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podcast_status=Active |
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podcast_run=December 2007 - Present|
site_run=2009 - Present |
debut={{wp|New Year's Eve|December 31}}, 2007 |
site_open=April 2, 2009 <small>({{tt|Current website|PUCLPodcast.com}} as presumed by the host on Episode 90; the first website was a {{wp|Webs.com}} site.)</small>|
creator=Thaddeus Asel (a.k.a. "Thatch") and "Professor Sycamore" |
host="Thatch" ''et al.'' |
noepisodes=103 <small>(as of October 20, 2012)</small> |
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}}

The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''', also known as '''''P.U.C.L.''''' <small>(pronounced ''PUCK-uhl'')</small>, is a Pokémon-centric {{wp|podcast}} and fan site hosted and run by Thaddeus "Tadj" Asel, better known as "Trainer Thatch". The podcast debuted on New Year's Eve 2007, barely beginning in the same year as another Pokémon podcast, ''[[WTPT - Pokémon Radio]]''. The podcast is known for its wacky humor, and is the successor to a short-lived podcast that debuted in March of that same year called ''PokéChat''.

==Podcast==
The '''''Pokémon Underground Champions League''''' podcast or '''''P.U.C.L. Podcast''''' is known for its bizarre and eccentric humor, which includes fake commercials and interviews, a prolonged announcer intro, various cracks made towards Pokémon, their listeners and community members (who they call "PUCLonians"), and the hosts themselves; and several other recurring gags.

It is also known for its many recurring co-hosts who joins host "Thatch" in many of his show's episodes, its longevity (more than four years as of their ninetieth episode on February 12, 2012), and its supposed rivalry with the late yet more popular ''WTPT''. Also, it is one of the few Pokémon-centric podcasts that is {{wp|profanity|explicit}}.

Despite its longevity, the podcast is considered subpar compared to other Pokémon podcasts by both Pokémon fans (outside of the show's dedicated listeners) and even host "Thatch" himself.<ref>"Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel]. "[http://www.puclpodcast.com/happy-birthday-p-u-c-l/ Happy Birthday P.U.C.L.!]" December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2011.</ref>

===History===
Before ''P.U.C.L.'', Asel originally created a podcast called ''PokéChat'' that debuted in March 2007. The podcast ended after only a few episodes due to Asel's then-inexperience with podcasting and his dissatisfaction with the show's format.

Asel stated in an e-mail to a Bulbapedia user, "''P.U.C.L.'' was never actually intended to be a podcast."<ref name="email1">"Thatch" [Thaddeus Asel]. Message to "[[User:BulbaPediaAid|BulbaPediaAid]]". March 5, 2012. E-mail.</ref> When {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}} were released, he had several friends playing the games in his high school during fall of the same year. He and his friends decided to try set up various Pokémon tournaments together and, jokingly, wanted to make a club out of it. They spent a couple days trying to come up with an acronym that made a "word", coming up with "Pokémon Underground Champions" or "P.U.C." <small>(pronounced "puck")</small> and using it for a couple of weeks. They then added "League" to the end, making the acronym "P.U.C.L." Asel treats the name as nonsensical and hopes no one takes it as serious.<ref name="email1" />

He returned to podcasting after hearing ''WTPT'' and noticing that "there really were no other options for a good[,] regularly updating [P]okémon podcast." One day after he and a friend returned home from school, they came up the pseudonyms "Cool Trainer Thatch" and "Professor Sycamore" and recorded a podcast. They posted the first episode of the ''P.U.C.L. Podcast'' two weeks later, and "Thatch" has been doing new episodes of the podcast ever since.<ref name="email1" />

