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The Eevee evolution easter egg in Pokémon GO is a nod to the Eevee brothers from the anime.

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Pokémon GO has had more downloads in one week than any other app in history.

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If a Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow is uploaded to Pokémon Stadium, it is voiced by Ikue Otani and has unique sound effects.

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Real tadpoles actually have swirled intestines, and Poliwag's stomach swirl mimics them.

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Gengar is rumored to be the shadow of Clefable.

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Ash sees Ho-Oh in the first episode of the anime, long before Gold and Silver are released.

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Azurill has a 1/4 chance of changing genders when evolving into Marill.

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Pokken Tournament, the Tekken-style Pokémon fighting game, is coming to the Wii U this spring. http://t.co/KGwyhCTwtS

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The move "Splash" is actually a mistranslation of the Japanese word "hop", which is why it's a Normal type move as opposed to water.

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The first generation of games was supposed to include 190 Pokémon, not 151.

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Doduo can fly by moving its legs really fast, as revealed in Pokémon Stadium.

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Mareep, the electric sheep Pokémon, is thought to be a reference to 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Phillip K. Dick.

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Darumaka's Pokédex entry states that its droppings are hot and people used to put them in their clothes to keep warm.

Gross.

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'The Legend of Dratini' was an episode that never aired because actual guns were fired at human characters.

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When Paras evolves into Parasect, the fungi, growing on its back, engulfs its mind. This is illustrated by Parasect's lack of pupils.

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D(ein)o, (Zwei)lous and Hy(drei)gon include the German words for one, two and three.

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Before Generation 6, the odds of encountering a shiny Pokémon, with Pokérus, was 1/178,956,971.

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In game, there are over 4 million possible spot patterns programmed for Spinda. http://t.co/Cwji62qHku

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James had boobs in one episode. That was pretty hard to erase from memory.

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Missingno does not exist in Pokémon Green, only Red and Blue.