Pokémon

If he was always this strong, maybe his mom wasn't crazy to let him leave home at the age of ten. If Pokemon was a huge part of your childhood too, then you might be intrigued by the surprising canonic strength of Ash Ketchum. Leave it to Tumblr to do the math on a seemingly inconsequential piece of pop culture, like the time someone figured out the day Ice Cube's "Good Day" was.

The internet reacted to the news that the new Pokémon games, Sword and Shield, would have UK roots, by storming Twitter with their hot takes on if Scottish people wrote the dialogue for the games. The results are nothing short of wildly entertaining. I'm not sure what the actual plan is, but these are something else. And properly capped off, by an artist who imagines what it'd look like if you were battling the Queen of England! If these have you inspired to check out some Scottish tweets, get your fill over here. 

The truth is, no, you never needed this information. We're just glad that Shanna_Shi is weird enough to think of this, and has enough time to go through with pointing out all these similarities. Did these players steal their looks from Pokémon? No, who would ask that, it's ridiculous. If Major League Baseball and Pokémon have any one thing in common, it's probably that you've gotta catch 'em all.

It gets good around year 4. And then it's like stepping into a pop culture time machine. Plus, it's the same Santa every time!

In a world where international copyright infringement isn't really enforced, you can get away with a lot of weird crap.

C'mon 90's kids, get your fix of some of that sweet, sweet nostalgia. Back when things were simple. If you wanted to rent a movie you had to go to a store. The ketchup was blue, and the charizards were holographic.

What we're basically saying is that Pokémon are real, guys...

These are bound to fill you with some kind of existential dread and/or anxiety. Proceed at your own risk...

Here are more Cursed_Images in case these were not enough.

When we heard that Ryan Reynolds would be the voice of Detective Pikachu in the live-action Pokémon movie we never knew the world needed, we were at a loss for words. Was it some sick joke perpetuated by Ryan Reynolds and the Twitterverse to get our hopes up only to bring them crashing on down at the end? General rationality and reason would suggest such a thing. 

BUT no, not this time. We now have the first trailer for Detective Pikachu, and it is pleasantly absurd. I mean, I'm not so sure I'll be able to get over Reynolds and his iconic snarky voice as Pikachu, but rest assured that I will damn well try. Just enjoy the trailer for what it is: you get the experience of eating a magical edible with Pikachu and Ryan Reynolds in the room with you, without actually eating the edible. A free trip, if you will, so buckle up and enjoy the ride. 

A lot of these are just two pieces of our childhoods slapped together into some kind of bootleg superhero-cartoon-fastfood monstrosity. Pretty cool.

Who thought these were good ideas?

Stock available. You can still order your Meats by Dre.

Was the goal to get Pikachu roasted to oblivion?

Grab your Goochi purse, lace up your Air Jardos and enjoy this bootleg bonanza.

These shower thoughts will change the way you look at your favorite Pocket Monsters.