====Supposed rivalry with ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio''====
''P.U.C.L.'' and its listener base had scuffles with the more successful ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio'' that lasted until the latter podcast's end in 2010. The "rivalry" with the other podcast began when ''P.U.C.L.'' made fun of ''WTPT''.<ref name="email1" /><ref name="quote1">"Thatch" to "BulbaPediaAid": "We said a lot of stupid things we shouldn't have. [...] After [the tournaments] we kind of forgave each other and decided it [was] best not to mention other [P]okémon podcasts just as ''WTPT'' did."</ref> Eventually in the summer of 2008, Justin V. of The Pallet Tribune, then called The Pokémon Times, asked ''P.U.C.L.'' to stop ridiculing them. A flame war ignited between the two podcasts' listeners, with their bases mocking the other podcast in e-mails to their favorite podcast and writing negative podcast reviews about the other on iTunes. It reached its peak when the two Pokémon fan communities held the first of two separate tournaments to see which community was better at the Pokémon games, with ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s group winning both by a significant margin. After the tournaments, the two podcasts somewhat forgave each other and decided it would be best if they did not mention other [[:Category:Podcasts|Pokémon podcasts]] on their shows, and would later have a coexistence with each other.<ref name="email1" /><ref name="quote1" /> (This "rule" was broken for the first time on episode 90 when an e-mail mentioning other Pokémon podcasts was read.)

Upon the announcement of ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s end, ''P.U.C.L.''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fans boasted on an unofficial Facebook fan page that they've won the "rivalry" by default, which was mocked by the host of [[It's Super Effective (podcast)|another Pokémon-focused podcast]] on Twitter and the nineteenth episode of that podcast. (At that time the then-new podcast, which debuted during the same year that ''WTPT'' ended, had already surpassed ''P.U.C.L.'' in popularity within their first few months.) Asel has since shut down the fan page and started an official Facebook page for ''P.U.C.L.''<ref name="email1" />

====100th Episode Celebration====
For ''P.U.C.L''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s one-hundredth episode on July 14, 2012, Thatch hosted a 12-hour long livestream in which he cleaned a friend's house and recorded the one-hundredth episode live. Members of the P.U.C.L. community that watched the livestream earned a special badge to show that they were there. Many members from the P.U.C.L. community watched the livestream in celebration of P.U.C.L.'s milestone.

With the publishing of episode 100, ''P.U.C.L.'' became the first Pokémon audio podcast to produce and release 100 episodes.

