Pokemon Facts

In 1999, Pokémon was the second most searched topic on the internet. The first was pornography.

There's a caterpillar that looks like Caterpie from Pokémon.

In 2001, the island country of Niue featured Pikachu and other Pokemon on their currency.

In April 2000, the Vatican's satellite TV station Sat2000, run by the Italian Bishops' Conference, declared that Pokémon had no "harmful moral side effects" and was based on "ties of intense friendship" - a surprising endorsement amid widespread fears that the games were satanic.

Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.