" 	July 14, 2012
101 	 	"Thatch and Sarge discuss this extra 5th gen feature that apparently no one likes. Also the music sucks." 	July 29, 2012
102 	 	"Thatch and Sarge haven't quite finished Ash Gray so they talk about upcoming side features!" 	August 6, 2012
103 	Black and White 2 	"Thatch, App, and discuss the new game that was just released internationally and their opinions of it." 	October 20, 2012
104 	Pokémon X and Y 	"Thatch, Sarge and Misty discuss the newest addition to the Pokemon series!" 	January 21, 2013
105 	Starters 	"Thatch,Sarge, and App talk about all of the starters across every generation." 	February 3, 2013
106 	Ash Grey 	"Thatch, Sarge, and App start their conversation with this hacked Rom that is a delightful blast of nostalgia." 	February 24, 2013
107 	Remakes 	"Thatch and Sarge discuss the plausibility of remakes, and their quality." 	March 10, 2013
108 	Nuzlocke 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about their Nuzlocke journeys!" 	March 24, 2013
109 	More X and Y News 	"Thatch, Sarge, and App discuss all of the X and Y news since the last episode! New Music provided by Bocefus and the Thunder-types." 	June 8, 2013
110 	E3 Pokemon X and Y News 	"X and Y news from E3 is discussed." 	June 17, 2013
111 	Fan Conspiracies 	"Thatch and Bocefus talk about fan conspiracies." 	July 9, 2013
112 	How the Pokemon World Works 	"The intricacies of the Pokemon world are discussed." 	July 16, 2013
113 	More X and Y News 	"More news about the sixth generation games." 	September 16, 2013
114 	Transportation in Pokemon 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about transportation in pokemon." 	September 29, 2013
115 	Pokemon X and Y Initial Reactions 	"Thatch, Bocefus, Cleary, App, Mr. Thingy, and Infinity all discuss their first impressions of the new game." 	October 17, 2013
116 	Pokemon X and Y review 	"Thatch and Sarge discuss the brand new games after having them for 2 weeks." 	October 26, 2013
117 	The Metagame after X and Y 	"Thatch and Scizorkick discuss the metagame and the effect X and Y are having on it thus far!” 	November 9, 2013
118 	Pokémon Origins 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about Pokemon Origins and how awesome it was to relive the old Pokemon games!” 	November 24, 2013
119 	Breeding 	"Thatch, Sarge, and Bocefus discuss all the changes made to breeding this past generation.” 	December 8, 2013
120 	Little things in X and Y 	"Thatch and Sarge talk about the small aspects of X and Y they like and reveal a new tournament that PUCL is hosting next month!” 	December 14, 2013
121 	Future Pokemon Games Speculation 	"Thatch, Sarge and Misty talk about what they think will be the next Pokemon releases.” 	January 16, 2014
122 	The VGC’s 	"Thatch and Bocefus discuss every aspect of the Pokémon Tournaments, both VGCs and TCG.” 	January 26, 2014
123 	Pokemon Bank 	"Thatch and Scizorkick discuss the Pokemon Bank!“ 	February 18, 2014
124 	Twitch Plays Pokemon 	"Thatch and Scizorkick join forces once again to discuss the current Twitch Play Pokemon fad.” 	March 2, 2014
125 	Can’t Live With ‘Em Can’t Live Without ‘Em 	"Thatch, Scizorkick, and Cleary all discuss those Pokemon that they think are awesome, but are horribly unusable in the metagame.” 	March 17, 2014
126 	3rd Gen Remake Speculation 	"Thatch, Bocefus, and Ethan (Mr.Thingy) Discuss the possibility of 3rd get remakes!” 	March 31, 2014
127 	Trozei and Other Topics 	"Thatch, Scizorkick, and Cleary all come in to discuss the new Trozei game and various other aspects of their video game histories.” 	April 14, 2014
128 	Top 10 Competitive Pokemon 	"Thatch, Cleary, and Dr. Shamu discuss P.U.C.L.’s favorite competitive Pokemon” 	April 28, 2014
129 	 	"Thatch, Cleary, Ethan and Dr. Shamu discuss the recently revealed remakes and what they hope to see from it.” 	May 12, 2014
130 	Legendaries 	"Thatch, Scizor, and Ethan update the legendaries episode from 2008.” 	May 19, 2014
131 	Regional Devices 	"Thatch, Bocefus, and newcomer Ransom discuss all the regional devices in the video games.” 	May 27, 2014
132 	TeamBuilding 	"Thatch, Shamu and Scizor all talk about ways to build a competitive Pokemon team!” 	June 3, 2014
133 	Speculation of Future Pokemon Games 	“Bocefus, Scizorkick, and Ethan gear up on this special episode of PUCL to discuss what games they think Game Freak and Nintendo are going to throw at us.” 	June 9, 2014
