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* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' has the Squisherz, which you can even collect in-game.

* The Brazilian comic ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' features Pokemao. In the 98th issue of the teen imprint, which was released around the time where ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' was most popular, features a parody of that with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' expies.

* The fans will be portrayed in one of two ways, usually depending on when the work came out. If it was made in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, when ''Pokémon'' first became popular, they'll be elementary school-aged children who obsess over the trading cards and TV show. If it was made later, especially in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, they'll instead be [[OccidentalOtaku somewhat creepy men in their 20s and 30s who hang around video game stores and comic conventions]], or shallow, trend-hopping {{hipster}} millenials [[NewTechnologyIsEvil addicted to their smartphones]] after ''Pokémon Go'' became popular.

As the last few points should indicate, this {{trope}} [[EvolvingTrope has evolved]] ever since ''Pokémon'' proved to be far more enduring than it was initially thought to be. Most parodies nowadays come from its PopularityPolynomial-inducing PeripheryDemographic, and are as such far more {{affectionate|Parody}}. The classic version of this trope, that typically dismissed ''Pokémon'' and others like it as this bizarre and ultimately insipid fad, [[DiscreditedTrope is on its way out]].

* ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'' is (or least began as) a parody of Pokémon with a NightmareFetishist BioPunk twist.

* In 'the ''Ever After High'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12694285/1/A-Fairytale-is-a-Metaphor A Fairytale is a Metaphor]]'', Maddie is fond of playing ''Polymon Go'', even though it's not in style anymore. She mentions having a Leafasaur and looking for a Driporeon.

As one of, if not ''the'', most successful multimedia franchises of all time, it goes without saying that the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series has been parodied, {{homage}}d, and referenced in other works quite a bit. Most of these parodies, however, bear little actual resemblance to the franchise they are based on, and they are quite prone to CowboyBebopAtHisComputer. They tend to instead be general parodies of the concept of "MerchandiseDriven GottaCatchThemAll {{to Be a Master}}" {{Mons}} franchises from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} that ''Pokémon'' [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for]], such as ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'', ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', and who else knows what.

* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'' has "[=SparkleMon=]", which Homer and Lisa have to collect.

* The fans will be portrayed in one of two ways, usually depending on when the work came out. If it was made in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, when ''Pokémon'' first became popular, they'll be elementary school-aged children who obsess over the trading cards and TV show. If it was made later, especially in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, they'll instead be [[OccidentalOtaku somewhat creepy men in their 20s and 30s who hang around video game stores and comic conventions]], or at best, shallow, trend-hopping {{hipster}} millenials [[NewTechnologyIsEvil addicted to their smartphones]] after ''Pokémon Go'' became popular.

** [[https://inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+3227-1 Mickey Mouse and the Dark Matter Blot]] is a more recent story, with an explicit ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' parody called ''Mouseghost'' being vital to the main plot, as Goofy's obsession with it ends up being vital in foiling the Phantom Blot's latest ploy with a dark matter generator (which somehow [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext makes creatures in the game run away from the place where it's located]]).

* The short-lived Creator/ComedyCentral SNL spinoff series ''Series/TVFunhouse'' featured Jokamel, which was basically this trope meets a Joe Camel advertisement, and with all the private part-tastic designs and attacks it's quite possibly the most demented of the bunch, in typical Robert Smigel fashion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had "Hokey Mon", a trading card game that Grim brought to life.

* There were two episodes of WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' featuring "[=TinyMon=]", and they contained a number of surprisingly accurate references to the franchise, such as trading and evolution via happiness. One of the creatures shown even looks like [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness Shadow Lugia]]!
* The ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "My Two Bobs" focuses on a game called "Pantsu Hebi X", which is a parody of not only ''Pokémon'', but also {{anime}} in general. Frisket even makes himself look like Pikachu by rebooting himself.

As one of, if not ''the'', most successful multimedia franchises of all time, it goes without saying that the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series has been parodied, {{homage}}d, and referenced in other works quite a bit. Most of these parodies, however, bear little actual resemblance to the franchise they are based on, and they are quite prone to CowboyBebopAtHisComputer. They tend to instead be general parodies of the concept of "MerchandiseDriven GottaCatchThemAll ToBeAMaster" {{Mons}} franchises from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} that ''Pokémon'' [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for]], such as ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'', ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', and who else knows what.

* If a creature from the parody work is shown, it is quite likely to be an {{Expy}} of Pikachu, thanks to its massive popularity, and being the only Pokemon that people who aren't fans of the series can usually name.

