History ShoutOut / Pokemon

* In Alola, there's a Poké Breeder named [[Creator/IkueOtani Ikue]] who owns a single Pikachu and mentions that she knows how to speak its language.

* The Ultra Guardians' departure StockFootage features two rows of Alolan Exeggutor leaning out of way the to make room for their Ride Pokémon, mimicking the palm trees in Thunderbird 2's launch sequence from ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.

* The ''Pokémon'' series in general, but ''Diamond and Pearl'' especially, reference the also-developed-by-Game Freak ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}''. The St. Anne (English's S.S. Anne), Volt Tackle (named for Volteccer, which was in turn named for [[Anime/{{Tekkaman}} Voltekka]]), and even the main villains of ''Diamond and Pearl'' are shout outs, as is the Pokémon Rotom. There's also that one point in the original games where, upon viewing an SNES console, you're told it's [[VideoGame/MarioAndWario a game featuring Mario with a bucket on his head]].

* In ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', when the language is set to French, Brawly mentions [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon power coming from staring at a Helix Fossil for days on end]].

* In a recent episode of ''Pokémon S&M'', [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia Akko Kagari]] can be seen in the distance.

* Snorlax is stated to being docile enough to allow children and small Pokemon to bounce on its large stomach, and its general design is rather similar to [[Anime/MyNeighbourTotoro Totoro]].

* Breloom is part Fighting-type, is a RubberMan who uses punches, has a red color scheme in its Shiny palette, and it looks like it's wearing a NiceHat. [[Manga/OnePiece Sound familiar]]?

* Musical shout outs can be found from time to time, usually in episode titles such as "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Team Spirit]]", "Music/TearsForFears", and "Riding the [[Music/{{Scorpions}} Winds of Change]]". The stealth shout-out award goes to Casey, however, when watching a (losing) baseball game, she says, "[[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Where have you gone, Cory DiMario?]]" Meowth does one in [=XY17=]: "[[Music/TheOffspring You gotta keep 'em separated!]]"

* The Pikachu Pikarla brings to the Alola League has both Manga/{{Boruto}}'s hairstyle and is also named Boruto.

* Speaking of references lost on Americans, look at Jessie's [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/25/Jessilina.png Jessilina disguise]]. She looks an awful lot like [[Manga/CandyCandy Candice White]], doesn't she? Hell, her name in the origninal Japanese is ''Candy'' Musalina.

* Debuting in Gen VII, Midnight form Lycanrock has a notable use of red in its color palette, a head design that looks like bangs covering its eyes, a very savage disposition, and notable connection to the moon. [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersIoriYagami Sound Familiar?]]

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', Sneasler's way of carrying the Player is reminiscent of [[Manga/KimetsuNoYaiba Tanjirou carrying Nezuko while she sleeps in day time]].

** Roxie's name and specialty might also combine into a reference to ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', whose (Japan-exclusive) female enemies were named Roxy and Poison.

* [=SM113=] has the girls transformed into {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s for a TV show. [[https://twitter.com/Arkeus88/status/1104697932786384897 The inspiration]] [[Franchise/PrettyCure is fairly clear]].

* Meowth and Pikachu are cat and mouse, just like WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry

* The ''Pokémon'' series in general, but ''Diamond and Pearl'' especially, reference the also-developed-by-Game Freak ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}''. The St. Anne (English's S.S. Anne), Volt Tackle (named for Volteccer, which was in turn named for [[Anime/{{Tekkaman}} Voltekka]]), and even the main villains of ''Diamond and Pearl'' are shout outs, as is the Pokémon Rotom. There's also that one point in the original games where, upon viewing an SNES console, you're told it's a game featuring [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_&_Wario Mario with a bucket on his head.]]

* Musical shout outs can be found from time to time, usually in episode titles such as "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells Like Team Spirit]]", "Music/TearsForFears", and "Riding the [[Music/{[Scorpions}} Winds of Change]]". The stealth shout-out award goes to Casey, however, when watching a (losing) baseball game, she says, "[[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Where have you gone, Cory DiMario?]]" Meowth does one in [=XY17=]: "[[Music/TheOffspring You gotta keep 'em separated!]]"