"I generally purchase anything that starts with "Poke," which led to my inadvertent purchase of a Poke Cookbook. As it turns out, it's about making traditional Hawaiian dishes from raw seafood, and did not feature a good recipe for Buneary Stew. Needless to say I was disappointed, and it caused me to re-evaluate my compulsion for everything in my life to be about Pokemon.

I've seen a lot of things that were needlessly Pokemon themed - ceiling fan chains, clothes hangers, tissue dispensers -..."

Jack DeVries of ign.com recently went to an event for the upcoming Pokemon game, Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. While there, he decided for some unknown reason to compile a mental list of the Pokemon you really just don't want to catch, the sort that mentally prevent you from catching them all.

Each Pokemon listed is given a little bit of information (Name, Type, Number and Species) from the Pokedex before a a nice healthy statement of why you don't want to go anywhere near that Pokemon...

"The cupcakes are chocolate and they are filled with cream… just like a Hostess cupcake. The Pokemon faces were made out of Marshmallow Fondant. Marshmallow Fondant is made out of marshmallows so it tastes a lot better that regular fondant. It’s pretty fun to make too. I made templates for the various parts of the faces, and cut around them with an Exacto knife"

"Case one: You're a spiky haired boy walking through the woods and a butterfly flutters out of a nearby tree. What would you do?
A. Watch it and admire nature's beauty
B. Do a happy dance
C. Eat a leaf
D. Convince your animals friends to "use flamethrower" on it, just for the experience

Now if you're a normal person you'd probably do A, B, or even C, depending on how tastey the leaf looks. If you're the main character of Pokémon, however, you'd go with D. Why is that acceptable?!? Only ..."