For this month's "gimme five", which I've decided will be within the span of this week, I'm taking a topic instead of a subject. The topic is called "Pokémon Is Everywhere" and as expected, it deals with the spread of Pokémon to certain things, places, and even people - all of which will become evident over this week. The first of these is quiz shows; in the first year of this blog, I had mentioned one such show, but the discussed link to Pokémon was somewhat indirect. This time, I have a few more of these shows and their links to Pokémon, and they're more direct and involved.
Many quiz shows involve answers to questions... or in the case of Jeopardy!, the reverse is true. In fact, this is the show I referenced in a post about those very elements a few months back but not explicitly. As for how Pokémon is (or was) involved, one episode in the past had a distinct Pokémon category with other categories referencing species names; the former had clues that certainly dealt with franchise elements. An aside to this would be the show's current host, Ken Jennings, whose facial expressions may have a faint resemblance to Ditto as I see it, and was in fact the reference and inspiration for that post. While Pokémon might only sparsely appear on the show - although its Pop Culture version may provide still another outlet - at least the mark and reference to Pokémon has been made.
Back to answers to questions, they're the heart of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the quiz show from UK to the world. Here too Pokémon and in particular the de facto series mascot Pikachu has been involved in a number of situations, either as questions or answers. Yet for some reason, most of the outcomes just don't seem to favor either the contestants or Pokémon itself through the question-answer relationship, which seems to be somewhat more than slightly unfortunate. Still, the presence of Pokémon here and above may be a testament that it is known outside of its direct circles and its elements make sense vis-a-vis general knowledge, which these two quiz shows offer in spades.
Perhaps in consideration of all this, Pokémon decided to concoct a quiz show of its own, as a web series called the "Gotta Catch 'Em All Game Show". It was streamed on Twitch a little while ago and became available on YouTube afterwards. Its particulars will have to be put up for discussion separately as they would exceed the limits of this post, but its mention at the least serves as an adjunct to the already-established quiz shows above, bringing a very specific Pokémon flavor and unique offering to the table.
Quiz (as a subset of game) shows will always be around to test the knowledge of contestants who compete in them, in return giving the people a good bit of entertainment. Pokémon is more closely associated with entertainment than knowledge, but a few of its aspects might just tie into (other) knowledge, and so its appearances on the quiz shows above seems validated, enough for fans and people in general.
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