* The fans will be portrayed in one of two ways, usually depending on when the work came out. If it was made in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, when ''Pokemon'' first became popular, they'll be elementary school-aged children who obsess over the trading cards and TV show. If it was made later, especially in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, they'll instead be [[OccidentalOtaku somewhat creepy men in their 20s and 30s who hang around video game stores and comic conventions]], or at best, shallow, trend-hopping {{hipster}} millenials [[NewTechnologyIsEvil addicted to their smartphones]] after ''Pokemon Go'' became popular.

As the last few points should indicate, this {{trope}} [[EvolvingTrope has evolved]] ever since ''Pokémon'' proved to be far more enduring than it was initially thought to be. Most parodies nowadays come from its PopularityPolynomial-inducing PeripheryDemographic, and are as such far more {{affectionate|Parody}}. The classic version of this trope, that typically dismissed Pokemon and others like it as this bizarre and ultimately insipid fad, [[DiscreditedTrope is on its way out]].

!Examples:

* In ''Anime/AnohanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'', Tetsudo suggests Menma might have wished for a rare "Nokemon" game. The game's versions are listed as ''Opal'', ''Gold'', and ''Emerald'', the latter two of which are the names of actual Pokemon games. They're played on a BlandNameProduct version of the GBA SP and most resemble ''[=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]''.
* ''Manga/AsobiAsobase'' features "Bacteri Go", a smartphone game based on ''Pokemon GO''.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' has Issei and Asia try to get their own familiars; while trying to catch one, Issei yells "Sprite Dragon, I choose you!". They are also guided by Zatouji, who wears a baseball cap and strives to become a Familiar Master.

* The Brazilian comic ComicBook/MonicasGang features Pokemao. In the 98th issue of the teen imprint, which was released around the time where VideoGame/PokemonGo was most popular, features a parody of that with VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys expies.

* An episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' had Ray's daughter become obsessed with an anime franchise called "Hackidu". From what we are shown of it, it seems similar to ''Pokemon'' having a trading card game (which forms the plot of the episode), as well as a creature called "Scramisaur".
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': Teddy once dates a guy who is obsessed with the game "Pokeoh", which is both a ''Pokemon'' parody and a ''Anime/YuGiOh'' parody. Her brother Gabe teaches her the ropes of the card game, which includes knowing the standard ElementalRockPaperScissors that ''Pokemon'' is known for -- such as "Flame" types being strong against "Plant" types.
* The short-lived Creator/ComedyCentral SNL spinoff series Series/TVFunhouse featured Jokamel, which was basically this trope meets a Joe Camel advertisement, and with all the private part-tastic designs and attacks it's quite possibly the most demented of the bunch, in typical Robert Smigel fashion.

* The roleplaying game ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' had a supplement specifically for simulating this specific genre titled "Cute And Fuzzy Seizure Monsters", referencing the infamous Porygon episode.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pokethulhu}}'' is pretty much this trope as a game, while simultaneously skewering the Cthulhu Mythos.

* This is essentially half of the premise of ''VideoGame/PocketMortys'', while the other half is being a {{spinoff}} of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.

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* ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Fiduspawn, a card game that Tavros plays which seems to be a parody of Pokemon with some elements of Franchise/{{Alien}}. After the player throws an Oogonibomb in a similar fashion to throwing a Pokeball, a FaceHugger-like creature hatches and grabs a host plush and impregnates it, before an actual monster hatches out of it. Interestingly there were no references to the battling aspect of Pokemon, as the main goal of the game seems to be breeding and collecting various Fiduspawn monsters.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': One series of trading cards that Strong Bad talks about in the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "trading cards" is a Stinko Man card game that parodies both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, with its point system and Cheatball speaking in PokemonSpeak. Strong Bad even describes the game as being "a [[BuffySpeak cutesy Japanese-y]] game for little kids to play during recess, to make sure they don't get any real exercise".

* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', this is what Ling-Ling is. However, most of the jokes revolving around him aren't so much Pokemon references as general {{anime}} {{stereotype}}s.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "My Two Bobs" focuses on a game called "Pantsu Hebi X", which is a parody of not only Pokemon, but also {{anime}} in general. Frisket even makes himself look like Pikachu by rebooting himself.

* The fans will be portrayed in one of two ways, usually depending on when the work came out. If it was made in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, when ''Pokemon'' first became popular, they'll be elementary school-aged children who obsess over the trading cards and TV show. If it was made later, especially in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, they'll instead be [[OccidentalOtaku somewhat creepy men in their 20s and 30s who hang around video game stores and comic conventions]], or at best, shallow, hipster millenials [[NewTechnologyIsEvil addicted to their smartphones]] post ''Pokemon Go''.

