# Lechonk Lechonk is a Normal-type pig Pokémon unveiled in the second Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer on June 1st, 2022. Its chubby black-and-brown design, slow waddle, and chonk-pun name drew mass reaction tweets within hours of the trailer going live. By that same night, Twitter users were posting 'Lechonk supremacy' edits and tracing the name back to Spanish and Filipino cuisine. ## Origin Game Freak revealed Lechonk during the second Scarlet and Violet trailer, uploaded to the official Pokémon YouTube channel on June 1st, 2022[1]. The clip showed the pig slowly waddling toward the player before engaging the Water-type starter Quaxly, and it passed 200,000 views in its first six hours[6]. Reactions moved to Twitter the same day, where fan account @OoCPokemon posted a one-line outburst about the design and collected over 122,000 likes within six hours[2]. - **Platform:** YouTube (reveal) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2022 ## Overview Lechonk fandom runs on two parallel tracks: mock outrage that Game Freak named a Pokémon after a dinner dish, and sincere devotion toward the little pig itself[2]. Posts typically match a screenshot of Lechonk mid-waddle with a one-line indignant caption, or slot the pig into 'I believe in Supremacy' templates to crown it the best creature in the Paldea reveal[3]. Fan art often leans into its real-world basis, since Spain's Iberian black pigs match Lechonk's coloring[4]. The name itself did a lot of comedic work. 'Lechon' means piglet in Spanish and also names the Filipino whole-roast pig dish[5]. Game Freak tacked a 'k' onto the end to signal chonk, the fat-animal word used on cat and corgi photos online[6]. That trilingual pun turned Lechonk into a running joke across Spanish-speaking Pokémon fans, Filipino food Twitter, and English-language meme accounts. ## How to Use Common Lechonk posts take one of two shapes: a mock-angry caption over a still of the pig waddling toward the player, or a sincere 'Lechonk supremacy' declaration crowning it the standout of the Scarlet and Violet reveal[3]. Etymology threads riffing on 'lechon' as Spanish piglet or Filipino roast-pig are a frequent variant[4][5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Lechonk? Lechonk is a Normal-type pig Pokémon from the Paldea region, first shown in the June 1st, 2022 Pokémon Scarlet and Violet trailer[1]. ### Where did Lechonk come from? Game Freak revealed Lechonk in the second Scarlet and Violet trailer on the official Pokémon YouTube channel, and Twitter fans like @OoCPokemon turned the reveal into viral posts the same day[2]. ### What does Lechonk mean? The name mixes 'lechon,' which is Spanish for piglet and also the name of a Filipino roasted-pig dish, with the English online word 'chonk' used for fat animals[5][6]. ### How do you use Lechonk? Fans post the pig inside 'I believe in Supremacy' edits or match a still of its waddle with mock-angry captions crowning it the best reveal of the Scarlet and Violet trailer[3]. ### Is Lechonk still popular? Lechonk stayed a fan-favorite from the June 2022 reveal through the game's November 2022 release, with Urban Dictionary writers calling it 'the funniest Pokémon at the moment'[7]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkolOdAX5_I]() 2. [https://twitter.com/OoCPokemon/status/1531986123446157312]() 3. [https://twitter.com/SalvaPot/status/1531986267365289984]() 4. [https://twitter.com/Sanxolotl/status/1531990090892836864]() 5. [https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/1531997039323750402]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lechonk]() 7. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Lechonk]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/lechonk Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library