" Southern Cross " is the Japanese title of the Orange Crew, a group of Gym Leaders who preside over the Orange Island archipelago's league and are featured in the Pokémon anime.

Names of characters also often carry puns, such as Ash Ketchum and Goku (" kakarot "), the protagonists of the anime series Pokémon and Dragonball, respectively, both franchises which are known for including second meanings in the names of many of their characters.

** Iris ( Pokémon anime )

In the anime, Ash acquires a Charmander early in the series, and it became one of Ash's most used Pokémon.

Japanese culture also commonly features monsters which are benevolent and / or likeable, with the most famous examples being the Pokémon franchise and the pioneering anime My Neighbor Totoro.

* Toru, also known as Todd Snap, in the Pokémon anime

* Max ( Pokémon ), a character in the Pokémon anime

Mewtwo also appears in the musical Pokémon Live !, a live action adaptation of the anime set after Pokémon: The First Movie, and is portrayed by Marton Fulop.

GamesRadar editor Carolyn Gudmundson commented that Squirtle was the coolest of the three starting Pokémon in the anime.

Because of Pokémon Yellow being based on the anime, Chansey appear in Pokémon Centers.

Throughout the anime, Chansey is mainly seen working at Pokémon Centers.

* Pokémon: Black and White, the new season of the Pokémon anime based on the games

Shimoda is the real world location for Pallet Town in the Pokémon games and anime.

* Various songs for the Pokémon anime including the songs on the Meowth's Party single.

* Butch and Cassidy, minor antagonists from the Pokémon anime

Cheez TV aired a number of Marvel based cartoons such as X-Men, The Marvel Action Hour, The Incredible Hulk ( 1982 series ), and Spider-Man: The Animated Series plus several anime series, including Teknoman, Transformers, Eagle Riders, Medabots and in more recent years Pokémon, Beyblade, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptors, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Sonic X, Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh.

is one of the species of Pokémon creatures from the Pokémon media franchise — a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.

As do all Pokémon, Pikachu fight other Pokémon in battles central to the anime, manga, and games of the series.

Pikachu is among the most recognizable Pokémon, largely because a Pikachu is a central character in the Pokémon anime series.

Nintendo displayed Pokémon Snap at a Pokémon event called " Pokemon League Summer Training Tour ".

There was a rumor that a new Poképark would be built in Richmond, Virginia during the Summer of 2008 until a Mailbag response on Pokémon. com denied the rumor, stating that you " can't trust everything you see on the web "; King's Dominion representative Drew Peacoch said, " e are looking very closely at Pokepark, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Pokepark come to Kings Dominion in the near future ".

** Adapted from Pikachu's Summer Vacation ( Pokémon: The First Movie: 1999 )

* Pikachu's Summer Festival ( Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys: 2005 )

* Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns-Mewtwo, Additional Voices

* Pokémon 4Ever-Vicious, Additional Voices

** Ueda also voices Barriered ( named Mr. Mime and voiced by Kayzie Rogers in the English adaption ), a Pokémon who serves Hanako / Delia.

He is known for the English-dubbed anime voices of Brock and James in Pokémon ( the first 10 years, seasons 1-8 ), Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh !, and Gourry Gabriev in Slayers among others.

* Pokémon: Brock, James, Butch, Torkoal, Pokédex and more than 25 additional voices from Seasons 1-8 and movies 1-8.

* Pokémon movies 1-8: Brock, James, Squirtle, and additional voices

* Pokémon-Misty, Jessie, various Pokémon voices

* Dexter, the nickname for the Pokédex in the early seasons of Pokémon

She has appeared as a Gym Leader in the Pokémon video games, several seasons of the Pokémon anime, The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, the Ash & Pikachu manga, toys, books, and other media.

This version, based on the first few seasons of the Pokémon anime, includes a training mode, a puzzle editor, and a 3D game mode that takes place in a cylindrical playfield.

