FREE ESSAY ON POKEMON

POKEMON

This kids phenomenon began as a hand-held video game and exploded across the globe, from
trading cards to becoming the number one
rated television kids' show on the popular cartoon programming Kids' WB! The TV program
is drawn in the manner of the old speed racer
cartoon with similar type voices. It began showing in syndication in September 1998 and
within a few months shot to the top of the ratings
chart for children's programs.
The Pokemon phenomenon began in Japan in 1996, with Nintendo inciting a national craze
when it introduced software for its Game Boy
portable video game system called Pocket Monsters.
The name Pokemon, is short for POcKEt MONster, each have there own special fighting
abilities. Pokemon is marketed as a creative
strategy game based on mythical creatures. Sounds like fun but its more than that, much
more. You work your way to the top, perfecting
your skills by using your Pokemon to fight against other Pokemon trainers. The Pokemon
game does get the kids to think, strategize and use
their memory skills. But thinking on what is the question that needs to be asked.
 Pokemon are incredible creatures that share the world with humans,' says Professor Oak
(on the program), the leading authority on these
monsters. There are currently over 150 documented species of Pokemon. The professor says
We need to deal with poke'mon as
individuals just as we deal with people. Pokemon frequently take on the characteristics
of the human who captured them. 
The Pokemon song and mantra is heard on the program and written in the materials. I want
to be the very best like no one ever was, to
catch them is my real test to train them is my cause .I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide Each Pokemon to understand
the power that's inside. Gotta catch them all! Its you and me I know I know, its my
destiny. Just about every child has
memorized this stanza.
The last line of the Pokemon mantra, Gotta catch them all! is used over and over again to
have the kids desire and crave for collecting
more Pokemon paraphernalia. Whatever the creators of these Pocket monsters come out with
the kids want they are hooked. Between the
TV commercial breaks a Poke'mon comes flashed in a shadow shape and they all say in
unison Whose that Pokemon. The kids are to
recognize the certain character by its shape. Now remember there are over 150 of them so
to do this takes quite some time to familiarize
themselves with the creatures. This becomes a whole new education for them to learn of
these mythical creatures.
A Look at The characters
The story revolves around a 10 year old boy named Ash Ketchum (a boy and his friends). He
is energetic and determined to become the
world's greatest Pokemon Master. Ash's goal and your child's is to become the greatest
trainer in the world by collecting and raising
pokemon. His pet is Pikachu who looks like across between a cuddly rabbit and a rat. He
has a lightning bolt shaped tail. (Raichu also has a
lightning bolt tail)
Misty a girl who is Ash's friend is described as headstrong and stubborn . . . constantly
quibbling with Ash. She is always giving him a
hard time, they are constantly arguing. Ash says she's always putting him down. Then
there is the third member of the adventurous trio,
Brock who has uncontrolled hormones. Brock who is Ashes trouble making partner is girl
crazy, he is infatuated with their perfume, dress
and shape. Every girl he sees he is in love with. Brock's fascination with the opposite
sex often gets him and the gang into trouble. Brock
also has a temper (have you seen your child develop one?) and sometimes will hit Misty,
who is his friend on the head, as in one case
because she wanted to reveal that he loves a certain girl.
Competition drives Ash making him obsessed with catching all the Pokemon. But it is not
that easy he has enemies, Team rocket. A boy girl
team called Jessie & James (Jessie James remember him, the outlaw). Meoth is a Pokemon on
team rocket who are the enemy are the
nemesis of Ash, they want to steal all the Pokemon's from the people and trying to steal
Pikachu from Ash, and at times they do, but Ash
always gets him back. Prepare for trouble, make it double.... Jessie, James . . . they
are an evil gang following Ash and friends looking to
steal rare Pokemon. Jessie and James are stuck up, fashion conscious, trouble makers.
Jesse the girl is dressed in a scanty short skirt.
These characters do not portray good values much less moral that the Bible asks us and
our children to have. Yet they are the villain's in the
story. They have a song they often sing that is quite revealing, To protect the world
from devastation to unite all peoples within our nations.
To announce the evils of truth and love to extend our reach to the stars above. To unite
the world and reach the stars was the goal of the
tower of Babel. To announce the evils of love and truth make this quite a deceptive, evil
message, even from the bad guys of the cartoon.
The Bible says, to Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
To ... Reject that which is evil; hold to that which is
good. If you are a Christian you know the invisible war often times can become visible
and you can be engaged in it. This one has touched
our homes and it happened very quickly. In some respects it came under the radar screen
of many parents. We do battle, but not with
creature against creature. Behind these creatures is a spiritual power trying to
influence the children. We are in the midst of a battle going
on for the hearts and minds of our children, and this has become an all out assault.
