Provocative drawings, or just a children’s cartoon? (Picture: Pokemon)

What looks like a Christian website has blamed Pokemon for encouraging homosexuality.

It claims that a church conducted a study and found that teenagers from the late 80s and early 90s have had their sexuality warped by Ash and his fruity friends.

It’s preposterous, really, I mean how could anyone picture Pokemon as anything more than just a children’s cartoon?

Take Slowpoke. His name is not at all sexual…


And Bellsprout’s mouth is not at all suggestive.

Beedrill’s hands look nothing like love aids.

And Squirtle’s name definitely doesn’t sound like a genre of porn.

Nor do the weapons Blastoise has strapped to his back look at all phallic.

And whatever Gloom has been up to is definitely not suspicious at all.

Bulbasaur doesn’t look like he has an incredible breast on his back.

And fiery Charizard is not at all rampant in this photo.



No. Absolutely nothing sexual about Pokemon.

According to Christ News, clues start with the relationship between the main character, Ash, and his friend Brock.

It claims that many of the Pokemon’s shapes are of a phallic nature.

NB Metro.co.uk cannot verify the authenticity of christnews.org – which could be satirical – but wanted to shine a light on the ludicrous claim that Pokemon is linked to homosexuality.

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