Pokémon/Shout-Out: Difference between revisions

* There is also an old lady who tells the player character that she doesn't have any stairs in her house, a [[Shout -Out]] to an IRC prank-cum-sign/countersign which was popular on the forums for a while.

* The ''Pokémon'' series in general, but ''Diamond and Pearl'' especially, reference the also-developed-by-GameFreak [[Pulseman]], which <s>never saw release outside of Japan</s> is now out on Virtual Console. The St. Anne (English's S.S. Anne), Volt Tackle (which was in turn named for [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|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 [[wikipedia:Mario & Wario|Mario with a bucket on his head.]]

* Pokémon ''FireRed and LeafGreen'': In the player character's house if they are female, a movie is playing on the TV. It features [[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|a girl with pigtails walking on a brick road]]. For the male character, as well as in the original, it features [[Stand Byby Me|4 boys on railroad tracks.]]

** The player's TV in other games also references real-life movies, such as ''[[Big (Film)|Big]]'' and ''[[Stand Byby Me]]''.

* Beauty Nevah in ''XD'' has a Cacnea and a Chimecho on her team, and her introduction speech says that there's someone else out there with those two Pokémon. That statement isn't true anymore, but since this was a Generation III game, she was talking about [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|James]].

** If you get the villa in ''Platinum'', then people will come and visit you there every day. On the days that Volkner and Flint visit you together, he mentions to Volkner his idea of [[Bobobo Bobobobo Bobobo|having his Pokémon hide in his Afro and jump out to attack instead of using Poké Balls]].

* ''HeartGold and SoulSilver'' seem to continue the tradition of [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]] with the strangely speaking Pokémon teacher in Violet City saying [[A Winner Is You|"A winner is you!"]]. Also, during a battle with your rival, when he sends out his last Pokémon, he'll ask [[The Dark Knight|"Why so serious?"]]

* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' introduce Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo, which are shout outs to ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|The Three Musketeers]]''.

** The games also introduced the [[The Greys|alien-like]] Elgyem, who evolves into Beheeyem at Level 42, a reference to ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]''.

* In the French version of ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', a NPC trainer near Tohjo Falls will say, after being defeated : "''Enfant du Soleil, tu parcours la terre le ciel, cherche ton chemin, c'est ta vie c'est ton destin''". Those are the first lines of the French version of ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold (Anime)|The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'''s opening song.

* [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Pokémon fight! Ready, go!]]

* We'll [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|KNOCK YOU DOWN]]!

* [[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Never give up, never surrender!]]

* In Generation III, you may have indulged in a double battle against [[Malcolm in Thethe Middle|"Young Couple Hal & Lois".]]

* [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8f/HeartGold_SoulSilver_Lt_Surge.png Lt. Surge's outfit] in ''HeartGold/SoulSilver'' bears more than a passing resemblence to [[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Guile...]]

** ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' hits ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'' in particular: the Waitress trainer class bears a strong resemblance to Tazmily villager Tessie, Drilbur (who strongly resembles the Mischievous Mole enemy) evolves into Excadrill (a mole with drill hands like Reconstructed Mole), there is a Dark/Dragon line, and the song {{spoiler|"N's Farewell"}} contains ''note for note'' a portion of the ''Mother 3'' Love Theme, as well as fragments of "Letter to You, My Sweet."

* At the [[Old Save Bonus|Poké Transfer Lab]]: "This kid is a Pokémon Trainer who has [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|all the Gym Badges. All of them!]]"

* Cacnea heavily resembles a [[Mook]] from ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards (Video Game)|Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards]]''.