===Segments===
As aforementioned, the podcast has made up many segments and running gags throughout its run. These include:
*'''Intro''' - The introduction to the show is normally goes in the following order:
**'''{{wp|Cold open|Teaser}}''' - The podcast begins with either a humorous phrase spoken by one of the hosts or a scene skit that the hosts set up as a joke. One of the podcast's most notable teases came on episode 89 when an exhausted Sarge came in and explained to listeners that the reason why they have not made a new episode since episode 88 was supposedly because he and Thatch went on a very inexpensive vacation to {{wp|Mexico}} that went horribly wrong which supposedly ends up with Thatch dying at the U.S.-Mexico border, only for Thatch to come in yelling that the story was a lie and that he's just lazy.
**'''"Theme song" of the episode''' - A random song is played as the theme tune for the episode, with mostly various non-Pokémon-related {{wp|rock (genre)|rock}} and {{wp|popular music|pop}} music played at the beginning. Pokémon-related songs have been played before, including official songs such as the original [[Pokémon Theme]] for the English dub and parodies of popular songs such as "{{wp|Party Rock Anthem}}" by {{wp|LMFAO (group)|LMFAO}}; some in their entirety. Occasionally, the intro song would just be sung by the podcast's hosts.
**'''Announcer''' - After the intro song of the episode is played, a campy announcer (usually Thatch using an echo effect) gives an introduction to the show in a humorously prolonged and ever-changing tone. The phrase as it currently is usually starts by saying a location in the Pokémon world where the podcast is supposedly being recorded, then goes to its slogan, "It's the one, the only, ''{{tt|PUCL|Spelled without periods for pronunciation-based reasons.}} Podcast''!"
*'''News''' - After the introduction, ''P.U.C.L.'' starts with a typical Pokémon news segment, with the hosts recapping recent Pokémon-related events. Currently, this segment starts and ends with a low-quality playing of "{{wp|The Mission (theme music)|The Mission}}", a piece originally composed by {{wp|John Williams}} for {{wp|NBC News|NBC's news programs}}.
*'''Main topic''' - The typical topic of the episode segment, which provides the titles for the podcast's episodes and is discussed by the hosts.
*'''Interviews''' - Mock interviews have been a part of the ''P.U.C.L. Podcast'' since the second episode, when the [[Day-Care Couple|Day-Care Man]] from [[Four Island (town)|Four Island]] was the first "interviewee" as the episode focused on [[breeding]]. These interviews happened early on in the podcast's run, but have been become less common later on, only being done on occasion when the hosts feel like it. The interviews tend to have over-exaggerated versions of various characters. 
*'''Commercials''' - ''P.U.C.L.'' always has a commercial break filled with fake commercials during each episode, normally after the topic of the episode. The commercials start after one of the hosts says, "We will catch you on the flip-flop!" Some of the more notable "commercials" include:
*'''"[[Pokémon (species)|Poke]]" of the Episode''' - As with any other Pokémon podcast, ''P.U.C.L'' has a segment focusing on a Pokémon of the hosts' choosing. Often introduced as the listeners' least favorite part of the podcast, the hosts look at their chosen Pokémon's [[Bulbapedia]] article and often read off the Pokémon's stats and "Trivia" section from there.
*'''Mailbag''' - As typical of any Pokémon-centric podcast, e-mails and feedback are sent to ''P.U.C.L.'' and are read on the air as part of the "Mailbag" segment. Also like other Pokémon podcasts, ''P.U.C.L.'' asks a "Mailbag Question" that is answered in most e-mails for the next episode. Currently, the mailbag is introduced as the listeners' most favorite part of the podcast and starts with a low-quality playing of "Mailtime" from the Nickelodeon children's show ''{{wp|Blue's Clues}}'' before Thatch and his co-hosts read the e-mails. Starting with episode 97, after they've read all the e-mails for the episode, the hosts award an "Email Badge" to an e-mailer who they think wrote the best e-mail of the episode based on grammar and content. The badge is added to the user's P.U.C.L. profile, provided that they have a profile on the website.
*'''Outro/"{{wp|Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time}}"''' - The podcast ends with Thatch giving a new "Mailbag Question" for the next episode and mentioning the e-mail address for listeners to send their feedback. After a bit of chatter, Thatch usually says, "Until next time on the ''PUCL Podcast'', I'm Trainer Thatch," then after the co-host(s) mention their names, Thatch continues, "And here at [the ''PUCL Podcast'' or a location in the [[Pokémon world]] where the podcast has supposedly been recorded], it's closing time." Normally, during or after these final lines, the song "Closing Time" by alternative rock band {{wp|Semisonic}} plays (with the first verse usually coming in right after Thatch says "it's closing time") until it fades out after the first chorus.

