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I Parodied All 151 Original Pokemon, And Here Are The First 40 In Order
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I Parodied All 151 Original Pokemon, And Here Are The First 40 In Order

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As any child of the 90s, I grew up on Pokemon. On Saturday mornings, the show was all-consuming Game Boy video games and the cards that you tried to collect all of. Who had what card and would trade you for what. (I got one card away from a complete set, by the way.) After a couple of generations of games, videos, and Pokemon memes, I lost track of it all.

Over the course of three years, I have taken that child obsession and made it an artistic one. I parodied all the original First Generation Pokemon using wordplay with each one’s name. The process included writing each piece with a punny title and conceiving the image to illustrate it. Each piece was sketched traditionally on Bristol board from reference and inked using a sable brush and India ink. The work was scanned and colored digitally in Photoshop, where I also added the text.

Today, I share the first 40 Pokemon in order. (Mostly because I can only upload 40 images!) Let me know if you like them (or don’t!)! I would love to hear your comments and feedback and if you’d like to see more.

I started working on parody Pokemon cards satirizing their attacks and weaknesses based on wordplay. Only 25 or so are done, but maybe I will share them sometime soon as well. Let me know if you’d like to see those, too!

You can find all of my recent work on Instagram.

I hope you enjoy it.

More info: Instagram

He doesn’t want to talk about it…

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Does anyone have some ointment?

You’ve haddd…tooo much to drink?…What?

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How you doin?

Sunscreen up!

To be or not to be hot

Whatever makes them happy

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SON OF A *!#$%

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He evolved but doesn’t believe in evolution

Watch out!

They aren’t the pros…

(Frantic scratching)

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Hey man…

Rad waves dude

Hmmm…

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They’re just big boned

Smile

Brains…

WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

HOW DO YOU BRAKE?!

Very breathable

Want a brew?

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Not for your book learningssssss

For your book learningssssss

Allergy Season

Splish

Get it out

He doesn’t break any strings

Get that golden glow

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If you like Nidopina Coladas…

A state of zen

Hello darkness, my old friend

Let it ride!

The safe word is…

All naturale

I lost 100 pounds!

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Can you hear the game music?

Gotta Catch All the Blessings

Anyone have any baby oil?

What? I don’t care about shaving…

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Matt Lassen

Matt Lassen

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Matt Lassen is a cartoonist, comedy writer and illustrator. He has been a MAD Magazine contributor for over a decade and has been featured in Complex Magazine, BuzzFeed, Weekly Humorist, USA Today, GoComics and the Huffington Post to name a few. He is the author and illustrator of the children’s book parodies, If You Give the President a Twitter Account and A Gaslight in the Attic. He lives and generally annoys people in Brooklyn, NY.

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Matt Lassen

Matt Lassen

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Matt Lassen is a cartoonist, comedy writer and illustrator. He has been a MAD Magazine contributor for over a decade and has been featured in Complex Magazine, BuzzFeed, Weekly Humorist, USA Today, GoComics and the Huffington Post to name a few. He is the author and illustrator of the children’s book parodies, If You Give the President a Twitter Account and A Gaslight in the Attic. He lives and generally annoys people in Brooklyn, NY.

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Titas Burinskas

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This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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Titas Burinskas

Titas Burinskas

Moderator, Community member

This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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A Jones
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are indeed hilarious. Awesome work on the art. :D

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks A Jones! Much appreciated! Look out for another post of the next 40 or you can see them all and more work on instagram - @mattlassen

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A Jones
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are indeed hilarious. Awesome work on the art. :D

Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks A Jones! Much appreciated! Look out for another post of the next 40 or you can see them all and more work on instagram - @mattlassen

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