134 	Not Fully Evolved Pokemon 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Dr. Shamu get together and do an episode on these under appreciated Pokemon.” 	June 16, 2014
135 	Pokemon Timeline 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Ethan gather to discuss what Pokemon fans know about the timeline.” 	June 23, 2014
136 	Pokemon Geography 	“Thatch, Sarge, and App discuss how the real world and the Pokemon world are kind of one and the same.” 	June 30, 2014
137 	Non-U.S. Pokemon Games 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Shamu get together for this great unplugged American Episode of PUCL.” 	July 7, 2014
138 	Super Secret Chocolaty ORAS News 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Scron talk about all of the news revealed this past week.” 	July 14, 2014
139 	Pre-Released Pokemon 	“Thatch, Scizorkick, and Dr. Shamu all talk about how Pokemon sometimes get released before Pokemon games.” 	July 21, 2014
140 	Top 10 Competitive Items 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Scizorkick all discuss their top 10 competitive items!” 	July 28, 2014
141 	Berries 	“Thatch, Scron, and Ethan discuss berries, what they are, what they can do, and how to grow them.” 	August 4, 2014
142 	Mega Evolution 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Cleary all discuss mega evolution.” 	August 11, 2014
143 	Pokemon Antagonists 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Scizorkick debate which team of villains in the Pokemon game were the best at their jobs.” 	August 17, 2014
144 	The TCG 	“Thatch has Scron and Bocefus talk about the current state of the TCG and how the TCG has been taking over their lives.” 	August 25, 2014
145 	To Hack or Not to Hack 	“Thatch, Shamu, and Scron discuss the ethics of Hacking.” 	September 1, 2014
146 	OOOOOO Shiny 	“Thatch, Bo, and Ethan talk about Shinies and how to become a great shiny hunter.” 	September 8, 2014
147 	PUCL Telethon 	“Bocefus and Scizorkick host a Telethon to get Thatch back on his feet! ” 	September 15, 2014
148 	Female Perspective of Pokemon 	“Thatch has Misty and Switzy talk about their opinions of women in the Pokemon fanbase.” 	September 22, 2014
149 	Pokémon Myths 	“Thatch has Scron and Ethan over in the Radio Tower today to discuss some of their favorite in game legends and myths.” 	September 29, 2014
150 	PUCL Celebrations 	“Thatch, Sarge, Bocefus, Scron, Dr. Shamu, and Ethan all get together to celebrate PUCL in this live episode.” 	October 6, 2014
151 	Origins of Pokemon 	“Thatch, Scizorkick, and Scron get together to discuss the origin of several Pokemon designs.” 	October 13, 2014
152 	How X and Y Changed Pokemon 	“Thatch, Cleary, and Dr. Shamu talk about how Pokemon X and Y have changed Pokemon in the past year.” 	October 20, 2014
153 	ORAS Hype 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Shamu talk about excited they are for these new games.” 	October 27, 2014
154 	Creepy Pastas 	“A couple days late to Halloween Scizorkick, Ethan, and Thatch talk about these Spooky Stories.” 	November 3, 2014
155 	Competitive vs Casual (Writer’s Appreciation Episode)	“Thatch has Scron, Viger, Beorn, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott on the show to discuss their articles and just competitive vs casual Pokemon players on the show.” 	November 10, 2014
156 	Pokemon Fan Games 	“Thatch, Scron, Gator, and the Indie Developer by the name of Dan Man discuss Pokemon fan games.” 	November 17, 2014
157 	ORAS Launch Live Show 	“Thatch, Scizorkick, Scron, Ethan, Dr. Shamu, Viger, and Gator team up this episode to hang out and talk about the new Pokemon game that was released.” 	November 24, 2014
158 	PokéNav Plus 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Viger discuss the newest tool in Pokemon, the Pokenav Plus.” 	December 1, 2014
159 	Super Secret Bases 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, Gator, and Mikey from pokemoncrossroads.com discuss the ins and outs of secret bases.” 	December 8, 2014
160 	ORAS Metagame Changes 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Misty discuss the changes made to the metagame due to the release of ORAS.” 	December 15, 2014
161 	2015 VGC Format 	“Thatch, Scron, and SublimeManic discuss the changes to the VGC format this upcoming year.” 	December 22, 2014
162 	Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS 	“Ethan, Scron, and Viger discuss the recently released Smash Bros Game.” 	December 29, 2014
