User:MathyFurret/Pokémon Showdown April Fools' Day sprites

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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.
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	Nate	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.
Jigglypuff		Kirby is given Jigglypuff's ears and hair.
Parasect		Goomba from the Super Mario franchise.
Venomoth		An all-terrain vehicle, referencing ATV from Twitch Plays Pokémon.
Dugtrio		The Minions.
Alolan Dugtrio	Sharpclaw	Three He-Mans with a rainbow background, referencing the He-Man Sings meme.
Hisuian Growlithe	Crusty	Aunn Komano from Touhou Project.
Hisuian Arcanine	Cake	The original Arcanine with its head replaced with a Moai head.
Poliwrath		Its belly is drawn as the Shoop Da Woop mouth.
Kadabra		Uri Geller with yellow whiskers drawn on.
Alakazam		Negative Man from Mother 3.
Doduo		Be Strong For Mother
Dewgong	Platty	A gong with a Mountain Dew decal.
Muk		Grimace from the McDonald's franchise.
Cloyster		Its face is replaced with Voltorb.
Gengar	Crusty	It is shown being affected by Earthquake, referencing that it no longer has the Ability Levitate.
Gigantimax Kingler		Confused Mr. Krabs
Hisuian Voltorb	Hunbi	The Rock's Eyebrow Raise
Electrode		Whitty from Friday Night Funkin'.
Hisuian Electrode	Pac	Chia Pet
Exeggutor		Coconut Malled
Alolan Marowak	Cake	A Hiker from Pokémon Sun & Moon appears in front, referencing Kiawe's Trial.
Weezing	Hunbi	Carl Wheezer from the Jimmy Neutron franchise.
Galarian Weezing	Platty	Doug Dimmadome from The Fairly Odd Parents.
Rhydon		Drawn with an arrow pointing to its horn indicating "Aim Here." References the meme from "Riddle Me This".
Chansey		A pink wall with the text "I am a terrible person." References its notorious role as a wall in the singles metagame. The backsprite reads, "You know stall sucks, right?"
Goldeen		It is being suffocated by six-pack rings. Other marine debris is seen in the background.
Staryu		The More You Know
Starmie		Patrick Star
Galarian Mr. Mime		Lancer from Deltarune.
Tauros		The constellation Taurus.
Paldean Tauros	Pac	The original Tauros being covered in oil, as in the Cover Yourself In Oil meme. The Combat Breed and Aqua Breed are based on the original comic, whereas the Blaze Breed has caught fire from the oil.
Magikarp		It is unaware of the Pidgeotto just out of the frame, about to swoop down and catch it.
Gigantimax Lapras	Cake	The sheet music is "Megalovania" from Undertale. The backsprite instead uses Meet the Flintstones.
Ditto		Dream
Porygon		Right Click, Save As
Gigantimax Snorlax		Torterra's shell was added to a Snorlax sprite.
Articuno		Angry Birds
Galarian Articuno		Frozone from The Incredibles
Zapdos		Awesome Face
Moltres		Angry Birds
Mew		Nyan Cat