===Episode list===
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|- style="{{roundy|10px}}"
! colspan="4"|''P.U.C.L. Podcast'' episodes
|- style="background: #1078D9"
! {{tt|No.|Episode number}}
! Subject/{{tt|Title|P.U.C.L. episode titles are shown as written. Some episodes have had their titles changed.}}
! {{tt|Description|P.U.C.L. episode descriptions are shown as written, sans beginning and ending quotation marks and except for some corrections. Also, some episode descriptions have been changed.}}
! {{tt|Publish date|Due to the podcast's history of changing their RSS feeds and originally not having a website of their own, the exact publish dates of earlier episodes may not be known. Also, the current version of the website has removed all of the first 96 episodes' original publish dates, so most of the dates found here were provided by web-based podcast directories that preserved most of the episodes as they were originally uploaded.}}
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 1
| Meet the Hosts
| "Meet the hosts of the puclpodcast!"
| {{wp|New Year's Eve|December 31}}, 2007
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 2
| [[Pokémon breeding|Breeding]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss breeding."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 3
| [[Pokémon training|Training Guide]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss how to train your [[Pokémon (species)|pokes]] to the max!"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 4
| Random Aspects
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about random stuff. Probably the worst episode ever."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 5
| [[Global Trade Station|GTS]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the GTS."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 6
| [[Kanto]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the ins and outs of Kanto."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 7
| Move Combo's
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about move combinations."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 8
| [[Effort values|EV]] Training
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about EV training."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 9
| [[Poké Ball|Pokeballs]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about Pokeballs."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 10
| [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new {{tt|Super Smash Bros. Game|Originally spelled in lowercase letters as 'super smash bros game'. Also, the episode title was misspelled without an 's' in 'Bros.'}}."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 11
| [[Stats]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the different pokemon stats.|Originally did not contain the words, 'the different pokemon', while the first 's' in 'stats' was capitalized.}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 12
| A Pokemon Retrospective
| "{{tt|Thatch, Sycamore, and their friend Odie talk about the old days of pokemon.|Originally, 'Thatch, Odie and Sycamore talk about pokemon in the old days.'}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 13
| [[Johto]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about Johto."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 14
| [[Pokémon League|Pokemon Leagues]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Oynotno talk about Pokemon Leagues.|Originally, 'Oynotno and Thatch discuss the concept of pokemon leagues.'}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 15
| [[M01|Pokemon The First Movie]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore Talk about the Original pokemon movie. Look that Jigglypuff’s eyes are closed!|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about the First pokemon movie.'}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 16
| [[Cheating|Hacking]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the controversial topic of hacking.|Originally did not contain the words, 'the controversial topic of', while the 'h' in 'hacking' was capitalized.}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 17
| {{Berries}}
| "Thatch and Zel discuss the ins and outs of berries."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 18
| [[Hoenn]]/[[Generation III|Gen 3]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the region of their least favorite generation, the third.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about what they think are the worst games ever.' The episode title also had the full word 'Generation' in it.}}"
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 19
| [[Type|Pokemon Types]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss pokemon types."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 20
| [[:Category:Games by platform|Console Games]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the games for anything but the handheld {{tt|system|Originally spelled in the correct plural form, 'systems'.}}."
| 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 21
| Ultimate Training Guide Part 1
| "Thatch and Sycamore start their comprehensive training guide for noobs."
| July 29, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 22
| Ultimate Training Guide Part 2
| "Thatch and Sycamore continue their comprehensive training guide for noobs."
| August 2, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 23
| Ultimate Training Guide Part 3
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore complete their comprehensive training guide for noobs.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore finish their guide on how to train for noobs in the metagame.'}}"
| August 10, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 24
| The [[Appendix:Metagame terminology|Metagame]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about {{tt|the 4th Gen Metagame|Originally referred to as just 'the metagame'.}}."
| August 15, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 25
| [[Pokémon Battle Revolution|Pokemon Battle Revolution]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the battle simulator for the wii, you know, the letdown.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore discuss PBR, you know the let down.'}}"
| September 1, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 26
| [[Shiny Pokémon|Shiny Pokemon]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about {{tt|these elusive pokemon|Originally just 'shinies'.}}."
| September 18, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 27
| [[M02|Pokemon the Movie 2000]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore review the 2<sup>nd</sup> Pokemon Movie.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about the second movie.'}}"