163 	2015 Speculation 	“Thatch, Scizorkick, and Viger discuss their predictions for what Game Freak might bring to us in 2015.” 	January 5, 2015
164 	Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Scizorkick discuss the Pokemon Pinball game. It’s addicting.” 	January 12, 2015
165 	Pokemon TCG for GBC 	“Ethan, Bo, and Viger discuss the Pokemon Trading Card Game for the Gameboy and on the 3DS eShop.” 	January 19, 2015
166 	Top 10 NPCs 	“Thatch, Scron, and Dr. Shamu all sit down and talk about their top 10 NPCs in the Pokemon games.” 	January 26, 2015
167 	Intro to Competitive Battling 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Dr. Shamu get together to put this guide of how to get competitive battling together.” 	February 2, 2015
168 	Top 10 Hidden Abilities 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Dr. Shamu discuss their top 10 Pokemon that were made viable due to their hidden abilities.” 	February 9, 2015
169 	Pokemon X and Y Anime 	“Thatch, Viger, and MickeyPanda get together to talk about their opinions on the recent Pokemon X and Y anime.” 	February 16, 2015
170 	The Pokemon Economy 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, Gator, and Illusdark8 from Radio Whirlwind get together and talk how they believe the Pokemon economy works.” 	February 23, 2015
171 	The Pokemon Multiverse Theory 	“Thatch, Scron, and Viger get together to discuss the popular Pokemon multiverse theory!” 	March 2, 2015
172 	Top 10 Hated Pokemon We Like 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Scron discuss their favorite Pokemon that are not popular among other fans.” 	March 9, 2015
173 	Eeveelutions 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Gator discuss some of the fandom’s favorite Pokemon.” 	March 16, 2015
174 	Top 10 Legendary Pokemon 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Scizorkick get together and talk about their top 10 favorite legendary Pokemon.” 	March 23, 2015
175 	Pokemon That Should Evolve 	“Thatch, Viger, and Gator discuss what Pokemon they think should have an evolution.” 	March 30, 2015
176 	Easter Eggs 	“Thatch, Scron, and Viger discuss various easter eggs they have come across in the Pokemon franchise.” 	April 6, 2015
177 	Type Matchups 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Viger talk about why they think type matchups work the way they do.” 	April 13, 2015
178 	 	“Thatch, Shamu and Gator celebrate the release of Mewtwo DLC for Smash Bros by discussing everything Mewtwo” 	April 20, 2015
179 	Pokemon Rumble World 	“Thatch, Shamu, and Viger all discuss the newest Pokemon release: Pokemon Rumble World.” 	April 27, 2015
180 	Weird Pokedex Entries 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Shamu all share some of their favorite Pokedex entries” 	May 4, 2015
181 	Pokemoms 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Scron talk about the mothers of Pokemon and discuss many aspects of the Pokemon Franchise.” 	May 11, 2015
182 	Future Game Speculation 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Dr. Shamu get together and talk about what they hope to see for Pokemon in the next year.” 	May 18, 2015
183 	Freeform Show: Things That Annoy Us 	“Thatch gets together with Shamu, Misty, The Fluffiest Whimsicott, and Beorn to do a special episode where all things Pokemon are mentioned.” 	May 25, 2015
184 	Reminiscing Pokemon 	“Thatch, Bo, and Scron get together and talk about the good old days of Pokemon.” 	May 31, 2015
185 	Nicknames 	“Thatch, Shamu, and Viger get together and discuss the concept of nicknaming everyone’s favorite pets.” 	June 8, 2015
186 	Unused Dual Types 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Viger discuss unused dual types and which ones they think would be interesting to have.” 	June 15, 2015
187 	Pokemon VGC 	“Thatch and Gator welcome a special guest Goomy to talk about his experience in the VGC after placing 4th in the UK Nationals in 2014.” 	June 22, 2015
188 	Glitches 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Viger all talk about their favorite glitches from the Pokemon franchise.” 	June 29, 2015
189 	PUCLcon!! (VGC Nationals Episode) 	“Thatch, Scron, Mr. Sniffles, Mr. Maximus, Reveneight, General VC, and Misty get together in a rather muggy hotel room to discuss all of the awesome things they saw at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, IN.” 	July 6, 2015
190 	Pokemon International Survey 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Mr.Maximus all go through a survey that the Pokemon International Company has put out to better serve the community with Pokemon merchandise.” 	July 13, 2015
