Spirit Pokémon
Added by Lucas Sweitzer • Updated about a year ago by Molly Horan
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About • Origin • Spread • Notable Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
![3cf.png IME SUMMON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/090/467/3cf.png)
About
Spirit Pokémon is a series of multi-pane comics featuring a Pokemon fan who finds him or herself in some sort of predicament and conjures up the "spirit Pokémon" for help.
Origin
The first Spirit Pokemon comic was created by Tumblr user Secretcat[1] and posted to his blog on November 22nd, 2010. The comic featured a geeky boy calling upon the power of his "spirit pokemon," in this case Porygon, to help him smooth his way through an awkward social situation. As of February 2014, the Tumblr post has over 1,800 notes.
![tumblr_lcbktfl1bG1qzie9mo1_500.png RI-10 A 0100 0 010Z-11 tv0138735](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/090/490/tumblr_lcbktfl1bG1qzie9mo1_500.png?1318992465)
Spread
Secretcat's original comic spread quickly through Tumblr after it was reblogged by popular comics blog Meredomo[3] and popular Pokemon blog Fuckyeahpokememe.[3] On December 23rd, 2013, gaming site Kotaku[4] published a post that explained the concept of a Spirit Pokemon and collected some of the most popular Spirit Pokemon comics.
![Spirit Pokemon Sacrifice 2art ny Plea! um.. thanks. maré odomo](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/945/f33.jpg)
![Jiggly Puff Spirit OHNOH! due in 5HOURS and i cant STAY AWAKE !! bo 9](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/947/c06.jpg)
In addition, there are nearly 20,000 artworks tagged under "Spirit Pokemon" on DeviantART[5], and a number of Spirit Pokemon questionnaires were created on quiz generator sites such as QuoteV[7] and QuizFarm[8]. On January 19th, 2013, Reddit user Redditor49 started a thread titled "How to Find Your Pokemon Spirit Animal" on the r/Pokemon subreddit. The idea of a Spirit Pokemon remerged in February 2014, when Pokemon players gathered online to play a massive crowd sourced game on Twitch.TV.
Notable Examples
![Pokemon Muse HELP ME IT, INSPI RATION THANK You SPIRIT POKEMON Julia,R、2011](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/949/82e.jpg)
![Helpful Pokemon MIND COMICMAR 12 20 赤 OPEN DAMN SRRT INEED YOU NEED YOU TO DDI GON APPEARED GRABR OPEN HIS USED CRU UAR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/952/fc8.jpg)
![Cool Spirit Pokemon FLYGON Ho CoaL Glasses emmegetdat tumbl.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/957/ce4.png)
![Anger Control Pokemon Help me! Spirit Pokemon purrr- slion pkmh male](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/958/b7b.png)
![Unhelpful Spirit Pokemon ANYTHING! 0 KEED ouC](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/963/3e2.jpg)
![Scarey Spirit Pokemon SPirit Poke Mon HELP all asleeP! Diloom-Fumbl](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/964/015.jpg)
![Ineffective Spirit Pokemon allala-Huh? EEK lease, spirt pokémon,! Oh, thank heale elp me get ndl of that awcul We me get vidl of uh #412 Go ge, Burmy!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/966/489.jpg)
![Sad Spirit Pokemon SPIRIT LEMON has S0 Sa 900 GareeceYh](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/706/968/997.png)
Helix Fossil
Due to the large volume of chat commands being input at once during Twitch Plays Pokemon, random selection of items quickly became a common occurrence during battles, especially the second item in the player's bag, the Helix Fossil. This item appeared on screen so frequently that it came to be viewed as an object of worship and guidance by TwitchTV users. Other items treated this way were the Moon Stone, Nugget, and S.S. Ticket.
![It knows all 5Si Fossil O>SI oSSi OSS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/699/807/ead.png)
![Helix HELIX FOSSIL9 HMo1 TM30 S. S.TICKET S. S. TICKET DHELIX FOSSIL HMo1 TM3O S. S. TICKET DHELIX FOSSIL HMo1 TM30 S. s. TICKET LIX FOSSIL ら. s. s. TICKET HMo1 DHELIX FOSSIL HMo1 TM30 TM3O](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/700/282/39d.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – Secret Cat
[2] Tumblr – fuckyeahpokememe
[4] Kotaku- Maybe Leave the Pokemon in the Ball Next Time
[5] Deviant Art- Spirit Animal
[6] Reddit- How to Find Your Spirit Pokemon
[7] QuoteV- What Is Your Spirit Pokemon
[8] QuizFarm- Whats your pokemon spirit?
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Tags: pokemon, comic, tumblr, pokémon, fan character, pokèmon,
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