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Gotta Meme 'em All: PokéGods (view source)
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At this point, very few people knew of Mew, and of those that did very few knew how to obtain it, so many took to the internet to find out how to get their hands on the elusive Pokémon. Now, this might have been very early in the history of Pokémon, but the internet was not much older. Considering that both Pokémon and the internet were very young, there were very few reliable sources on the internet when it came to Pokémon. Because of this, rumors would spread that many people would take seriously but were very seldom true. Mew was no exception; many rumors spread that there were hidden methods to obtain it. The most popular ones were that one would have to defeat the {{bp|Elite Four}} an absurdly high number of times, or that it was hidden under the truck in {{bp|Vermillion City|Vermillion Harbor}} and one would be able to fight Mew by using {{bp|Strength}} on it. [[Mew definitely under the truck, says kid in your class|Bulbanews did a throwback to this rumor on April Fool's Day of 2012.]] | At this point, very few people knew of Mew, and of those that did very few knew how to obtain it, so many took to the internet to find out how to get their hands on the elusive Pokémon. Now, this might have been very early in the history of Pokémon, but the internet was not much older. Considering that both Pokémon and the internet were very young, there were very few reliable sources on the internet when it came to Pokémon. Because of this, rumors would spread that many people would take seriously but were very seldom true. Mew was no exception; many rumors spread that there were hidden methods to obtain it. The most popular ones were that one would have to defeat the {{bp|Elite Four}} an absurdly high number of times, or that it was hidden under the truck in {{bp|Vermillion City|Vermillion Harbor}} and one would be able to fight Mew by using {{bp|Strength}} on it. [[Mew definitely under the truck, says kid in your class|Bulbanews did a throwback to this rumor on April Fool's Day of 2012.]] | ||
These rumors about Mew lead to the concept of PokéGods because of how mysterious it was. It was common knowledge that the game had 150 Pokémon, starting at {{bp|Bulbasaur}} and ending at {{bp|Mewtwo}}, but then this mysterious creature is discovered, causing players to question if they really had caught 'em all. If there is one elusive Pokémon hidden in the game, why would there not be more? Players began to wonder if there was a whole smorgasbord of Pokémon in the games' coding, completely undiscovered. The popular glitch Pokémon {{bp|Missingno.}} also fuels this belief because it lead players to believe that there were going to be other Pokémon in the game that were taken out, which turned out years later to be true; 39 Pokémon were pulled out of the coding for {{bp|Pokémon Red and Green Versions}}, and | These rumors about Mew lead to the concept of PokéGods because of how mysterious it was. It was common knowledge that the game had 150 Pokémon, starting at {{bp|Bulbasaur}} and ending at {{bp|Mewtwo}}, but then this mysterious creature is discovered, causing players to question if they really had caught 'em all. If there is one elusive Pokémon hidden in the game, why would there not be more? Players began to wonder if there was a whole smorgasbord of Pokémon in the games' coding, completely undiscovered. The popular glitch Pokémon {{bp|Missingno.}} also fuels this belief because it lead players to believe that there were going to be other Pokémon in the game that were taken out, which turned out years later to be true; 39 Pokémon were pulled out of the coding for {{bp|Pokémon Red and Green Versions}}, and the different forms of Missingno. are believed to be coding leftover after they were taken out. | ||
The anime also inspired the idea of PokéGods because episodes that aired long before Gold and Silver were even announced featured Pokémon from the {{bp|Johto}} PokéDex, therefore being undiscovered at the time. {{bp|Misty}} carried around a {{bp|Misty's Togetic|Togepi}} for a large portion of the {{bp|Pokémon: Indigo League|first series}}, {{bp|M01|the first movie}} and {{bp|PK01|its accompanying short}} debuted {{bp|Marill}}, {{bp|Snubull}}, and {{bp|Donphan}}, and {{bp|Ash}} even saw {{bp|Ho-Oh}} in the {{bp|EP001|first episode}}, without its name being given. These appearances, as well as the anime taking some creative liberties ({{bp|Crystal Onix}}, {{bp|Pink Buterfree}}, {{bp|Venustoise}}) gave fans the idea that there are more Pokémon than previously thought. | The anime also inspired the idea of PokéGods because episodes that aired long before Gold and Silver were even announced featured Pokémon from the {{bp|Johto}} PokéDex, therefore being undiscovered at the time. {{bp|Misty}} carried around a {{bp|Misty's Togetic|Togepi}} for a large portion of the {{bp|Pokémon: Indigo League|first series}}, {{bp|M01|the first movie}} and {{bp|PK01|its accompanying short}} debuted {{bp|Marill}}, {{bp|Snubull}}, and {{bp|Donphan}}, and {{bp|Ash}} even saw {{bp|Ho-Oh}} in the {{bp|EP001|first episode}}, without its name being given. These appearances, as well as the anime taking some creative liberties ({{bp|Crystal Onix}}, {{bp|Pink Buterfree}}, {{bp|Venustoise}}) gave fans the idea that there are more Pokémon than previously thought. | ||