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About

Poképarents, also known as Pokédads, is an "Advice Animal-style":/ image macro series with an image of a Pokémon. The images are stereotyped with a type of parent, family member or older friend. The meme is frequently associated with the catchphrase If Blastoise Was My Dad, Things Would Be Different.

Origin

The earliest available reference to the phrase "If Blastoise was my dad, things would be different" was published on June 15th, 2008 on the website Paheal.com.[1] However, it was previously reported that the phrase comes from a 2008 4chan thread about "Pokedads." The thread is no longer available, but it reportedly contained the earliest known Advice Animal-variation of the meme. In the thread, a user post an advice dog style image with the head of a Blastoise, with the caption "Stick with me, kid / I'll protect you" (shown below).

STICK WITH ME, KID LL PROTECT YOU


Spread

Variations of the expression, as well as the usage of the Pokémon as parents meme, continued over the next decade. On July 8th, 2009, DeviantArt [2] user unknownbias posted a piece of fan-art that uses and depicts the expression (shown below, left).

Months later, on December 6th, 2009, a thread on the d2jsp.com[4] message board included many variations of the meme, including a post by user Heritic, who posted a series of Charizard dad memes (shown below, center).

The following year, on September 27th, 2010, a similar piece of fan-art appeared on the website Furaffinity.net[3] (shown below, right).


If Blastoise was my dad, things would be different. SHUT UP YOU'RE NOT MY SON I BET YOU'LL TURI OUT A F----- ART MAJOR? "GROUNDED?" AND GET YOUR FATHER A BEER WHAT ARE YOU? A F-----? I HAVE NO SON IBET YOU WISH YOU WERE THAT LUCKY JUST LIKE YOUR BROTHER IDIDNT MOVE ALL THE WAY HERE IVE GOT AN IDEA YOUR MOTHER LEFT US QUIT YOUR BITCHING GET STRAIGHT As JUST SO YOU COULD GOTO COMMUNITY COLLLEGE SHUT YOUR F------ MOUTH SHE WAS CHEATING ON YOU ANYWAYS OR I'LL RIP OFF YOUR ARMS ITSALL YOUR FAULT AND BEAT YOU WITH THEM LISTEN TO ME AN ARTIST?! YOU'RE NOT COMING IN HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU MAY BE BIG WHEN I SPEAK YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE S--- YOU'RE ADOPTED BUT NEVER AS ME BEFORE THOSE TIRES ARE CHANGED IVE GRANTED YOU EVERYTHING! YOU WANT TO BE A F------ ARTIST?! THINK YOU HAVE IT HARD? I BEAT YOU FOR THIS IS THE LAST TIME WHEN YOU'RE 18 YOUR OWN GOOD YOU WORTHLESS AND LOOK HOW YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN MY OLD MAN YOU'RE OUT THE F-----' DOOR YOU PAID ME BACK, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE ADOPTED? P------------ YOU'RE NOT COMING IN ARE YOU CRYING? BEFORE THOSE TIRES ARE CHANGED THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! WHY THE HELL WOULD I ADOPT YOU? SON, YOULL ALWAYS BE THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME. PRODUCCIONES 2490 ©2010

On August 22nd, 2011, Tumblr [5] user reallybutteryants-blog posted a number of variations of the Blastoise dad meme. The post received more than 1,500 notes in less than 10 years (shown below, left)

On January 19th, 2012, Redditor GregPatrick published an Advice Animals Blastoise meme on the /r/pokemon[5] subreddit. The post received more than 250 points (81% upvoted) in less than 10 years (shown below, right).


SON, YOU AND I NEED A SECRET HANDSHAKE memegenerator.net DO YOU WANT PIZZA OR ICE CREAM FOR DINNER? JUST KIDDING! IM TAKING YOU OUT FOR BOTH


On August 5th, 2019, Tumblr[6] user Spazerbeam revived the "If Blastoise Was My Dad" meme, with a viral exchange on the site. The post received more than 35,000 notes in less than two years (shown below).


adfeminum dungarees-and-dragons Follow ••. spazerbeam Follow Things would be different if blastoise was my dad fatdemoman name one thing spazerbeam Follow Blastoise would be my dad Source: spazerbeam

Various Examples


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Pokemon Family


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* Charizard – Mean abusive dad
* Blastoise – Awesome dad
* Venusaur – Fat lazy dad
* Pikachu – Fun reckless dad
* Dragonite – Tries to connect with son but is shunned dad
* Ninetails – MILF mom
* Meowth – Cool Uncle
* Spearow – Annoying brother
* Voltorb – Mean brother
* Psyduck – Nuttjob dad
* Lickitung – Pedo dad
* Zapdos – Thinks his son is an idiot dad
* Gyrados – Strict asian dad
* Farfetch'd – Conservative christian dad
* Gloom – Mom on Valium
* Meganium – Overprotective smothering mom
* Alakazam – Nuts about grades dad
* Golem – Vietnam veteran dad
* Mewtwo – Too busy for family dad
* Snorlax – Lazy dad
* Slowpoke – Slow dad
* Articuno – Runaway dad
* Magmar – Cheap dad
* Missingno – Retarded dad
* Gengar – Mysterious stranger
* Haunter – Mobster dad
* Kangaskhan – Mom who ignores her older son to give attention to the new baby
* Kadabra – Moral dad
* Houndoom – Narcissistic dad
* Wigglytuff – Metrosexual dad
* Drowzee – same as Dragonite
* Paras – Dad on LSD

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