* The roleplaying game BigEyesSmallMouth had a supplement specifically for simulating this specific genre titled "Cute And Fuzzy Seizure Monsters", referencing the infamous Porygon episode.
* ''TabletopGame/Pokethulhu'' is pretty much this trope as a game, while simultaneously skewering the Cthulhu Mythos.

* The fans will be portrayed in one of two ways, usually depending on when the work came out. If it was made in UsefulNotes/TheNineties, when ''Pokemon'' first became popular, they'll be elementary school-aged children who obsess over the trading cards and TV show. If it was made later, especially in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens, they'll instead be [[OccidentalOtaku somewhat creepy men in their 20s and 30s who hang around video game stores and comic conventions]].

As the last few points should indicate, this {{trope}} [[EvolvingTrope has evolved]] ever since ''Pokémon'' proved to be far more enduring than it was initially thought to be. Most parodies nowadays come from its PopularityPolynomial-inducing PeripheryDemographic, and are as such far more {{affectionate|Parody}}. The classic version of this trope, that typically dismissed Pokemon and others like it as this bizarre and ultimately insipid fad, [[DiscreditedTrope is on its way out.]]

!!Examples:

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' had Muffy showing off her new "[=DopeyMon=]" cards, Including, as Arthur and his friends point out, "Stinkachu"

* One series of trading cards that Strong Bad talks about in the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "Trading Cards" is very clearly meant to be a mixed parody of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh with its point system and Cheatball speaking in PokemonSpeak. Strong Bad even describes the game as being a [[BuffySpeak cutesy Japanese-y]] game for little kids to play during recess, to make sure they don't get any real exercise.

* It's likely to be the basis for a TrendAesop, with all the kiddies realizing how silly it was to get swept up in such a trite and silly thing, and moving on to more tried-and-true playtime activities. This was most common during ''Pokemon'''s initial wave of popularity in the 1990s; modern versions are likely to be made by people who are fans themselves and are therefore less likely to be done in a negative light.

As one of, if not ''the'', most successful multimedia franchises of all time, it goes without saying that the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series has been parodied, {{homage}}d, and referenced in other works quite a bit. Most of these parodies, however, bear little actual resemblance to the franchise they are based on, and they are quite prone to CowboyBebopAtHisComputer. Quite often, they're general parodies of the concept of "MerchandiseDriven GottaCatchThemAll ToBeAMaster" {{Mons}} franchises from UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} that ''Pokemon'' [[FollowTheLeader paved the way for]], such as ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'', ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', and who else knows what.

If a series -- especially an American series, as opposed to a Japanese one -- includes a ''Pokemon'' {{parody}}, certain elements are almost guaranteed to pop up:

What you will ''never'' see -- at least, not unless the writers of the parody are ''Pokemon'' fans themselves -- are references to the more obscure points of the games, such as EV Training, different types of evolution, and Natures.

As the last few points should indicate, this {{trope}} [[EvolvingTrope has evolved]] ever since ''Pokemon'' proved to be far more enduring than it was initially thought to be. Most parodies nowadays come from its PopularityPolynomial-inducing PeripheryDemographic, and are as such far more {{affectionate|Parody}}. The classic version of this trope, that typically dismissed Pokemon and others like it as this bizarre and ultimately insipid fad, [[DiscreditedTrope is on its way out.]]

As with the other StockParodies, the examples here should be instances of ''fictional'' brands clearly modeled after ''Pokemon'', not mentions of ''Pokemon'' itself. Contrast AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles, which is the other way anime is usually depicted in Western media.

* The short-lived Creator/ComedyCentral SNL SpinoffSeries Series/TVFunhouse featured Jokamel, which was basically this trope meets a Joe Camel advertisement, and with all the private part-tastic designs and attacks it's quite possibly the most demented of the bunch, in typical Robert Smigel fashion.

* If the work is a BlackComedy or otherwise aimed at older audiences, you might get a reference to the infamous "[[EpilepticFlashingLights seizure episode]]" ''/Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon''.

* It's likely to be the basis for a TrendAesop, with all the kiddies realizing how silly it was to get swept up in such a trite and silly thing, and moving on to more tried-and-true playtime activities.

As with the other StockParodies, the examples here should be instances of ''fictional'' brands clearly modeled after ''Pokemon'', not mentions of ''Pokemon'' itself.