| October 3, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 28
| Pokemon Names / Large Mailbag
| "Thatch and Sycamore read a large mailbag!"
| November 3, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 29
| [[Legendary Pokémon|{{tt|Legendary Pokemon|Title currently misspelled as 'Legnedary Pokemon'.}}]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about Legendary pokemon."
| November 17, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 30
| One Year Anniversary
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore Celebrate one year of the P.U.C.L. Podcast.|Originally, 'One Year of PUCL what else is there to say?'}}"
| December 31, 2008
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 31
| [[Trainer Card]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the trainer card and how to change its color.|Originally, 'Learn how to get the black trainer card!'}}"
| January 11, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 32
| [[Sinnoh]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the newest region {{tt|in the pokemon games,|This part was not in the original description.}} Sinnoh."
| January 31, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 33
| [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Pokemon Stadium 1]] & [[Pokémon Stadium 2|2]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the old pokemon stadium games and how great they were.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about the best console games in the series.'}}"
| February 9, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 34
| [[Evolution]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the mechanics of evolution.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about pokemon evolution. Skitty.'}}"
| February 28, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 35
| [[Event Pokémon|Events]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about all the event pokemon you can obtain.|Originally just, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about events.'}}"
| March 17, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 36
| [[Ability|Abilities]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore Talk about all the abilities in the pokemon games.|Originally just, 'Thatch and Sycamore talk about pokemon abilities.'}}"
| April 8, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 37
| [[M03|Pokemon the Movie 3]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore review the 3<sup>rd</sup> Pokemon Movie.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore laugh at this movie.'}}"
| April 30, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 38
| Pokemon {{2v2|Gold|Silver}} [[Remake]] Speculation
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore discuss the speculation being made about a Gold and Silver remake and it is kind of dumb.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore listen to the “support” for the Gold and Silver remakes.'}}"
| May 1, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 39
| Pokemon {{v2|Platinum}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the new {{tt|Pokemon Platinum|This part was originally written as, 'pokemon game, platinum.'}}"
| June 7, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 40
| Pokemon on the [[Nintendo GameCube|GCN]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about [[Pokémon Colosseum|the <!--There is an extra space here in the current description.--> games]] [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness|on the]] [[Nintendo GameCube|Gamecube]] and how awesome they were.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore go over <!--There was also an extra space here in the original description.--> the RPG’s offered on Game Cube.'}}"
| June 25, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 41
| {{tt|Pokemon|This word was not in the original title.}} Antagonists
| "Thatch and Norb discuss Antagonists."
| July 17, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 42
| {{2v2|Gold|Silver}} Review
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the good old gen 2 games and how they deserve the remake they got.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore reminisce about the glory days.'}}"
| July 27, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 43
| [[Battle Frontier (Generation IV)|Platinum Battle Frontier]]
| "The hosts go over awesome stuff about the battle frontier{{tt|!|Originally ended with an extra period.}}"
| August 7, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 44
| [[My Pokémon Ranch|Pokemon Ranch]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss Pokemon Ranch and await [[My Pokémon Ranch#Platinum update|the update that never comes]]."
| September 4, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 45
| [[Elite Four|{{tt|Elite 4|Originally spelled without the numeral.}}]]
| "Thatch and Speezi talk about the ultimate four trainers in the game."
| September 18, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 46
| More Mature Games
| "Thatch and Infinity talk about how awesome it would be to have more mature pokemon games."
| October 8, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 47
| [[Gym Leader]]s
| "Thatch and GTG talk about gym leaders."
| November 15, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 48
| {{wp|Christmas}}/[[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HGSS]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about Christmas, and the upcoming games<!--There is no punctuation here.-->|Originally, 'Thatch and Sycamore discuss their Christmas.'}}"
| December 27, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 49
| The {{tt|2nd|Originally written as 'Second'.}} Anniversary
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore celebrate 2 years of PUCL with clips.|Originally, 'Everything from the skitty moment to sweeper kid. It’s two years of the PUCL Podcast.'}}"
| December 31, 2009
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 50
| [[Item]]s
| "Thatch and Toast discuss items."
| January 13, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 51
| {{Berries}}
| "Thatch and Karl talk about berries."
| February 4, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 52
| [[Generation V|5th {{tt|Generation|Originally written as just 'Gen'.}}]] [[Future generations of Pokémon|Speculation]]
| "Thatch and Speezi speculate about the 5th Generation."
| February 18, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 53
| [[Pokémon: Indigo League|Pokemon {{tt|the 1st Season|Originally written as 'Season 1'.}}]]