191 	Pokemon Clones 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Ethan gather to discuss a variety of topics. Including the legacy of Satoru Iwata, the prospects of a new game, and Pokemon Clone games such as Yokai Watch.” 	July 19, 2015
192 	Competitive Archetypes 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Scron discuss the basics of competitive Pokémon team archetypes.” 	July 27, 2015
193 	Underappreciated Pokémon 	“Thatch, Viger, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss under appreciated Pokémon and how to appreciate them.” 	August 3, 2015
194 	Rivals 	“Thatch, Viger, and Mr. Maximus discuss the variety of rivals in the game series that have shown up over the years.” 	August 10, 2015
195 	VGC Team Archetypes 	“Thatch, Scron, and Sublimemanic talk about VGC team archetypes just in time for the Pokémon World Championships.” 	August 17, 2015
196 	 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Dr. Shamu talk about the RGB Pokémon Adventures manga.” 	August 24, 2015
197 	Pokémon Contests 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Viger get together and talk about Pokémon contests and what they think about their return in ORAS.” 	August 31, 2015
198 	The Post Game 	“Thatch, Ethan, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott get together and talk about the cool things to do after beating the elite four.” 	September 7, 2015
199 	Pokémon Go and Pokémon Z 	“Thatch, Scron, and Viger go over a lot of the recent news that was revealed this week!” 	September 14, 2015
200 	Favorite Pokémon 	“Thatch, Bocefus, Dr. Shamu, Ethan, Gator, Mr. Maximus, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott get together to produce a live episode where the gang talks about a variety of things, such as their favorite Pokémon and Scron and Viger’s quest to retrieve Thatch’s oil tanker.”	September 21, 2015
201 	Pokémon Types That Don’t Make Sense 	“Thatch, Mr. Maximus, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss Pokémon they think have the wrong types.” 	September 28, 2015
202 	Little Cup 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Viger get together and talk about little cup and how to succeed in it.” 	October 5, 2015
203 	Top 10 Worst Abilities 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Scron all get together to discuss the worst abilities in all of Pokémon.” 	October 12, 2015
204 	Starters 	“Thatch, Whimsicott, and Mr. Maxiumus jump into a discussion of all of the starters to date and which one’s are awesome as well as some Pokémon news.” 	October 19, 2015
205 	Kalos 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and The Fluffiest Whimsicott get together and gush over the beautiful Kalos region and the things they love about it.” 	October 26, 2015
206 	Future Features We Want to See 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Viger get together and talk about the latest Pokémon news, including the U.S. distribution. They also talk about features they would like to see in future episodes.” 	November 2, 2015
207 	Unanswered Questions in Pokémon 	“Thatch, Scron, and Gator answer fan submitted questions about some mysteries that are left open ended in the Pokémon franchise.” 	November 9, 2015
208 	Event Pokémon 	“Thatch, Ethan, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss Ethan’s return to PUCL his delta episode playthrough, the recent nintendo direct, and event Pokémon.” 	September 7, 2015
209 	Wondertrade and the GTS 	“Thatch, Gator, and Mr. Maximus discuss the latest and greatest ways to trade Pokémon: Wondertrade and the GTS.” 	November 22, 2015
210 	Things That Should Be Retconned 	“Thatch, Scron, Viger, Mr. Maximus, and Snag get together for a shorter P.U.C.L. episode this week due to Thanksgiving. They talk about things they want to see come back in future video games.” 	November 30, 2015
211 	Pokémon’s Big Year is 2016 	“Thatch, Ethan, and Dr. Shamu talk about all of the awesome stuff coming in 2016.” 	December 7, 2015
212 	VGC 2016 Ruleset 	“Thatch, Bocefus, Mr. Maximus, and Sublimemanic all have a discussion about the VGC rules for 2016 and what Pokémon to look out for.” 	December 14, 2015
213 	Pokémon GO Gyms and Teams 	“Thatch, Scron, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss a recent interview done with Niantic about the production of Pokémon GO and their inclusion of Teams and Gyms.” 	December 21, 2015
