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‘I assure you, demons take it quite seriously’
Written by Jeff Sparrow on 10-12-2009
Via Andrew Sullivan, here's an ab fab warning about the Satanic threat posed by Pokemon. The best moment comes at about 1.43, when our speaker wails: 'Your children need to know that there's a Devil and he hates them and he wants to ruin their life.' At that point, the screen displays a cute pink fellow named Jigglypuff. Yes, kids: there is a Devil and he's called ... Jigglypuff.
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I always knew there was something evil about jigglypuff. My eyes have been opened, rejoice for I was blind but now I can see!
In Lunar Park, I seem to recall Bret Easton Ellis wrote about evil furbies…
Is that a monster in your pocket or….
Beelzybub, Jigglypuff – they even sound similar! I look at the concerned nodding audience members and grieve for their children.