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sarge Nartker talk about their impressions of the 1<sup>st</sup> season of the anime.|Originally, 'Thatch and Sarge discuss the first season of the pokemon anime.'}}"
| February 25, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 54
| {{tt|[[TM]]'s & [[HM]]'s|Originally written without apostrophes.}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss TMs and HMs."
| March 8, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 55
| [[Red, Green & Blue chapter (Adventures)|RGBY Manga]]
| "Thatch and Toast talk about the fi[r]st manga series and how awesome it is."
| March 27, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 56
| [[Team Rocket]]
| "Thatch, {{tt|Nartker|Sarge}} and {{tt|New Guy|The Apprentice}} all talk about Team rocket and their shenanigans."
| April 10, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 57
| [[Pokéwalker|Pokewalker]]
| "Thatch and New Guy discuss the pokewalker, and New Guy gets his {{tt|new name|The Apprentice}}!"
| April 20, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 58
| [[M04|Pokemon {{tt|4 Ever|Originally written as 'the Movie 4ever'.}}]]
| "{{tt|Thatch, Sarge, and App, all talk about this horrible movie.|Originally, 'Thatch, the apprentice, and Nartker all discuss this horrible movie.'}}"
| {{tt|May 1|May not be the actual publish date for this episode, as many other earlier episodes seem to share the same publish date of May 1, 2010 on the website.}}, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 59
| {{tt|[[Generation V|5th Generation]] Revelation|Currently miswritten on the site with episode 52's current title.}}
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk about the revelations of the 5th generation.|Original description; the current description only tells the episode's mailbag question and the podcast's e-mail address.}}"
| May 14, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 60
| {{tt|Changes to the Metagame|Original title was 'HGSS Metagame Changes'.}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss how the metagame has changed since [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HGSS]]. "
| May 27, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 61
| {{tt|[[Tier]]s of the Metagame|Originally written as 'Metagame Tiers'.}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk about the tiers of the metagame."
| June 5, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 62
| {{tt|Anime Music|Original title was 'Pokemon Black and White/ Music'.}} 
| "Thatch and Sycamore talk abit about [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|the generation 5 [games]]], the famous pokemon [[:Category:Music|music]] from the ’90s and compare [[Poké Mart|Pokemarts]] to {{wp|7-Eleven}}s."
| June 27, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 63
| [[Rival]]s
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss rivals and even get an {{tt|exclusive|Originally misspelled without the 'lu'.}} interview with {{ga|Wally|one of Hoenn’s finest!}}"
| July 9, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 64
| {{tt|[[Individual values|IV]]'s|Originally written without an apostrophe.}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss the hidden number values of breeding. Tune in on how to make your pokemon stronger!"
| July 29, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 65
| [[Remake]]s
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about the [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|old]] [[Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|game]]s that [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|had the chance]] [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|to be relived]]."
| August 25, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 66
| [[Spin-off Pokémon games|Spin off Games]]
| "Thatch and Toast talk about the spin off games they think mattered."
| September 9, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 67
| Pokemon Memes
| "Thatch and {{tt|Nartker|Sarge}} discuss and quote some of the most memorable pokemon {{wp|Internet meme|memes on the internet}}."
| September 30, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 68
| Online Communities
| "Thatch and Toast Talk about Pokemon communities in an iffy sound quality."
| October 30, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 69
| Breeding Pokemon
| "Thatch and Infinity talk on this legendary episode of innuendos. They discuss breeding without mistakes and ask you a question and call all Puclonians to send in their mail."
| November 6, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 70
| Pokemon Retrosode
| "Thatch and GTG reminisce about the old days of pokemon and PUCL."
| November 13, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 71
| [[M05|Pokemon Heros (5th Movie)]]
| "Thatch and {{tt|Nartker|Sarge}} review the 5th movie and give their opinion on the [[Pokémon#Franchise|franchise]] itself."
| November 23, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 72
| [[Mewtwo Returns]]
| "Thatch and {{tt|Nartker|Sarge}} go over the sequel of the first pokemon movie."
| December 5, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 73
| New Stuff in {{2v2|Black|White}}
| "Thatch and Sycamore discuss the things they find weird and interesting in the new Black and White Pokemon games."
| December 23, 2010
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 74
| 3rd Anniversary
| "{{tt|Thatch and Sycamore talk [about] the past year, and how they plan on changing PUCL in the future!|The word 'about' is currently misspelled as 'abouunt' and the description originally ended with the sentence, 'Tune in to hear your favorite moments!'}}"
| January 5, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 75
| [[History of Pokémon|Pokemon History]]
| "Thatch and Sycamore use their new mic to bring you this awesome show."
| January 13, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 76
| Love Hate Relationship
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about the things they hate about the pokemon games."
| February 7, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 77
| {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}
| "With the release of {{2v2|Black|White}} coming out what better topic than to reflect and give one more hoorah to the games that hosted the [[Generation IV|4th generation]]."
| March 1, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 78
| Team Building
| "Thatch and Aero discuss this long awaited topic and teach you how to build a better team of pokemon to beat your friends."
| March 27, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 79
| Pokemon {{2v2|Black|White}}
