Support the TRUE and ORIGINAL YouTube Upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGmYMGqnqL0 Original Description: Age: 17 Date: October 16, 1999 This news report was taken during the time I was residing in Chesterfield County. During my High School Years, The Pokemon video game came out. I was later hooked on that awesome RPG gameplay. Then, long after the game, the TCG came out, I got hooked on that too when I received the Base Set 1 Charmeleon in an issue of "Nintendo Power" Magazine. So, during one Saturday at my local Books-A-Million, the news people came in to interview the gameplay, and they picked up on a victorious moment of mine.a CWCki Transcript: Female Newscaster: Well, if you have grade-schoolers in the house, they'll probably be interested in this next report, and if you don't, you can learn about a craze that's been sweeping the nation. NBC 12 reporter Jim Babb marched into the marketing breach today to bring us this story of Pokémon. [A small boy is trading Pokémon cards with another small boy.] Small Boy: I'll trade you thi...uh...holograph for a Japanese holograph. [A woman is shown scanning booster packs of trading cards at a cash register.] [Jim Babb interviews a small boy with a large binder full of Pokémon cards.] Babb: You've got hundreds of these cards. Boy: I got- yeah, some... Yeah, and I've got a lot more at home. Babb: [to small boy in orange athletic jersey] So, tell me, why do you like Pokémon? Boy: I dunno. Babb: You're not sure why you like it, but you do, right? Boy: Yeah. [A brief clip from the Pokémon anime is shown while Babb narrates. Later, footage of Books-A-Million is shown.] Babb: Like so many other fads, it got started with a kids' TV show. And, now, Pokémon is a marketing phenomenon. Kids and parents line up every Saturday at this Chesterfield County bookstore, and they dig deep. Babb: [to woman with handful of booster packs] How much did all of this cost? Woman: $30 with a discount. Babb: Then the games begin, with byzantine rules. [A crowd of small children plays the Pokémon trading card game on the shop floor.] Babb: [to an African-American boy] So how do you explain the game? Black Child: I can't explain; it's too long! [Suddenly, the camera lingers on a much older boy, who looks 16-18 years old. He is clad in an ill-fitting, blue long-sleeve shirt, under a yellow T-shirt, under a blue vest. A red and white baseball cap and a sports bottle rest next to him. He is playing the Pokémon card game with small children.] Chris: I'll switch-I'll put out my Dragonair... Even though it has sixty damage on it... Oh, boy, now I have three energy on it. Slam Attack! Babb: [to black child] So, if you had the time to tell me, I wouldn't understand it? Black Child: No. 40-year-old Man with Rapist Glasses and Molester Mustache: I'm— I'm watching and I still have no clue. [laughs] Babb: And think about this: this kind of thing is happening in bookstores and toy stores all around the country. If you hadn't known it before, know it now: Pokémon is big. Randy Cost: The biggest trend in kids' toy history, it's multi-multi-billion dollars. Woman: It's money. Big time money. Babb: You wish you invested? Woman: Yeah, that's true! [laughs] Boy: [holds up card] Jolteon! Babb: Jolteon. Boy: Mmm-hmm! Babb: What's special about Jolteon? Boy: He's holographic! Babb: In Chesterfield County, I'm Jim Babb, NBC 12. Female Newscaster: And those little cards aren't cheap; some merchants charge three bucks for a booster pack of— [Video ends with a picture Chris created of a large Pikachu entering a Pokémon Center.]

The slideshow continues with more of the Christian and the Hedgehog Boys debut album, as well as showing the pages of Sonichu 0 to 2 in full, plus the cover to Wild's first page of Sonichu 3. TRUE and HONEST original YouTube upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aoToAm_n3A CWCki Transcript: [Video is silent for 12 seconds before "BFF's (Best Friends Forever)" begins playing. The video ends during the middle of "Feel So Lonesome", funnily during the part where Britney Spears yells "STOP!".]