Consider that Pokemon is the sixth most-searched-for
word on the Internet and is the fastest-selling Game Boy game.
The video game has sold more than 4 million Nintendo Game Boy games in the United States,
with the Pokemon game cartridges topping
all others in the first and second best-selling slots. In Japan were four versions that
are not found in America, yellow, green, silver, and gold,
yellow was recently released here. There are lots of Poke'mon that haven't been seen or
captured, nor made by Nintendo, But they will be!
Why stop such a good thing?
Pokemon has since become the largest children phenomenon of the decade, Since the Pokemon
trading card game's debut in January
1999, over 2 million copies of the game have been sold in North America. Nintendo, its
Japanese creator, puts the total retail value of the
animated cartoon, Gameboy video games, promotional toys and cards at $1 billion in the
U.S. and $7 billion worldwide in just one year.
Other merchandise to put your money into their pockets are: comic books, coloring books,
videos, compact disks, etc. Instead of the phrase
gotta catch em all it should say gotta take all your money because that's what they are
doing as people are pouring hundreds if not
thousands of dollars to quench the desire of their kids to catch em all. This fad does
not come cheap, as there were originally 150 now the
number is increasing as they see they can offer more to the naive children. Pokemon #151
is Mewtwo, who is psychic Pokemon. The
holo (shinies) cards are the rarest to catch and collect since there is a limited
quantity of each set of Pokemon cards. Each is printed with
the symbol which shows the cards are first-edition cards from that set. The cards may
have future reprints but never with the symbol which
assures that first-edition cards will maintain their value! The cards are of the highest
quality with artistic pictures and information on them.
On the cards they describe the creatures by their genetic type, weight, and height, such
as haunter who is a gas Pokemon, length 5'3'',
weight 0.2 lbs. He is used to hypnotize his opponent. On the upper left hand corner of
the card it will tell you what stage of evolving it is in
on the right hand corner grass, fire , water lightning etc. At the bottom it shows it
weaknesses and resistance. This is a complicated strategy
game that introduces one to a pantheistic worldview and the child is exposed to the power
of the occult.
This has become very big money and not just baseball cards are counterfeited anymore. In
July, Customs seized $250,000 worth of
counterfeit Pokemon products at the docks in Elizabeth, N.J. They seem to be counterfeits
surfacing everywhere. Genuine Pokemon cards
are made in the United States and can be worth $50 each for the rare first editions. 
Most parents can spend at the least $100 to over $1,000. Cards can cost From $3.50 to $7
for a single pack, theme packs can run up to $25.
Prices can get really high, the rarest cards run anywhere from $100-$400 on the Pokemon
black market. 
The news reports that Parents of two kids in L.I. are suing Nintendo for conspiring to
engage in a pattern of racketeering activity and
engaging in an illegal gambling enterprise. They seem to believe Nintendo that offers
rare cards in undisclosed packs and prompts the
kids to catch em all going on a buying spree to get the rare card and resell them to the
collectors for a greater markup. So they are
accusing Nintendo of promoting gambling. They do have a point. However the parents have
spent, thousands of dollars on Pokemon cards.
Now anyone who has seen how these children act that are into this fad can sympathize, but
somewhere along the line the parents need to
take control and put their foot down. Better to be before, than to deal with it in the
middle, losing money and your children to Nintendo's
toys.
The goal is to catch em all. And the kids seek these cards in sometimes an aggressive
fashion. They have been stolen from school to
homes. One child I know had his whole card collection stolen, it had to be worth a couple
hundred dollars. The children get into fights over
the cards? Some parents and educators say kids are becoming obsessed, even brainwashed.
The Elementary aged children are being
manipulated to crave and beg for more Pokemon paraphernalia, they don't know how to stop.
Many of these Pokemon creatures look like
they came right out of your kids nightmares, but now they want to carry in their pocket.
A few examples Himonlee, Jolteon, Pincer,
Golbat, Gastly all look like Holloween refuges at best, at worst like little demons from
horror films. 
Students in school are not able to leave their playtime outside the classroom, they are
so engrossed with the game it captures their attention
which the teacher has to compete with during class. Because of the activity of the kids,
some schools have banned Pokemon from the
premises. It has become an epidemic among the children and not a good influence. This can
come from the TV program where we find
things like Misty is asked to fight over a Pokemon who Ash and her both saw at the same
time as to who will capture the Pokemon first.