| "Thatch and the Apprentice discuss the newest pokemon games, and talk about other cool PUCL events."
| May 16, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 80
| Pokemon {{2v2|Red|Blue}}
| "I can’t believe we haven’t done an episode on this. App and Thatch talk about the first pokemon games released in the US."
| May 28, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 81
| [[PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure|Pokepark Wii]]
| "Thatch and the Apprentice talk about the going ons in the PUCL and [[Pokémon world|Pokemon world]]s and then discuss the “meh” game of Pokepark Wii."
| June 4, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 82
| [[M06|Pokemon the 6th Movie: Jirachi Wishmaker]]
| "Thatch and App talk about this movie and the decline of quality between pokemon movies, thus far."
| June 11, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 83
| [[Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands|{{tt|The Second Season Orange Islands Saga|Originally spelled with a colon between the words 'Season' and 'Orange'.}}]]
| "Thatch and Sarge go over the exciting happenings in the [[Orange Archipelago|orange islands]] in the Second Season of the Anime."
| June 18, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 84
| Religion in Pokemon
| "This episode Thatch and the Apprentice talk about how Religion has affected the pokemon video games. No harm was intended to anyone."
| June 26, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 85
| Things in Pokemon that make us Angry
| "Thatch and the Apprentice talk about things that make them upset in the pokemon games. They also bring back interviews!"
| {{wp|Independence Day (United States)|July 4}}, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 86
| [[M07|Pokemon Movie 7: Destiny Deoxys]]
| "Thatch and App discuss this next feature film and how to classify pokemon on site!"
| July 16, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 87
| [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokemon TCG]]
| "Thatch and App talk about the TCG until App goes to rehab and a surprise guest comes in to replace him!"
| July 24, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 88
| [[Region]]s
| "Thatch and Thingy talk about the pokemon regions!"
| August 9, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 89
| Odd Evolutions
| "Sarge breaks to the PUCL community about the long wait. And de[c]ides to go ahead and in Thatch’s stead make an episode!"
| December 3, 2011
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 90
| Pokemon Conspiracies
| "Thatch, Sarge and App bring back the PUCL Podcast with a vengeance, while talking about conspiracies and give you all one simple answer. Aliens."
| February 12, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 91
| P.U.C.L. Happenings
| "Your favorite hosts ramble on about whats happening in PUCL and how there was only a two week gap between episodes."
| February 27, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 92
| [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokemon Black and White 2... 2]]
| "Thatch[,] Sarge and App talk about all the new stuff that has been revealed for the newest <!--There is an extra space here in the description.--> pokemon games and hope they make it to them soon!"
| April 27, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 93
| [[Shipping]]
| "Thatch and App discuss the odd topic of shipping and their opinions of what it is to be."
| May 21, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 94
| [[Pokémon Snap|Pokemon Snap]]
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about this classic game and how badly a sequel is needed."
| June 3, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 95
| [[Gym Leader]]s [[Kanto|Pa]][[Orange Islands|rt]] [[Johto|1]]
| "Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the first 2 generations of pokemon gym leaders and their legacy."
| June 11, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 96
| Gym Leaders [[Hoenn|Pa]][[Sinnoh|rt]] [[Unova|2]]
| "Thatch, Sarge, and App all discuss the gym leaders that they did not complete last time."
| June 18, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 97
| [[Pokémon Conquest|Pokemon Conquest]]
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about the newest pokemon spin off game, pokemon conquest. They also award the first ever email of the episode badge!"
| June {{tt|24|'24' on the RSS feed and '25' on the website.}}, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 98
| League Team building
| "Thatch and Sarge go over the basics of team building and award a new email of the episode badge!"
| July 1, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 99
| The Elite Four
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about the Elite Four members of every region and reveal some of the PUCL 100 plans so stick around on the website if you want to find out more!"
| July 9, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 100
| The Ultimatum on Pokemon Communities
| "Thatch, Sarge, and App Celebrate in Style!"
| July 14, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 101
| [[Pokémon Dream World|Dream World]]
| "Thatch and Sarge discuss this extra 5th gen feature that apparently no one likes. Also the music sucks."
| July 29, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 102
| [[Pokémon Dream Radar|Dream Radar]]
| "Thatch and Sarge haven't quite finished Ash Gray so they talk about upcoming side features!"
| August 6, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 103
| [[Black and White 2|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2]]
| "Thatch, App, and {{tt|a new host|P.U.C.L.'s first female co-host, the Mystery Maiden, or “Misty” for short.}} discuss the new game that was just released internationally and their opinions of it."
| October 20, 2012
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 104
| [[Pokémon X and Y|Pokémon X and Y]]
| "Thatch, Sarge and Misty discuss the newest addition to the Pokemon series!"
| January 21, 2013
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 105
| [[Starters|Starters]]
| "Thatch,Sarge, and App talk about all of the starters across every generation."
| February 3, 2013
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 106
| Ash Grey
| "Thatch, Sarge, and App start their conversation with this hacked Rom that is a delightful blast of nostalgia."
| February 24, 2013
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 107
| [[Remakes|Remakes]]
| "Thatch and Sarge discuss the plausibility of remakes, and their quality."
| March 10, 2013
|- style="background: #FFFFFF"
| 108
| [[Nuzlocke|Nuzlocke]]
| "Thatch and Sarge talk about their Nuzlocke journeys!"
| March 24, 2013

