Pokey

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Pokey may refer to:

  • Pokey the Penguin, a surrealistic online comic strip
  • Pokey (Gumby character), a character from the Gumby television series
  • Atari POKEY, a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade games in the 1980s
  • Pokey, the nickname of one of the ghosts in the arcade game Pac-Man
  • Pokey (Nintendo), a cactus monster that first appeared in the Super Mario Bros. 2 video game
  • Pokey Minch, Ness' portly, cowardly next-door neighbor in the Super Nintendo video game EarthBound
  • Pokey, a nickname, notably applied to baseball player, Pokey Reese
  • 'Pokey' is also a word in beach volleyball lingo referring to a one-handed contact using one's middle knuckles. It often used in lieu of an open handed contact to ensure clean contact with the ball.