This fighting is a consistent foundation in the game. Ash is also in competition to catch
more Pokemon than Professor Oaks grandson Gary. 
When Ash sees a new creature he refers to his Poke'dex, a small hand held computer which
immediately identifies it. They certainly are not
learning zoology from this game but about mythical creatures. (all the imaginary
creatures are in it so there is no educational value in
learning of them, but lots of learning about these fantasy creatures to help in Pokemon
fights). Now if our kids were this serious in
remembering and identifying the real animals and creatures they learn in school, they
would literally be geniuses. 
The Pokemon: morals and ethics
Pokemon Game Boy game and watching the TV Pokemon show gives the kids the basic ideas and
goals of the trading card game. The
interactive, role-playing game of Pokemon offers young trainers a chance to an
ever-increasing number of collectible species and engage
in Pokemon battles with other trainers. The trainer's goal is to increase his status
through battles with other trainers until he earns the
ultimate badge of honor by becoming The World's Greatest Pokemon Master. To capture a
Pokemon they throw the Poke ball at them
and sometimes it gets teleported to professor Oaks Lab.
In the complicated Fable world of Pokemon, each creature possesses its own special powers
and abilities based on its association with
certain elements (earth, wind, fire, water). Trainers must know their creatures problem
using solving strategy skills to win battles. To do this
they need to commit to memory a list of arcane knowledge which will fit the battle. Which
creature will they use, what they decide can
mean victory or defeat. Trainers are also encouraged to teach and care for their captured
Pokemon in order to become more successful. The
kids are told to Carry your Pokemon with you, and you're ready for anything! You've got
the power in your hands, so use it!'
Captured Pokemon can evolve and become even more powerful. As they immediately evolve,
morphing (changing) into another
creature. In Pokemon, the monsters transform the old self and evolve into a new more
powerful Pokemon when they win. The Pokemon
evolve and take on new characteristics and one can evolve into one of two completely
different Pokemon, indicating a complete change.
Caterpie who is a caterpillar evolves into Metapod who evolves into Butterfree a
butterfly. This is the teaching of eastern religions, the
Shinto beliefs have evolution and re-incarnation, these are the ideas presented in
Pokemon. We live in a post Christian era in America, and
what is coming in is the old paganism, with a vengeance. 
There are different cards used in the game for ones warfare; They can resemble a
supernatural chicken fight. Machop, Machoke, Machamp
are all fighters. Machoke is the final stage of evolution for Machop.There are 151
Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) that must be engaged in
battle and defeated. Many of these evolve, some to the fourth level, into other creatures
more powerful than the original Pokemon. They
possess different levels of power and can become more powerful with the use of crystals,
thunderstones, and other evolving techniques
Evolution cards are played on top of your Basic Pokemon (or sometimes on top of other
Evolution cards). They make your Pokemon
bigger and more powerful. 
Energy cards are attached to your Pokemon to give them the Energy they need to use their
attacks. Basic Energy card: A Grass , Fire ,
Water , Lightning , Psychic , or Fighting Energy card. The Energy cards make your Pokemon
bigger and more powerful. They draw on
natures elements - Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.
Trainer cards are one-shot cards that do something once and are then discarded. Its all
about fighting, intense competition and being
numero uno. 
In the song Each Pokemon to understand the power that's inside Each Pokemon exhibits its
own supernatural powers, so we need to ask
what is the source origin of those powers? 
An introduction to the occult worldview and participating in it
Are occult practices or New Age symbols found in the characters and cards? Yes for both.
Ash the main character who is wanting become a
Poke'mon master has a -Z- lightning bolt across both his cheeks disguised as cheek
indentations. The Lightening Bolt is used as a
Satanic symbol representing the gods of thunder (Thor, Set, Zeus, and Jupiter). Satanists
use the lightening or thunderbolt, It is destructive. 
Meoth learned to talk a long time ago so he can say his full name (most Poke'mon cannot)
For example Picachu says P Chu Charmander
says Char. In the game and the cartoon the creatures can only say their name or part of
it, so they chant their name over and over - chanting
is a form of self hypnosis and shuts down our conscious mind opening one up to
suggestions. Sometimes they will say their name to point
out something like a barking dog would, other times they say it over and over before they
enter battle. 
There are a few cards are used that have familiar magic terms, Alakazam who is the final
stage of Abra is a psychic Pokemon with an
intelligence of 5,000. There is Abra, and Kadabra. Abracadabra is a familiar word
associated wit the occult magic. Webster's dictionary
defines it this way - 1) a word supposed to have magic powers and hence used in
incantations, on amulets,etc. 2) a magic spell or formula. It
is listed as a word under sorcery.