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==Website==
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The website is also called the '''Pokémon Underground Champions League''', but is actually located at and called on the podcast, '''PUCLPodcast.com'''. The site has been redesigned several times; the most recent site renovation, called P.U.C.L. 5.0, was completed on June 20, 2012.

===Badges===
"Badges" were introduced in P.U.C.L. 5.0 along with improved user profiles for users. Similar to {{wp|Achievement (video gaming)|video game achievements}}, they are awarded to users to do P.U.C.L.-related things, such as following the podcast and website on social networking sites, writing a P.U.C.L. Podcast review on iTunes, and winning P.U.C.L. League tournaments. Some badges require users to send an e-mail to P.U.C.L. stating that they've completed the task required to earn the particular badge, while others are given out for certain one-time-only events, such as the "PUCL 100 Badge" for watching the 100th Episode Celebrations live. Badges also have points attached to them, similar to {{wp|Xbox Live}} Gamerscores; the top ten users with the most badge points are shown on a leaderboard on the website's sidebar.

===Chat===
The website has a chat room that is powered by xat.com.

===''P.U.C.L. Block''===
The ''P.U.C.L. Block'' is a live video show hosted by Thatch and his co-hosts.

===League===
The "P.U.C.L. League" is the competitive battling portion of the Pokémon Underground Champions League. It has recently been redone for the new P.U.C.L. 5.0 site redesign.

==Staff==
===Current===
;Thatch
:Host, webmaster, and co-founder of ''P.U.C.L.''.
;{{tt|Sarge|Formerly 'Nartker'.}}
:Recurring co-host and "funny man".
;The Apprentice
:Recurring co-host.
;[[Misty|Misty]]
:Occasionally a co-host.
;{{p|Scizor}}Kick
:Pokémyth article writer.
;Matthew Cleary
:Badge designer.
;Pokeman
:Forums moderator/administrator.

===Past===
All past staff mentioned here have been co-hosts on the podcast.
;[[Pokémon Professor|Professor]] Sycamore
:First recurring co-host and co-founder of ''P.U.C.L.''.
;Mister Thingy
:Writer/"Legman".
;Infinity
:Writer/"Podcast Preparation Specialist".
;Speezi
:Site sponsor.
;Toast
:Writer.
;Ecko
:Site developer from P.U.C.L. 2.0 to 4.0.
;Green {{p|Tauros}} Guy
:Former forums moderator.

==References==
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