Hey Pam, would you mind holding this Pokemon?

Hey! Hey! Why are you throwing things at me?

It's one of my favorite days of the year and I'm trying to catch a Pamela Pingpong.

Oh gosh, it's Pokemon Day, isn't it?

That it is! So we gotta start the show. I'm Ryan Willard.

And I'm Pamela Kirkland. It's Thursday, February 27th.

This is 10 things you need to know.

10. 9. 8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3, 2.1.

We're starting things off with some GGs.

Today is arguably the absolute best day of the year besides my birthday.

It's National Pokemon Day!

Did you know that National Pokemon Day is celebrated annually on February 27th because

it marks the day that Pokemon was introduced over two decades ago in 1996?

Let's check out some Pokemon history.

Pokemon comes from the Japanese term Pocketto Monsuta, otherwise known as Pocket Monsters.

Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri, who in 1991 first collaborated with Nintendo on the puzzle game, Yoshi,

while already brainstorming another game that would eventually turn into Pokemon.

Pokemon was first called capsule monsters, but due to a copyright issue, it was renamed Kapumann and then Pocket Monsters. 1997 marks the year Pokemon was animated into a TV series in Japan.

And in 1998, Pokemon cards were released for the first time.

You can celebrate National Pokemon Day by playing your favorite video games or battling it out in a trading card game.

Just remember, you got to catch them all.

And in the wide world of sports, some people catch them all and some people make them all,

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