It's Super Effective (podcast)

It's Super Effective PKMNcast.com
"What's up, everybody?"
It's Super Effective's podcast art, which features Ken Sugimori art of Gengar and is derived from Red and Blue's box art.
Language		English
Status	Podcast	Active
	Website	Active
Run	Podcast	July 2010 - Present
	Website	July 2010 - Present
Podcast debuted		July 26, 2010
Last episode published		{{{final}}}
Website opened		July 24, 2010 (as PokémonPodcast.com)
Website closed		{{{site_close}}}
Reason		{{{reason}}}
Creator(s)		Steve Black Jr.
Host(s)		Steve Black Jr. et al.
Number of Episodes		93 (as of October 23, 2012)
Forum		PokéTalk
Mascot		Gengar (podcast art) Slow Nyan Poke
Website		PKMNcast.com
Feed		Stitcher

This article is about the podcast. For the in-game concept, see Damage modification. For the webcomic, see Super Effective (webcomic).

It's Super Effective is a Pokémon-centric podcast hosted by Steve Black Jr., also known by his initials SBJ, and is the flagship show of PKMNcast.com. It's Super Effective began on July 26, 2010, two days after the launch of the website, which began as PokémonPodcast.com.

Podcast

Segments

• Introduction - Steve usually begins with "What's up, everybody?" and introduces the cast members.
• News - The hosts discuss recent events in the Pokémon community.
• ExtremeSpeed - Steve and occasionally another cast member grill another cast member (usually a new guest) with a string of questions, usually pertaining to a personal preference between two Types, Pokémon, or Items.
• Featured Team - Steve and the cast give comments and constructive criticism on a listener's submitted team of Pokémon. Steve has said that this is reminiscent of a similar feature in Nintendo Power magazines he read in his childhood.
• Pokémon of the Week - Steve and the cast usually end the show with talking about one Pokémon in particular. This sometimes relates to the weekly articles on the website. The chat ranges between facts of the Pokémon, movesets recommendations, and sometimes debates on whether or not the shiny form is cool.

Guests

These people have made one or two appearances on the show, either as a co-host or as an interviewee.

• D’Andre Siggas ("Black Man Loves Pokémon" viral video)
• Christopher Niosi (Khoury's English dub voice actor)
• Marriland
• eSeamus of Bouncing Wailord
• Juan Saucedo
• Ryan Kubo
• Kidd Starck
• Chris Illich
• Adrienne Gyori

Episode titles

Since its debut in 2010, the podcast has followed a naming convention for the titles of each episode, which changes every ten episodes:

Episodes	Naming theme
1-10	"[Subject A] to [Subject B]"
11-20	"Pokémon [Color or Object] Version"
21-30	"The [Subject]"
31-40	"S.U.B.J.E.C.T."
41-50	Jay-Z songs
51-60	"[Letter] as in [Subject starting with letter]" (Sesame Street)
61-70	Films
71-80	Palindromes
81-89	The Simpsons episode titles
90-99	Video games

Related podcasts

Critical Hit

A video podcast that is either consisting of various Pokémon-related things happening in Black Jr.'s life or a video version of the main audio podcast, depending on the episode. In the former's case, the podcast finishes off with a Pokémon-related YouTube video before the credits.

Leftovers

Steve's uncensored side project. Leftovers was hosted by Black Jr. and his friend Chris. Leftovers dealt with a more adult side of the Pokémon fandom, but is currently on hiatus. Also called "It's Super Offensive."

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  The podcast art for Critical Hit, featuring Magmar.

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  The podcast art for Leftovers, featuring Cofagrigus.

Reception

It's Super Effective is currently the most popular Pokémon podcast on iTunes and Zune. On the Zune Marketplace, the podcast peaked at #55 on the service's "most subscribed podcasts" list and #48 on its "most subscribed audio podcasts" list. It became the leading Pokémon podcast after The Pallet Tribune's WTPT - Pokémon Radio ended production in 2010, the same year that ISE debuted. It won the third and fourth annual Shorty Awards (2011 and 2012) in the community-created category of "The Best Podcast in Social Media" with 50 and 145 votes, respectively.

Staff

Website

Current

Staff members that are listed in italics are also current recurring hosts of It's Super Effective.

Steve Black Jr.

Creator/host of the It's Super Effective podcast and webmaster of PKMNcast.com

David Thomas

"Lore" editor; previously "PKMN of the Week" editor

Travis Wheeler

"Rare Article" editor; previously "Item of the Week" editor

William Anderson

"PKMN of the Week" editor

Wil Brendel

"Ability of the Week" editor

Saul Coronado

Tumblr editor

Kay Street

"Saturday Sketch" editor

Jay Petrequin

"Shattered Gemstones" editor; previously "Concept" editor

Kenny McKee

"Move of the Week" editor

Marc "Tytanious" Webb

"Featured Team" editor

Past

Former staff members that are listed in italics were also past recurring hosts of It's Super Effective.

Catie Lackovich

From Press Pause Radio; former "Saturday Sketch" editor

Recurring co-hosts

Current

• Irene Sarumi
• Justin Vidal

Past

• Aaron Spriggs
• Wil Brendel
• Brownkidd of Albotas
• GeorgieBoy of Press Pause Radio
• Matt Kane of Intrepid Audio

References

This article is a part of Project Fandom, a Bulbapedia Project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every aspect of the Pokémon Fandom.