The first anime that 4Kids dubbed was the first eight seasons of Pokémon that aired on Kids ' WB!

Seasons 10-13 of the Pokémon anime are the first seasons that are set in this region.

* Pokémon ( anime )-multiple characters ( seasons 1-8 ) including Bulbasaur, Phanpy, Larvitar, Clefairy, Tori Lund, Bugsy, Jasmine, Ritchie

The idea remained the same in the first six seasons of the English version of the anime television series with its own Who's that Pokémon?

Some dubbed versions of anime fill in these quiet moments through background dialogue not present in the original Japanese version, but adding music is another common antidote, as was seen through the first two seasons of the English TV airing of the Pokémon anime.

Lillis's voice work can be heard in shows including Pokémon ( seasons 1-8 ), Cubix, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Although the majority of WADs contain one or several custom levels mostly in the style of the original game, others implement new monsters and other resources, and heavily alter the gameplay ; several popular movies, television series, other video games and other brands from popular culture have been turned into Doom WADs by fans ( without authorization ), including Aliens, Star Wars, The X-Files, The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Red Faction, The Thing, Pokémon and Batman.

A Pokémon stage in Super Smash Bros. called " Saffron City " features an area where various Pokémon pop out to attack players ; one such Pokémon is a Charmander that sometimes uses Flamethrower.

IGN called Charmander a " great choice " for a player to choose ; IGN editor " Pokémon of the Day Chick " in particular commented that while Charmander is at a disadvantage initially, it becomes great with patience.

The player is later given an opportunity to capture Mewtwo in the Cerulean Cave, which is accessible only after defeating the game's final bosses, the Elite Four and Blue ; in the remake titles Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen this prerequisite was expanded, requiring the player to explore more thoroughly and record information on sixty Pokémon species before access to the cave would be granted.

The book Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon noted Mewtwo as popular with older male children who tend to be drawn to " tough or scary " characters ; Mew in contrast was described as a polar opposite, a character popular with young girls who tend to be drawn to " cute " characters.

Squirtle appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as one of many Pokémon balloon floats in the stage Pokéfloats ; it is the first Pokéfloat to appear.

The Trainer also has a Ivysaur and a Charizard, all three of which can be switched between ; unlike the other fighters, these Pokémon become fatigued and consequently weaker, and must be switched out long enough to recover.

After May leaves Ash's group, she temporarily reunites with him in Sinnoh, revealing that many of her Pokémon had now evolved ; Squirtle has since evolved into Wartortle.

; this Squirtle actually happens to be a young boy, transformed and sent to a world completely inhabited by Pokémon.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, gender differences were introduced ; a female Pikachu now has an indent at the end of its tail, giving it a heart-shaped appearance.

New trainers are given a starting Pokémon ; in Ash's homeland of Kanto this is often Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur, but Ash slept in and got Pikachu instead.

Wigglytuff makes multiple appearances in the Pokémon anime ; Wigglytuff acts in a film in one episode, while a Wigglytuff appears with a sinister smile in another.

It is a highly rare Pokémon ; similar to its counterparts Zapdos and Moltres, Articuno appears only once in one game in a fixed location, and is difficult to defeat or capture.

It is a highly rare Pokémon ; similar to its counterparts Articuno and Moltres, Zapdos appears only once in the game in a fixed location, and is difficult to defeat or capture.

IGN also list Zapdos, along with Jolteon, as the best electric type Pokémon, as well as listing it as one of the best Flying types, alongside Articuno and Gyarados ; they described it as the " superstar among all flying types.

Twinking can happen whenever players can interact and trade with each other, regardless of how present other players can be in the game itself ; the handheld roleplaying game Pokémon, as an example, allows players to trade their Pokémon with each other.

Meanwhile, Deoxys's form is changed in later games by having it in the player's party and: touching certain meteorites in Veilstone City in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum ; interacting with meteorites on Route 3 in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver ; or inspecting the meteorite in the Nacrene City museum in Pokémon Black and White.