The officialPokemonTikTok account recently uploaded video that was filled with swear words. It was immediately taken down after the video went viral, but it’s still making rounds on social media as somePokemonfans downloaded and reshared it on their social media pages.
Boasting of over 3.7 million followers, thePokemonTikTok account, which goes by the @pokemon handle, usually uploads clips featuring the Pikachu mascot, snippets of the anime andPokemon Scarlet and Violet, and other cute content highlighting various Pokemon. While @pokemon is mostly in Japanese, it has an English counterpart named The Pokemon Company Int’l or @pokemonofficial on TikTok, which uploads content aboutPokemonvideo games and trading cards, among other things.
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Amid all the cute videos on the @pokemon TikTok page, the account uploaded a video on January 13 thatshowed a Pikachu mascotdancing around a Lucario mascot while smacking its hand. The background music was a sped-up version of the children’s song “If You’re Happy And You Know It,” but upon closer listen, viewers could hear that it was full of expletives. The original audio was from singer and TikTok creator Andy Arthur Smith, whose version of the song have been used in over 2,000 videos on the platform so far.Click here to see the clip,but note that it features profanity.
While @pokemon already removed the video from TiKTok, many fans who saw the clip on social media found it hilarious and even shared some Pikachu memes to further express their amusement. One Twitter user theorized that whoever’s handling the officialPokemonTikTok was most likely a native Japanese speaker who didn’t fully understand that there were swear words in the audio, and simply used it since it was a trending song on the platform. Whatever the reason was, fans don’t have a clear explanation yet sincePokemonhasn’t addressed the faux pas yet.
This seems to be an honest mistake on the part of thePokemonsocial media team, especially since it is still pretty much a kid-friendly brand. Fortunately, many older fans didn’t take it too seriously when they saw it, andPokemonacted quickly to take down the video to avoid any potential problems. Now, fans can enjoy their dose ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet’s starter Pokemonmascots just being silly on the page without worrying about expletive-filled background music.
Forfans looking for otherPokemon-related content TikTok, there are many creators who share their Pokemon art on the platform. It could range from cute and funny to even horrifying, like the fan art that turnedWalrein that turned into a clown monster.
