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Pokemon Wearing Glasses
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About
Pokemon Wearing Glasses is a photo fad that involves putting a pair of eyeglasses on a stuffed Pokemon doll and sharing the photograph online. The meme is believed to have been inspired by an advertising campaign for an officially licensed Pokemon-themed eyewear accessory that was released in July 2014.
Origin
On July 27th, 2014, Instagram user JohnTV[1] uploaded a photo of a display for Pokemon-themed sunglasses which featured two cardboard Pikachus in glasses with thick black frames, within a week the photo has gained over 50 likes.
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Pokemon Sunglasses for Kids
In June 2014, Nintendo teamed up with the Japanese eyewear makers Zoff to introduce a line of officially licensed Pokemon-themed sunglasses for kids, which also comes with a toy replica of the Pokeball. The product wasreleased across Japan on July 19th at a retail price of ¥3,500, or approximately $35 in USD (shown below).
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![08c.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/804/062/08c.jpg)
Spread
On July 29th, 2014, Kotaku[2] published an article titled "Pokémon Wearing Glasses Is a Meme" which cited JohnTV's photo as launching the meme and included a roundup of notable examples found on Twitter. On July 30th, Fashionably Geek[3] published a post titled "Pokémon Wearing Glasses Is An Adorable New Meme." On July 31st, the official Facebook page[4] for Nintendo 3DS Singapore posted images of the meme asking their fans:
"Pokemon wearing glasses is now officially a meme because they look so good in them. What do you think?"
Notable Examples
![81c.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/946/81c.jpg)
![808.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/947/808.jpg)
![1b6.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/954/1b6.jpg)
![c06.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/963/c06.jpg)
![852.jpg Lavie](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/966/852.jpg)
![6e4.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/803/967/6e4.jpg)
External References
[2] Kotaku – Pokémon Wearing Glasses Is a Meme
[3] Fashionably Geek – Pokémon Wearing Glasses Is An Adorable New Meme
[4] Facebook – Nintendo 3DS Singapore
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Top Comments
Deluxxxe17
Aug 01, 2014 at 11:36PM EDT
David (The NSFW guy)
Aug 01, 2014 at 09:05PM EDT