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This is a list of pop culture references and other jokes found in the Pokémon sprites designed for April Fools' Day on Pokémon Showdown.

Pokémon Artist Description
Gigantamax Charizard Platty A spoof of the cover of The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. The word "Dot" is replaced with "Zard."
Squirtle Drawn with the same sunglasses as Ash's Squirtle.
Gigantamax Blastoise A spoof of the box-office bomb Battleship (film)|Battleship.
Butterfree A spoof of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! vegetable spread. The container reads, "I can't believe it's Butter-free!"
Weedle A line of ASCII art resembling Weedle is typed into a word processor. A spell checker suggests that the author meant to write "weedle".
Beedrill The entire Bee Movie sped up and compressed into an animated sprite.
Rattata The text "TOP %" appears next to an extremely muscular Rattata, referencing the infamous Youngster Joey line.
Raichu Drawn as Homer and Marge Simpson.
Alolan Sandshrew A literal igloo.
Sandslash Sandslash's sprite from Pokémon Red and Green Versions is colored with its modern palette.
Alolan Sandslash A palette swap of Sanic Hedgehog.
Nidoqueen Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury in Nidoqueen-colored clothes.
Alolan Ninetales Nine sprites of Tails arranged in a 3x3 grid colored light blue.
Jigglypuff Kirby is given Jigglypuff's ears and hair.