History TabletopGame / Pokethulhu

[[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/203219/Pokethulhu-Adventure-Game-3rd-Edition The third edition can be downloaded for free from this webpage.]]

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and the Franchise/{{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and Creator/JohnKovalic (whose art may seem [[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} oddly]] [[Webcomic/DorkTower familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Any thulhu named after something from the Cthulhu Mythos.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The number of Pokethulhu you can encounter is only limited by your imagination.

[[http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/downloads.htm The third edition can be downloaded for free from this webpage.]]

* ShoutOut: Multiple, to both parent sources. And Scooby-Doo.

->''Ever wonder what happense when Jigglypolyp goes head to 'pod with Dagong? Want to solve the mystery of why [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals cute girls named Librarian Lumli work in every Cult Library--and why they always look the same]]? How does stomping to the piping music of the Blind Idiot Monster Pokethoth sound?''

* AdorableAbomination: Practically goes without saying.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: One of the two major ways of aquiring new thulhu (the other, taking its cue from Lovecraft, is to [[SummonMagic summon them.]])

* EldritchAbomination

* MixAndMatchCritters: Pokemon + Cthulhu Mythos entity = Pokethulhu. Some examples include Pikathulhu (Pikachu + Cthulhu), Hastursaur (Bulbasaur + Hastur), and Dagong (Dewgong + Dagon).
* {{Mon}}: Obviously.

* PartyInMyPocket: When not being called upon, the players' thulhu are stored in "Shining Dodecahedrons" (both a {{Expy}} for the Pokeball and a tongue-in-cheek reference to the d12 dice that the system uses).
** It's also a reference to the Shining Trapezohedron from ''The Haunter In The Dark''

* PointBuildSystem: For humans and thulhu alike.

* PortManteau
* RealityWarper: Certain Non-Euclidian aspect thulhu.

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both {{Pokemon}} and the {{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and Creator/JohnKovalic (whose art may seem [[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} oddly]] [[Webcomic/DorkTower familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.

* AscendedFanon: Since most, if not all, thulhu are player- or GM-created, it could be argued that the ''entire game'' consists of fanon.

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both {{Pokemon}} and the {{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and Creator/JohnKovalic (whose art may seem [[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} oddly]] [[DorkTower familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both {{Pokemon}} and the {{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and John Kovalic (whose art may seem [[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} oddly]] [[DorkTower familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both {{Pokemon}} and the {{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and John Kovalic (whose art may seem [[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} oddly familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.

->''Ever wonder what happense when Jigglypolyp goes head to 'pod with Dagong? Want to solve the mystery of why cute girls named Librarian Lumli work in every Cult Library--and why they always look the same? How does stomping to the piping music of the Blind Idiot Monster Pokethoth sound?''

* ShoutOut: Multiple, to both parent sources.

* GrotesqueCute: Pokethulhu are small, lovable, frisky critters that like to devour human souls (saving bone marrow for dessert).

* UglyCute: The logical conclusion when combining {{Pokemon}} with Lovecraft's [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].

A tabletop RPG AffectionateParody of both {{Pokemon}} and the {{Cthulhu Mythos}}. Created in 2000 by S. John Ross and John Kovalic (whose art may seem [[{{Game/Munchkin}} oddly familiar]]), Pokethulhu consists of a 30-page sourcebook which contains brief instructions for creating player characters (known as Cultists) and Pokethulhu (also known simply as "thulhu"), as well as a simple battle system, a few campaign ideas and a sample adventure.