The Pokemon Company International has criticized the White House after a social media post used imagery from the Pokemon franchise, including a small version of Pikachu. According to the BBC,

When Satoshi Tajiri created Pokémon, he imagined it as a way for kids to connect. The original games, released in Japan in February 1996, required a physical Game Boy link cable to trade creatures, turning strangers into trainers and playgrounds into real-life Pokémon Gyms.

Surprised Pikachu is the latest in a long line of Pikachu memes. The electric-type Pokemon debuted in Japan in 1996 as part of the original Pokemon game, but it made its way into the hearts and minds of the general public when it electrocuted Ash Ketchum ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Some fans take their Pokemon collecting very seriously, but that doesn’t mean there’s not space for a few beloved jokes in the fandom. Over the years ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, a famous brazilian digital publication. Former judge at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yii-Jan Lin, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In Antalya, Turkey, in the early hours of March 27, 2025, Pikachu was spotted fleeing the ...