Pokemon Hell...

From the archives:

Meet Peitilil.  He/She/It was involved in the torture that I went through tonight.

Oh crap.  Did I say that out loud?  Help ME!!!  I just can't do Pokemon.  Or Dragonball Z for that matter.  Power Rangers Dino Thunder was okay because Dr. O was H.O.T.  

Pokemon.  WhoTF decided to create these little bastards and named them?  Hang on...headed to wiki...

Okay, so there is a lot of mumbo jumbo about it being a Japanese company that was started in '96.  Hooked into Nintendo.  Blah blah blah.  Here's what I was looking for:

The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters (ポケットモンスター Poketto Monsutā^?),^[7] as such contractions are quite common in Japan. The term Pokémon, in addition to referring to the Pokémon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 649 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media as of the release of the fifth generation titles Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. "Pokémon" is identical in both the singular and plural, as is each individual species name; it is grammatically correct to say "one Pokémon" and "many Pokémon", as well as "one Pikachu" and "many Pikachu".

THERE ARE 649 OF THESE LITTLE THINGS.

Remind me that I'm so happy I don't have girls.

I'm so screwed.