Warning: This entry may contain spoilers for Pokémon Legends Arceus

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Stoned Typhlosion refers to the leak of the Pokémon Typhlosion's design in the game Pokémon Legends Arceus. The Pokémon has a notably more relaxed expression than it does in previous entries in the Pokémon series, leading users to joke that he appeared stoned. In memes, Typhlosion is used as an exploitable, primarily in early 2022.

Origin

On January 19th, 2022, leakers began posting alleged redesigns of Pokémon for the game Pokémon Legends Arceus, which is due to release on January 28th. Among these was Typhlosion, the final evolution for the starter Pokémon Cyndaquil, which looks different than it has in previous iterations of the game, sporting a notably relaxed expression (shown below). Several leakers posted the screenshots, including user @BallGuyLEAKS,^[1] who gained over 140 retweets, 630 quote-tweets and 1,200 likes in less than 10 hours.

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The supposedly leaked Typhlosion led fans to joke that the Pokémon appeared high on drugs. For example, user @stockfaker69^[2] posted a joke on January 19th, 2022, saying "typhlosion is zooted" along with the picture of Typhloshion and the player-character hitting a bong. The tweet gained over 540 retweets and 2,300 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below, left). User @r6volv9r^[3] posted an image of Typhlosion with a joint in its mouth that same day, gaining over 280 retweets and 1,600 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).

On January 19th, 2022, user @disreptile^[4] posted an image of a man passing a blunt in reference to the meme, gaining over 50 retweets and 300 likes in under 24 hours (shown below, left). User @shane_king_12^[5] posted that they "identify" as Stoned Hisuian Typhlosion that same day, gaining over 30 retweets and 220 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).

On January 25th, 2022, Pokémon revealed the final forms for all starter Pokémon, confirming the design for Typhlosion.

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