The American Heritage Dictionary states ...Abracadabra was a magic word, the letters of
which were arranged in an inverted pyramid and
worn as an amulet around the neck to protect the wearer against disease or trouble. One
fewer letter appeared in each line of the pyramid,
until only a remained to form the vertex of the triangle. As the letters disappeared, so
supposedly did the disease or trouble. The word
abracadabra is associated today with gibberish but it has always been used in magic and
conjuring
I don't think it is a coincidence that the two Pokemon called Abra and Kadabra are
psychic cards with magical powers. On the Abra card it
reads Using its ability to read minds, it will identify impending danger and teleport to
safety. Then there are occult symbols on Kadabra as
well. He has a witches pentagram on his forehead (symbolizing the 5 elements, SSS on his
chest that is disguised, and some would identify 
him giving the Satanic salute with his left hand. He omits special alpha waves that
induce headaches even to those nearby (I think I'm
getting one) All of the above have occult implications. the Bible Deut.18:10-12
explicitly states that we are neither to participate in nor
associate with activities related to the Occult, this is not just a game of fun.
In the episode Haunter versus Kadabra, Ash and friends go to lavender city to fight
Sabrina who is a Pokemon has psychic powers. She
communicates to her Pokemon telepathically. At one point in the story she turns misty and
Brock into dolls and they meet Sabrinas mom
who was also turned into a midget doll. She says, please don't think bad of Sabrina shes
really a good daughter. This good daughter had
her powers overtake her as a child and her personality split into 2 people. One stayed a
young child while the other grew up. As she enters
into battle with Ash who wants to rescue his friends who are now dolls her eyes glow red
and she has Kadabra send psi waves against
Pikachu. Instead of Pokemon these creatures may be better named poltergeist's.
Wicca, or Witchcraft is popular and a fast growing religion throughout the world today.
symbols and signs used in magick. (Runes.) Like
Witchcraft, and sorcery Pokemon trainers must go through training and ritual type actions
to become 'Master Trainers', become powerful in
the 'craft' with the ability to control the Pokemon and their powers. participating in
magic means demanding that a spiritual force, spirits will
do ones bidding. Ash summons the Pokemon from the ball. The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia
says witchcraft is exercise of supernatural
powers through occult arts such as magic, sorcery, and even Satanism. Its origins are in
the belief in separate powers of good and evil in
ancient pagan cults and in religions. 
Pagans use nature powers and demonic spirits, shamans use animal spirits. In the Pokemon
game trainers summon one of their Pokemon to
battle other monsters and they use them as guardians. In Wicca, guardians spirits are
called by them to protect them from (other) 'evil' spirits
as they during rituals stay in the 'safe' area circle, the pentagram, The similarity is
the Pokemon monsters are held safe in a Pokeball until
the trainer summons them and they use natures powers. You have evil demons/monsters
(pocket monsters) fighting the good monsters
(pikachu's, etc.). Grolier Encyclopedia says magic is-The use of a certain ritual action
to bring about the intervention of a supernatural force,
either in human affairs or in the natural environment, In casting spells, the appropriate
use of words is sufficient to release or activate a
power.Often times natures 5 elements are used in battle ( fire, water, air or wind,
earth, void-symbol of the star in the occult) . They teach
that these powers can be manipulated by the Pokemon. Many of the Pagan and earth based
religions find power in these same Elements
that are the energy cards in the Pokemon game! In one episode Ash has his spirit taken
out of his body by haunter, of course he later puts
him back in.
Children are subtly being indoctrinated in the theory of evolution, mysticism and pagan
beliefs in the Pokemon game.They are being
opened to accepting humanistic wisdom and occult spirituality. 
The Bible says, Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10:31. Does this game
bring glory to God? This game is not even
neutral, it opposes him in many different ways. Pocket monsters of the occult that you
child can carry and do battles with, think about it.
In 1997 hundreds of children went into epileptic seizures while watching the Pokemon
cartoon in Japan. 
Here are excerpts of 2 reports Dec. 17,1997 TOKYO -As many as 700 schoolchildren
reportedly suffered convulsions, vomiting, and other
symptoms while watching the Pokemon cartoon.
Japanese mass dailies Mainichi, Yomiuri and Asahi carried front-page stories Wednesday
reporting the seizures, which they said took
place about 20 minutes into the 30-minute show, watched by millions of kids across Japan.

Japan's Home Affairs Ministry said 208 people, from age 3 upward, including a 58-year-old
man, were still in hospital with epilepsy-type
symptoms more than 24 hours after the showing.... 
