Pokémon

Pokémon were the titular characters of the game Pokémon Go. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio)

One Boxing Day, Grant promised his adopted daughter Jennifer that they would "have a game of Pokémon" later. (COMIC: Ghost Stories)

Robert Zierath was a fan of Pokémon as a child. (PROSE: The Schoolboy's Story)

In her teenage years, Kayleigh McGregor memorised over a hundred Pokémon. Later on, as a Torchwood One employee, Kayleigh gained access to the Torchwood database on non-terrestrial species, and made quick work excitedly memorising details on alien physiology in her spare time. (AUDIO: Lola)

While infiltrating the Tokyo branch of Harmony Shoal Institute, the Twelfth Doctor created a distraction by flooding the downstairs floor with the creatures. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio)

The data and statistics recorded in Sil's Eurozone citizen file seemingly showed Sil to be 2'04", 15.2 lbs, and possessing the Ability "Overgrow" and the Hidden Ability "Chlorophyll", as well as listing all of his "numbers" from Red/Blue/Yellow, Gold/Silver/Crystal, FireRed/LeafGreen, HeartGold/SoulSilver, X/Y, and Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee. (HOMEVID: Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor)

Behind the scenes

 * Pokémon (short for "Pocket Monster") is a Japanese video game franchise. The series primarily revolves around the task of capturing the titular monsters and having them battle each other.
 * Sil's citizen file refers to the Pokédex listing for Bulbasaur, the first Pokémon in the Pokédex. The Pokédex is an encyclopedia that the player must fill up by seeing, catching and evolving Pokémon within the game.

Connections

 * The was, until 2003, originally published outside of Asia by Wizards of the Coast.
 * Billie Piper recorded a song for the western release of, "Makin' My Way (Any Way That I Can)". Though the song was not used in the movie itself, it appeared on its official soundtrack album. Britney Spears, who appeared as herself in Looking for Pudsey, also contributed the song, "Soda Pop", to the soundtrack.
 * A live-action Pokémon film, titled, was released in 2019. The film featured Bill Nighy as Howard Clifford, and Josette Simon made a brief appearance as Tim Goodman's grandmother.
 * The Pokémon anime series is currently broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC iPlayer and CBBC.