Pokémon

One of those shows that loses all its appeal once puberty kicks in. Hopefully.

Impossible to rate. Anything from a 0 to 100 is acceptable. PETA\'s critique is legitimate. Will forever be ruined by childhood nostalgia. A few things: 1) Pikachu needs to stop being a coward and evolve into a motherfucking Raichu. 2) If all of the world\'s animals are Pokemon, what the hell is it that the characters are eating during the show? 3) One gets the impression the creators watched a cock fight and thought \"Hmm, how can we make this 100x more psychedelic and absurd?\"

the original opening credits (unironically) remains the most beautifully constructed in TV history. i wrote a pokémon novel as a kid and all the chapter titles turned out to be innuendos ('rock hard brock', 'misty's little secret', etc). from what i've seen the show may have got more interesting over the years - i caught a really haunting ep about loss and overcoming grief, and another where team rocket were melancholically and satirically ruminating on their own place in the pokémon pantheon.

what\'s the point of even rating this. it is what it is.

gotta catch'em all

S1 maybe 80, didnt note til like 78 eps. S2 65 almost done

Whelp. Still manages to make my grown-ass cry. Like it or hate it, the concept for the games/TV series was something new and unique. It may not have been the first to invent monster collecting, but it certainly popularized it.

gotta catch em *

This is an absolute masterpiece of childhood and the literal blueprint for a lifelong obsession. The original Kanto run has an energy to it that modern iterations can't touch—from the absolute stakes of the gym battles to Ash being an organic, flawed kid who actually had to earn his stripes. It isn't always deep intellectual art, but sometimes, it is. An untouchable timeless classic for millions.

Probably a work of The Devil.