The blame was put on a scene depicting an explosion followed by five seconds of flashing
red lights from the eyes of the most popular
character, Pikachu, a rat-like creature. The episode centered on characters getting
inside a computer to fight each other, while the explosion
was set off by a vaccine bomb detonated to destroy a computer virus. 
December 17, 1997 Web posted at: 4:15 a.m. EST TOKYO (CNN)
In a national survey, the Tokyo fire department found that at least 618 children had
suffered convulsions, vomiting, irritated eyes, and other
symptoms after watching Pokemon. .... Psychologist Rika Kayama, author of a book on video
games and health, said that there is the
possibility of photosensitive epilepsy or group hysterics. The children must have been
totally immersed in the program, Kayama said. 
(Nintendo's games carry a health warning about this)
So how can a TV cartoon affect children so adversely? If the cartoon is able to do this
from a few short seconds of viewing, what is the
potential in practicing the gaming and cards for a long time? 
There have been and continue to be many popular toys board games, PC games with occult
themes. If one looks at the computer games
they seem to be getting more violent with occult themes strewn throughout. You can now
add the world of Poke'mon to the parade of
Multiple gods, aliens, Ouji boards, Psychic powers, magic cards, mind control, astral
travel, teleportation, casting spells, transforming
evolution toys, mesmerization games. Nintendo a Japanese company has a past record of
introducing a supernatural pagan world in their
games. 
The kids, youth, are not just playing fun games when they participate with Poke'mon, its
basis is found in the occult. It is a primer for the
occult worldview and initiates the unsuspecting child into being open. The good creatures
use their occultic powers to overcome the evil
creatures. So what message does that send to children? The Poke'mon uses powers energies
to consume their opponents, they have magical
psychic powers that are supernatural who can evolve into more powerful Poke'mon. Poke'mon
trainers send their Poke'mon out to fight like
wizards. They order them to do different attacks. The Poke'mon never die, if damaged or
incapacitated they are brought back to life as
nurse Joy heals them back at the Poke'mon center.
In one episode Bill a Poke'mon researcher said to Ash and friends, The planet is created
4.6 billion years ago. During that time all kinds of
Poke'mon existed, they had many ways of living...On this planet there are over 150
species of Poke'mon. This teaches a fable not only of
evolution but intelligent species throughout the universe. 
They are learning how to play with mythical creatures, who have magical supernatural
powers. They are being taught that they can make
these creatures subject to them. They order the Poke'mon who fly through the air into
battle to fight for them against their enemies. The
children are challenged to become masters by conquering more and more Poke'mon monsters
with the powers that are in these creatures.
The Poke'mon travel in Poke' balls when released from the Poke'balls the Poke'mon
announces who he is and will sometimes do so
aggressively before the attack. The children are told to. . . Carry your Poke'mon with
you, and you're ready for anything! You've got the
power in your hands, so use it!
Grolier Encyclopedia- defines magic as The use of a certain ritual action to bring about
the intervention of a supernatural force, either in
human affairs or in the natural environment,... In casting spells, the appropriate use of
words is sufficient to release or activate a power.
Here some suggestions for battle off a Pokemon web site.
When I try to attack with my Pokemon, it just ignores me. Why won't my Pokemon Obey me?
That Pokemon's level is too
high for you to control it. Until you get the corresponding Badge for its level, you will
not be able to control it.
Can I stop my Pokemon from evolving? Will they be able to evolve later? Yes, just press
the B Button while they are changing
to stop the evolution. As the character continues to gain levels, they will attempt to
evolve again.
(from Pokemon website at *www.pokemon.com.*)
The websites explain that some attacks cause the Defending Pokemon to be Asleep,
Confused, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. Pokemon Masters
are the leaders of fighting schools or battling gangs that solve their problems by
beating their opponents. And how do they do this? The
booklet says, Some attacks cause the Defending Pokemon to be Asleep, Confused, Paralyzed,
or Poisoned.
If a Pokemon is Paralyzed, it can't attack or retreat. Turn the Pokemon sideways to show
it's Paralyzed. If an Active Pokemon is Paralyzed,
it recovers after its player's next turn. Turn the card right-side up again. For example
Weepingbell - Razor Leaf A Pokemon card says, It
spits out poison powder to immobilize the enemy, and then finishes the enemy with a spray
of acid. 
The creatures turn into warriors when they fight, some of which look somewhat cute like a
fish, a crab, a butterfly ,dinosaurs, eagles, etc.
But don't let that fool you. As much fun as it looks on the surface, underneath is a
volcano of occult indoctrination. The game is also filled