# PokeGods PokeGods were a wave of late-1990s hoaxes claiming players could unlock secret ultra-powerful Pokemon like Pikablu, Mewthree and Flareth in the first-generation Red and Blue games through absurd button sequences and ritual-like NPC interactions. Fansites copied the fake codes verbatim, and by the mid-2010s YouTubers like TheJWittz turned the hoaxes into retrospective lore videos with millions of views[1]. ## Origin The hoaxes grew out of the real glitches in Pokemon Red and Blue, where very specific input sequences could produce Mew, battle Professor Oak or spawn MissingNo. Because the legitimate tricks already looked like nonsense, trolls could write up equally absurd 'codes' for invented Pokemon and have them taken seriously[1]. Writers posted the fake methods on message boards or small sites, then waited for fansite owners to paste the text onto their own GeoCities and Angelfire pages[1]. One of the key visual sources was the Pokemon Factory, originally at pokemonfactory.com, where artists aspenth and mewthree posted sprite work for made-up Pokemon numbered 300 to 410[8]. The site itself was upfront that the designs were fan creations, but its Pokedex-style images were scraped and reused on PokeGod guides as supposed proof. Hoax authors paired that art with codes like the Nidogod ritual, which told players to beat the Elite Four twice with a Slowbro, Nidoking and Nidoqueen at level 100, then collect a 'mist stone' from Professor Oak[5]. - **Platform:** Pokemon fansites / GeoCities (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 1998 ## Overview A typical PokeGod entry read like a magic spell crossed with a GameFAQs tip. Readers were told to put a specific team at level 100 in an exact order, beat the Elite Four a set number of times, then talk to a background NPC twenty, fifty or a hundred times to unlock a hidden creature such as Flareth, Nidogod or Altanes[4][5]. One widely copied Flareth code demanded four Moltres in the party and 100 conversations with the thirsty girl on the Celadon PokeMart rooftop[4]. The names mixed real second-generation leaks, movie marketing and pure invention. Pikablu was a nickname that caught on for the then-unrevealed Marill, Pikaflare was pinned to Cyndaquil, and 'Mewthree' grew out of the Armored Mewtwo seen in Pokemon: The First Movie trailers[2]. Fusion fakes like Venustoise from the anime and Zapmolcuno from the Pokemon manga were also treated as catchable, and April Fools jokes about Luigi and Yoshi hiding in Kanto got repeated as fact[2]. Sprite art was often lifted from the Pokemon Factory, a fan site run by aspenth and mewthree that published high-quality fake Pokedex entries without ever claiming they were real[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is PokeGods? PokeGods is the collective name for a late-1990s set of hoax codes claiming players could unlock secret, overpowered Pokemon such as Pikablu, Mewthree, Flareth and Nidogod in Pokemon Red and Blue[1]. ### Where did PokeGods come from? They spread through small Pokemon fansites on GeoCities and Angelfire, with sprite art often borrowed from the fan project Pokemon Factory at ocf.berkeley.edu[8]. ### What does PokeGods mean? The term refers to invented, god-tier Pokemon that fans believed were hidden in Red and Blue, separate from canonical legendaries like Mewtwo or later arrivals like Arceus[2]. ### How do you use PokeGods codes? The copypasta typically told players to assemble a specific team at level 100, beat the Elite Four a set number of times, then talk to a named NPC dozens of times, as in the Flareth guide that demanded four Moltres and 100 chats with a Celadon rooftop character[4]. ### Is PokeGods still popular? The codes are no longer passed around as real cheats, but they live on as retro-gaming nostalgia, with videos like TheJWittz's Pikablu history pulling over 1.4 million views in 2015[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.gameskinny.com/l5626/the-legend-of-pikablu-the-death-of-the-video-game-rumor-mill]() 2. [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9Gods]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pokegods]() 4. [http://www.maxpages.com/pokegods1/New_Pokegod_Without_Gameshark]() 5. [http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/pokegods/]() 6. [http://www.chuckxc.com/pokegods/altanes.html]() 7. [https://web.archive.org/web/19991128015143/http://members.tripod.com/~pokegods/hardtogetpokegods.html]() 8. [https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jdonald/pokemon/factory/]() 9. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL2Ygw8qjGE]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pokegods Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library