214 	Is Pokémon an Esport 	“Thatch, Ethan and Viger discuss whether Pokémon can be seen as an e-sport.” 	December 28, 2015
215 	Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon 	“Thatch, Scron, and Viger give their thoughts on the latest Mystery Dungeon game. They talk about the new Patreon and new PUCL content coming this year.” 	January 4, 2016
216 	Nuzlockes and More 	“Thatch, Mr. Maximus, and the Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss Nuzlockes and the various forms they take.” 	January 11, 2016
217 	Pokémon’s 20th Anniversary 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Mr. Sniffles, all join together to talk about all the awesome things Pokémon is doing to celebrate its 20th Anniversary!” 	January 18, 2016
218 	Type 	“Thatch, Maximus, and Sublimemanic discuss how the addition of fairy type.” 	January 24, 2016
219 	Detective Pikachu 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Sublimemanic discuss the newly announced Detective Pikachu game as well as cover a lot of the latest news.” 	January 31, 2016
220 	Spin Off Capture Mechanics 	“Thatch, Dr. Shamu, and Scron discuss their favorite capture mechanics from the various Pokémon spin off games.” 	February 8, 2016
221 	and 7th Gen 	“Thatch, Ethan and Viger talk about the newly revealed Pokémon Magiana and speculate on the future of the franchise!” 	February 15, 2016
222 	Future Features 	“With the 20th anniversary of Pokémon on the horizon, Thatch, Maximus, and The Fluffiest Whimsicott discuss features they would like to see in the next game to be announced.” 	February 22, 2016
223 	Announcement! 	“With the announcement of new pokemon games Thatch, Scron, and Mr. Maximus join forces to discuss the newest addition to the franchise.” 	February 29, 2016
224 	Where in the World is Pokémon Sun and Moon 	“Thatch, Whimsicott, and Gator, get together and talk about where they think Pokémon Sun and Moon might be located.” 	March 7, 2016
225 	What We Hope Isn’t in Sun and Moon 	“Thatch, Bocefus, and Shamu discuss things that they hope don’t make it into Sun and Moon.” 	March 14, 2016
==Reception==
P.U.C.L. sits at 279 ratings in iTunes with a solid 4.5 star rating. Currently, it has 237 five star reviews, and 23 one star reviews.
==Website==
The website is also called the Pokémon Underground Champions League, but is actually located at and called on the podcast, PUCLPodcast.com. The site has been redesigned several times; the most recent site renovation, called P.U.C.L. 5.0, was completed on June 20, 2012.
===Badges===
"Badges" were introduced in P.U.C.L. 5.0 along with improved user profiles for users. Similar to , they are awarded to users to do P.U.C.L.-related things, such as following the podcast and website on social networking sites, writing a P.U.C.L. Podcast review on iTunes, and winning P.U.C.L. League tournaments. Some badges require users to send an e-mail to P.U.C.L. stating that they've completed the task required to earn the particular badge, while others are given out for certain one-time-only events, such as the "PUCL 100 Badge" for watching the 100th Episode Celebrations live. Badges also have points attached to them, similar to Gamerscores; the top ten users with the most badge points are shown on a leaderboard on the website's sidebar.
Badges as of now represents someone's ability to enter the U.U.T.C. which is a P.U.C.L tournament. However only specific badges will allow the player accesses to the tournament, most of them gained by winning Pokémon battles against the staff members of P.U.C.L, or doing things involving there social media pages.
===Badge list===
P.U.C.L Badges	P.U.C.L Badges 	P.U.C.L Badges	P.U.C.L Badges
 	Description 	 	
Combee O’s Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CobeeOs-copy.png	Are you eating a well balanced breakfast? No Combee O’s? Then You’re Not!
 Earn this badge by coming to the chatbox when a mod is there 5 separate days	100 	
Donation Badge 
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/donation-copy.png	Earn this badge by donating to PUCL and earn our eternal gratitude.	150 	
Entei Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Entei-Badge-copy.png	When Entei barks volcanoes erupt.
 Staff can earn this badge by providing 3 months of service to PUCL	25 	
Facebook Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Facebook-Badge-copy.png	Receive this Badge for Liking PUCL on Facebook.
