Pokemon, short for Pocket Monster is a famous anime series in the world and they have a legion of fans around the world ranging from children to parents. Why? It is because of the exciting and interesting story of Ash - the main character and his favorite Pokemon - Pikachu. Pokemon was created by Satoshi Taijri and owned by the video game company Nintendo. The first Pokemon anime series was released in 1995 and since then, many other products of Pokemon was developed such as Trading Card Games and Adventure Games. Most of you will probably know that Pikachu is the most famous Pokemon but actually, there is another well known Pokemon and that is Squirtle.
Logan Zezima, Give Squirtle a Face, Know Your Meme [Online], Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/give-squirtle-a-face
In 2008, the face of Pikachu was taken by an Internet user and being edited by putting some funny faces on its body and it was posted on the Internet. Surprisingly, it turned into an Internet Meme in a short time because of Pikachu's popularity. In Pokemon, Pikachu is the main character and that is why usually Pikachu is being promoted everywhere and thus making it more popular than any other Pokemon, causing the picture of Squirtle to go unnoticed most of the time despite it being a well known Pokemon.
Three weeks ago on January 8 2010, another Internet user took the face of Squirtle just like what happened to Pickachu and created a thread named "Give Squirtle a Face". Unfortunately, it did not work. Well, at least for a day because on the next day, an Internet user by the name of Little Washu posted the same thing in a thread section and inviting other users to "Have At It! Give Him a Face!". This time however, it worked!
Logan Zezima, Give Squirtle a Face, Know Your Meme [Online], Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/give-squirtle-a-face
Most Internet users thought that this Internet Meme was created by Little Washu but little do they know that it was actually created by someone else. However, because of Little Washu, this Internet Meme became very popular. This applies to our life as well. Opportunity waits for no one but rather, it is something to be achieved. If we want to achieve success, we must take the opportunity when it is presented to us as waiting will bring a naught. Also, we must be hard working and do our utmost to achieve our dream. So people, Go For It!
Reference:
1. Logan Zezima, Give Squirtle a Face, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/give-squirtle-a-face
2. Matt Swider, The Pokemon Series Pokedex (Special), Gaming Target [Online] Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=6531
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Reference:
1. Logan Zezima, Give Squirtle a Face, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/give-squirtle-a-face
2. Matt Swider, The Pokemon Series Pokedex (Special), Gaming Target [Online] Retrieved on 18th January 2010.
URL: http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=6531
Advin
