- Pokemon Sword and Shield's Weezing
has the internet lighting up.
A new trailer dropped this week
for upcoming Pokemon games Sword and Shield,
and it's filled to the brim with updates
about the next generation of the core Pokemon games.
Not only do we get our first real looks
at the game's new adversaries, Bede and Marnie,
we are also introduced to Team Yell
who are described as Marnie's wild fans.
On top of that, we also learned
about the new Galar region Pokemon, Morpeko,
who is the definition of big mood in that it gets hangry.
This new hangry ability plus Sobble's cry ability
along with Wooloo's ability to roll away from its problems
has us wondering if The Pokemon Company
is just reading our therapy journals at night,
(sighing loudly) but we digress.
And while there are going to be
Galarian versions of established Pokemon
like Zigzagoon and Linoone,
it's the new take on Weezing
that has the internet gasping for air
figuratively and literally speaking,
and that's because it looks like,
well, to be quite honest, a bong.
It looks like a bong.
Now we're assuming the designers were hoping
to add a smokestack and top hat hybrid look to pay homage
to the British-themed Galar setting of the game,
but maybe they should have probably
brought in a focus group first
because as @RealBenGilbert tweeted,
this is just a bong, and guess what.
The rest of the internet was quick
to jump on this bandwagon or should we say bongwagon
with their reactions and hot takes on Twitter.
@Droid_1989 only has questions
about how this all came to be.
Why does Galarian Weezing look like a bong?
Were they high at the time of drawing it?
Or wishing they were high.
To be fair, there is a Pokemon
that is literally a set of house keys.
So at least this version of Weezing kinda makes sense.
@caroramsey summed up the intent and the reaction
to the new Galarian Weezing with this tweet.
Pokemon: it's a reference to the era of coal-burning London!
They have top hats that double as smokestacks!
So clever.
Twitter: sunglasses emoji, bong (laughs).
You might say that tweet was straight blazing.
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@DumbassDoggy tweeted #PokemonSwordShield
this Pokemon is literally just two (beep) bongs.
That's one way to be blunt about it.
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@MattAyersDJ loved the new look
saying, "My boy Weezing classed the (beep) up
"for the new Pokemon games."
Maybe we should class up this joint ourselves (laughs).
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Okay, we're done.
@TheRascalCook found the cultural relevance
of equating a Poison type Pokemon to factory pollution
saying, "The new Pokemon game is not (beep) around
"with its thoughts on capitalism and the environment."
Insert a Bernie Sanders joke here.
(clock ticking)
You do it.
(bell dings)
@FreakinClever is angry over the design
and brings up an old rivalry.
Absolutely furious that Pokemon beat Digimon to the punch
when it comes to having a bong creature.
Well, no reason they still can't.
@Megan_Nicolett from The Verge shared her feelings with
was away from my desk when the Pokemon news happened,
and y'all weren't (beep) around
about Weezing moneybongs huh.
No, no we were not.
@KlumeScribbles provided the best
tuxedo Winnie the Pooh meme
to showcase the different versions of Weezing.
You might say that (mumbles).
You.
You might say that meme was dope.
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Okay, okay, yeah, now we're done.
While @bunchajokers reminded us
of the real truth of this Weezing
saying, "Weezing is undoing pollution thank you pal"
over a description of the fact
that this Weezing image purified air from those smokestacks.
Ah, it's good to know that this Weezing
is having a positive effect on the environment.
In all honesty, it's crazy to think
that the internet is losing its mind
over a bong-shaped Pokemon
and not the cuteness of the hangry Morpeko.
Unless all this was done on purpose,
and the real reason Morpeko has the munchies is...
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Well, we'll just have to wait until Pokemon Sword and Shield
comes out for the Nintendo Switch on November 15th,
but what do you folks think?
Which is your favorite Galarian version of a Pokemon?
Which Pokemon fits you better: Morpeko, Wooloo, or Sobble?
And would you say that you are a chronic Pokemon fan?
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(laughs) Let's discuss.
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