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Guzma
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Part of a series on Pokémon Sun and Moon. [View Related Entries]
Guzma
Part of a series on Pokémon Sun and Moon. [View Related Entries]
About
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.
Spread
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).
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).
Search Interest
External References
[4] Dorkly – 7 Spot-On Theories About Pokemons Newest Villain
[5] Twitter – @bubbaguyz
[6] Reddit – Its Ya Boy Guzma
[8] Twitter – @FIGHTBEAST_
![[Pokemon Sun & Moon Comic Dub] Guzma Underestimates a Mosquito](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RDdunU0LOZA/hqdefault.jpg "[Pokemon Sun & Moon Comic Dub] Guzma Underestimates a Mosquito")
Top Comments
Real Waluigi
Aug 30, 2016 at 07:19PM EDT
bigyihsuan
Aug 30, 2016 at 07:07PM EDT