April Fools' Day 2006

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April 1, 2006 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Saturday.

Hoaxes

The Pokeani front page

Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:

• A special edition of Bulbacast was released, breaking the news about 10 newly discovered Pokémon names, as well as other 'information' about Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, such as a true cross-breeding feature and the name of the new region. The Pokeani hoaxes were also discussed.
• Pokeani made its first April Fools' Day hoax, announcing a spin-off anime based on Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, where the main character is a boy-turned-Pikachu. Also reported was a new ending, Takeshi's Paradise 2.
• Dogasu's Backpack published a fake comparison of Mean with Envy, illustrated with doctored screenshots.
• The creator of The Cave of Dragonflies pretended to have given up on the then-monthly crossword out of annoyance that no one got it right.

Aesthetic changes

SPP stands for Super Princess Peach

A black-on-black color scheme

A fairly predictable joke that recurs each April Fools' Day is an aesthetic change:

• SPP expanded its initials as Super Princess Peach.
• Pokécommunity set the default color scheme to black-on-black.
• Bulbapedia set the interface for logged-in users to Finnish, then later, Japanese.
• Pokémon Emerald MA imitates the new, 'girl-oriented' Slashdot look, OMG!!! Ponies!!, including the pink color scheme.
• Psypoke celebrated Seizure Awareness Day, with a new banner and bright new flashing color scheme. The forums were also modified to have a similar flashing-color effect within each table cell on the index page.

Miscellaneous

"Hmm... she's trying to kill it? But I want that honor."

• pkmn.net set up the profanity filter on their forums to change various common words:
  • Poké → Digi
  • Ash → Soot
  • Egg → Infant
  • Disable → Hypnosis
  • Member → Peasant
  • Admin → Base jumper
  • Left ↔ Right
  • Up ↔ Down
• pkmn.net also announced that Celebi was obtainable in Pokémon Emerald.
• #pocketmonsters released a parody translation of AG160.

References

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