Pokémon :: Television Cartoons Essays

Pokmon Little Angels or Little Devils? My younger sisters argon victims of the Pokmon craze. On the weekends when I go home for a brief break from college life, Claire and Natalie are drawn to the television to catch the latest episode of Pokmon on Saturday morning. Catching a glimpse of the illuminated screen, I walk into the kitchen and sit down with them as they blindly spoon cereal into their mouths, not missing one millisecond of the cartoon. Watching them absorb the show makes me laugh and, when I do, they turn to me and tell me, except up Were trying to watch the show I give them a funny look and proceed to watch the show with them. I find out that I also am in love with the little yellow Pikachu and cant get enough of this darling cartoon serial. Our addiction to Pokmon is solely as benevolent as the individual Pokmon themselves.Pokmon started as the brainchild of Japanese creator Satoshi Tajiri, 34, who combined his two childhood passions monster movies and the study of insects to invent Pokmon in 1991 (Poka 2/3). There are over 155 Pokmon to learn about and collect. There are Pokmon trading cards, video games (several different versions), and a cartoon series on the Kids WB television network. The name Pokmon actually means pocket monsters (Holmes 1/2). Pikachu, the most popular Pokmon and my personal favorite, is an electric Pokmon with special besieges such as Thundershock and Lightningbolt. Other Pokmon and their attacks include Krabby, a water Pokmon, with a vise grip attack Tauros a normal type Pokmon with a tail whip attack and Squirtle, also a water type Pokmon, with a hydro pump attack (Walk 1/2).In the video game story there are cardinal main trainers that travel around to different islands to catch wild Pokmon that they train and become their own Ash, Brock, and Misty. Ash wants to become a Pokmon master which means that he must travel to all the Pokmon gyms, defeat the gym leaders Pokmon, and collect badges so that he can compete in t he Pokmon league and achieve his dream. In the video games, the person playing the game takes on the role of Ash and attempts to learn about all the different Pokmon as well as how and when to employment their corresponding attacks. As the different Pokmon become more experienced, they may evolve into a new and more powerful Pokmon that the trainer can battle with.