Polkamon
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| “Polkamon” | |||||
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| Song by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |||||
| Album | Pokémon: The Movie 2000 sound track | ||||
| Released | 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||
| Length | 2:03 | ||||
| Pokémon: The Movie 2000 sound track track listing | |||||
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Polkamon is the title of a song by American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic released on the soundtrack of Pokémon The Movie 2000. It is a polka song naming several of the different Pokémon in rhyming order. The song is similar to Yankovic's own polka medleys, but is also similar to the Pokémon series own Poké-Raps. The tune of the song is based on the "follow theme" from the video games[citation needed].
[edit] The Pokémon
Yankovic names 56 different Pokémon in the song. Most are First generation Pokémon, and a handful are Second generation Pokémon.
First generation Pokémon:
- Aerodactyl
- Arcanine
- Articuno
- Bulbasaur
- Butterfree
- Caterpie
- Chansey
- Charmeleon
- Cloyster
- Ditto (named twice in the song)
- Exeggcute
- Flareon
- Geodude
- Gloom
- Goldeen
- Jigglypuff
- Jynx
- Kingler
- Krabby
- Lickitung
- Machoke
- Magmar
- Magneton
- Mankey
- Moltres
- Mr. Mime
- Muk
- Nidoqueen
- Oddish
- Omastar
- Pidgey
- Pikachu
- Poliwag
- Ponyta
- Porygon
- Psyduck
- Rapidash
- Sandslash
- Seel
- Shellder
- Slowpoke
- Snorlax
- Tentacruel
- Venonat
- Victreebel
- Vileplume
- Zapdos
- Zubat
Second generation Pokémon:
[edit] Trivia
- Within the song, Yankovic claims there are "at least 127 more" Pokémon to sing about. This is because Yankovic's use of the number 27 in his songs (see The 27 List). However, counting only the first generation Pokémon there are only 101 Pokémon not in the song, but counting second generation Pokémon there are 195 different Pokémon remaining.
- The soundtrack and by extension the song was released by Atlantic Records. Yankovic would later come into conflict with this company over his single You're Pitiful.
