The “Tweet Like Pokémon Are Real” Trend Is the Best Thing to Happen to 2021

If you grew up playing Pokémon, you grew up wishing Pokémon were real. No amount of new games or Switch remasters will satisfy our desire to meet a Wooloo face-to-face, and we still haven’t really accepted this. And nothing proves that more than the “tweet like Pokémon were real” trend.

You see, people have started tweeting about the things they’d do if Pokémon were real, from meeting one in the wild to having one as a pet — they’re even making memes for this alternate universe. The whole thing started when @nellychillin simply posted “Tweet like Pokémon were real”. Their post now has over 19,000 replies from people desperate to pretend the magic of Pokémon actually exists.

this cat has been following me for 13 blocks asking for my credit card info https://t.co/SdMuxy24Mg pic.twitter.com/M4chDi2Co6

— Goober (@goobersweber) November 29, 2021

Some of the tweets are from people imagining how they’d react if they met a Pokémon in the wild. Other people are inserting Pokémon into everyday situations like exams and driving to work, and some people are just posting about their Pokémon the same way they post about their pets. It’s all very wholesome.

idk how this sandile got in my room but it’s now my best friend https://t.co/nKmdkI9tZe pic.twitter.com/kpfIsfjS0z

— Zalphak (@Zalphak112) November 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/ZornMajesta/status/1465110192035536896

cant take him anywhere omg https://t.co/ioBHcUqOFt pic.twitter.com/RxxmX10qte

— silver ₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎ (@heartslbyul) November 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/SmallGayGremlin/status/1465163629540655109

https://twitter.com/luvvoratorrrrry/status/1465025520089849872

Still think global warming is fake? https://t.co/fVzs8f7ZLr pic.twitter.com/u9i9F0Barv

— 🩷Neppix ✧ VTuber 🪐 (@Neppix_) November 29, 2021

What species are they? (i stacked them sorry) Its in hoenn https://t.co/kI6JV74rnf pic.twitter.com/51MElDRw0i

— haemolacria (@bakesforsport) November 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/archaeoraptor/status/1465067955985784835

https://twitter.com/chmysia/status/1465268404441518082

Lunala gotta stop this Moon Blast shit https://t.co/TkwBCLi1ff pic.twitter.com/yXkXQzqyEq

— Gunner (@GunnerTiger77) November 28, 2021

Me sending my magikarp to the professor https://t.co/pD5yajyh0k pic.twitter.com/hnwWem4zBO

— Drake🇮🇹 (@drakesgurllll) November 29, 2021

Pondering my spheal https://t.co/tLxeiSEB4G pic.twitter.com/6GLU2C9I61

— hydra 🇰🇿🍉 (@HTkrsaTxX6Gpl7h) November 28, 2021

Pokémon fans are having lots of fun role-playing a world where their favourite pocket monsters exist, although their tweets prove that it wouldn’t always be easy to live in a world where pangoros can freely roam the city and you can feed the pidgeots at the beach.

are you fucking kidding me https://t.co/vuyMoMtnPG pic.twitter.com/rB0VrF70xa

— jammy (fakemon dex era) (@jansartzone) November 28, 2021

Third time this week man, Kanto sucks. https://t.co/67fOp2gDZo pic.twitter.com/Ha3EnuCkg9

— capsulebunny (@capsulebutt) November 29, 2021

Fucker just electrocuted me and thinks he deserves a treat for it
Love him tho https://t.co/Mq1vwQh7pg pic.twitter.com/BWi8P2G4LF

— Lux 🍉 (@LuxRazer1) November 29, 2021

DO NOT USE THE REPELS FROM SHEIN https://t.co/KZglDFzd9d pic.twitter.com/aVAYSZr21v

— Nate (@illiternate) November 28, 2021

If I don't feed the litter of wild Meowths that "live" in my backyard, this happens. https://t.co/bVOUBtgErC pic.twitter.com/iyUGUFtlr1

— 🍉🐺🧀 CAPTAIN CHETO 🧀🐺🍉 (@CaptainCheto) November 28, 2021

https://twitter.com/Straw_Hat_Robin/status/1465153599596552200

But even if they made us late for work sometimes, the conclusion of the “tweet like Pokémon are real” trend is that we wish they were. Of course, the next best thing is the Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl remasters, which you can buy now on Switch and are very good, with some critics even calling it a true return to what made Pokémon so special in the first place.