For me personally when Pokemon was on tv back in the early 2000's (now not at all) I owned the tv. Nobody in the house was allowed to touch the remote. I used to hide it so that I could watch the show and I'd sit an inch away from the tv. I'd beg for the cards until my mom gave in and I'd sit in my room pretending they were real. The places a 5 year olds imagination can take you is pretty damn amazing. I dont think there is a single person that can say they've never had anything to do with Pokemon. You've either seen it, had a card, played the video game or knew the name of at least one pokemon(my dad knows the names and to this day teases me for loving it so much. Poor dad never got to watch anything but pokemon when I was little). And I bet quite a few of us wanted Ash and Misty to get together and thought Gary was either a total loser or the coolest guy ever. Anyone else? Come on. I'm definitely cant be the only one!