Pokemon is one of my favorite games, playing it since it was on the gameboy color (Pokemon silver) i never knew what the word pokemon means or stands for. I was watching some videos about the game lately, then i heard  that Pokemon actually stands for 

 

                    Poke       Mon

                       ^           ^

                        |            |

                  Pocket    Monster

 

This was so surprising since i was and still playing this game and never knew what does it mean...

Fool. A lot of people forget to put the apostrophe. It's Poke'mon. It makes sense though. They are monsters you could fit in your pockets.

Well,In Japan it's fully called Pocket Monster although the creatures themselves are called Pokemon in Japanese

Well,In Japan it's fully called Pocket Monster although the creatures themselves are called Pokemon in Japanese

Pokeballs fit in your pocket.

 

They are 'monsters'.

 

 

Pokemon are the 'monsters' species names. It makes SENSE!

 They are monsters you could fit in your pockets.

Fool. Its the pokeballs that fit in your pockets... try to put a snorlax there.

Fool. Its the pokeballs that fit in your pockets... try to put a snorlax there.

Fool. I doubt they were called poke'mon until they were able to put them in their pockets. They even had devices before poke'balls.

Fool. A lot of people forget to put the apostrophe. It's Poke'mon. It makes sense though. They are monsters you could fit in your pockets.

Don't you mean Pokémon

 

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Don't you mean Pokémon

 

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Fool. For some reason it was changed a long time ago.

Fool. A lot of people forget to put the apostrophe. It's Poke'mon. It makes sense though. They are monsters you could fit in your pockets.

It's not an apostrophe, it's an accent. Pokémon. The "é" is to represent how to pronounce it. So, it's not Pokeemon, and it's not Pokuhmon. It's Pokaymon.

I actually knew this for years (then again, I spent one-two years of my life pretty much loving nothing but pokemon, soo...; ).

Ah yes...I remember my first time learning what Pokemon stood for...I also remember that I was never afraid of monsters. To be honest, I just think monsters are misunderstood. So, yes, some Pokemon are misunderstood.