Guzma

Guzma

Part of a series on Pokémon Sun and Moon. [View Related Entries]

Updated Apr 03, 2020 at 12:13PM EDT by 3kole5.

Added Aug 30, 2016 at 01:53PM EDT by Don.

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Guzma is the leader of the antagonistic group Team Skull in the upcoming 2016 Nintendo 3DS video game Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Origin

On August 11th 2016, Nintendo released a trailer on YouTube revealing the villain group Team Skull in Pokémon Sun and Moon, which included a clip of the leader Guzma (shown below). Within three weeks, the video gained over 2.84 million views and 11,300 comments.



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That same day, Twitter user @Fightbeast_[8] posted a fan illustration Rick Sanchez from the television series Rick and Morty dressed as Guzma (shown below, left). Shorty after, Twitter user @bubbaguyz[5] posted an emoji spam paragraph written from Guzma's perspective (shown below, right).


MORTY IMME YOUR POKEM MORTY apple @bubbaguyz ' Follow *enters team skull hq* with my " SKULL FAM " here 2 RETWEETSLIKES 311 259 2:55 PM - 11 Aug 2016 311 259

Meanwhile, pages for Guzma were created on the Bulbapedia[2] and Pokemon Wiki.[3] Also on August 11th, the Internet humor site Dorkly[4] published an article about the online reaction to the character, which included various fan theories about Guzma's backstory. On August 15th, Redditor ZeroCalorieSoda posted Guzma fan art to /r/pokemon[6] (shown below, left). On August 26th, Instagram[7] user h0enn posted a video clip of Guzma followed by an image of the character Junkrat from Overwatch. On August 29th, Tumblr user bechnokid[1] uploaded several fan illustrations of Guzma, which gathered upwards of 1,600 notes in the first 24 hours (shown below, right).


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External References

[1] Tumblr – bechnokid

[2] Bulbapedia – Guzma

[3] Pokemon Wiki – Guzma

[4] Dorkly – 7 Spot-On Theories About Pokemons Newest Villain

[5] Twitter – @bubbaguyz

[6] Reddit – Its Ya Boy Guzma

[7] Instagram – h0enn

[8] Twitter – @FIGHTBEAST_

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