 This badge counts towards the entrance to the 2015 U.U.T.C.	25 	
Feraligatr Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Feraligatr-Badge-copy.png	Feraligatr is a ferocious Pokémon with powerful Jaws.
 Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Thatch anytime throughout the year	50 	
Geodude Rag Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/geodude-rag2-copy.png	It’s just a geodude and you wipe up the mess until it gets really mad.
 You can earn this badge by having accrues 20 posts on the forums. 
 This badge counts towards entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	10 	
Green Tauros Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/GTBadge-copy.png	Drink the Energy Drink that gives you Hooves!
 You can receive this badge when the hosts think you have the best email of the episode. 
 This Badge counts towards your entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	50 	
Hoothoot Spotlight Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hoothoot-copy.png	Hoothoot Spotlights are great for hosting movie Premiers!
 Earn this badge by attending a P.U.C.L. Movie Night! 
 This badge counts toward entrance into the 2015 U.U.T.C.	30 	
Houndoom
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HoundoomBadge-copy.png	Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokémon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests
 You get this Badge for defeating Cleary in the PUCL 2014 Summer League. This counts 2015 U.U.T.C. Entrance.	50 	
Jolteon Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/JolteonBadge-copy.png	Jolteon is the fastest of the Eeveelutions
 Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Bocefus anytime throughout the year.	50 	
Raikou Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Raikoubadge-copy.png	Raikou has been known to run across the land shooting lightning bolts at will.
 Staff members can earn this badge by contributing to PUCL for one month.	25 	
Roggenrola Roller Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/roggenrola-copy.png	Its a roggenrola that you kinda just roll around.
 This Badge is can be obtained by hitting the 150 post mark on the forums. 
 This Badge counts towards the entrance to the 2015 U.U.T.C.	40 	
Scizor Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Scizorbadge.png	Scizor is a Pokémon whose body is the hardness of steel.
 Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Scizorkick anytime throughout the year.	50 	
Shuckle Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Shuckle-badge-copy.png	Shuckle is a Pokémon that loves to store berries in its shell.
 Earn this badge that counts toward the 2015 U.U.T.C. entrance by defeating Dr. Shamu anytime throughout the year.	50 	
Suicune Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Suicune-Badge-copy.png	Suicune has been seen walking across water.
 Staff can obtain this badge by providing 6 months of service to PUCL.	50 	
Twitter Badge
 http://www.puclpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Twiiter-copy.png	Receive this Badge when you have followed PUCL on twitter.
 This Badge Counts towards your entrance to the 2015 UUTC.	25 	
===Chat===
The website currently runs its chat through Discord.
===P.U.C.L. Block===
The P.U.C.L. Block was a live video show hosted by Thatch and a number of past staff members, with Infinity the show's "Conan O'Brien" aka Big Kahuna would end with either small news segments or just a story of his adventures in Pokémon.
===League===
The "P.U.C.L. League" is the competitive battling portion of the Pokémon Underground Champions League. It has recently been redone for the new P.U.C.L. 5.0 site redesign.
==Staff==
===Current===
;Thatch
:Host, webmaster, and co-founder of P.U.C.L..
;Bocefus
:Current Secretary of P.U.C.L., and Musical Consultant
;Misty
:Occasionally a co-host.
;"Artist formally Known as Mister Thingy" A.K.A Ethan
: Admin / Author
;Scron
:Editor in Chief and Recurring Cohost
;Viger
:PokéNews article writer and Recurring Cohost
;DrShamu
:Tournament Organizer and Recurring Cohost
;GatorMaximus
:Social Media Outreach Professional
;Beorn, LordJushiro, MickeyPanda, TheFluffiestWhimsicott, and SublimeManic
:The remaining members of the P.U.C.L Writing Team.
===Past===
All past staff mentioned here have been co-hosts on the podcast.
;Professor Sycamore
:First recurring co-host and co-founder of P.U.C.L.
;
:Recurring co-host and "funny man".
;The Apprentice
:Recurring co-host.
;Cleary
:Recurring co-host.
;Scizorkick
:Recurring co-host
;Mister Thingy
:Writer/"Legman".
;Infinity
:Writer/"Podcast Preparation Specialist".
;Speezi
:Site sponsor.
;Toast
:Writer.
;Ecko
:Site developer from P.U.C.L. 2.0 to 4.0.
;Green Guy
:Former forums moderator.
==References==
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