The fourth of July in the United States of America is a day for celebration, grilling, and also fireworks. One Pokemon fan discovered a collection of fireworks with names suspiciously similar to the titles of several Pokemon games.
Pokemon fan and Redditor Mr Chicken shared his discovery on the unofficial Pokemon fan community page. He discovered four fountains made and sold by Black Cat, a popular firework producer.
The four firework tubes each shared names with various Pokemon generations of the past. The largest, called “Gold & Silver Treasures,” was the most obvious, but Mr Chicken also found another called “Diamonds & Pearl.” The last two were slightly less direct in their connection to Pokemon games, with “Sapphire & Gold” borrowing titles from two different Pokemon generations, and the last being “Rubies & Emeralds.” While Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Emerald both came out in the same generation, Emerald was the ultimate third title in the series, while Pokemon Sapphire launched simultaneously with Ruby.
Black Cat has been producing fireworks for over 50 years, and has a massive number of different products for sale on its website, from firecrackers and Roman candles to rockets and other aerial fireworks. Its fireworks are not licensed by Nintendo or any other major franchise, however. In fact, the fountains Mr Chicken found are typically packaged with other fountains with no connection to Pokemon games, including “Blue Ice,” “Green Garden,” “Peach Tree,” and “Turquoise & Silver.”
This means it is probably a coincidence Mr Chicken happened to find the Black Cat fountains with names similar to Pokemon altogether. The precious stones and metals Pokemon names many of its games after are often paired together in pop culture. While it is possible Black Cat did so deliberately to attract the attention of Pokemon fans, it is more likely the fireworks company simply came to the same conclusions as Pokemon did separately.
Pokemon is currently working on Scarlet and Violet, its next two entries in the long-running series. These games will introduce a whole new generation of Pokemon to the universe, as well as provide an open world reminiscent of recent games like Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Black Cat does not currently sell any fireworks with the words scarlet or violet in them. If the fireworks company makes a new product that does after Pokemon Scarlet and Violet come out, perhaps Mr Chicken will be proven to be on to something all along.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet release on November 18 for Switch.
Source: Reddit/22578954abc, Black Cat Fireworks