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Poke
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poke poke- poké Poké-
English
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
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Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Poke is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Poke is most common among Black/African American (83.82%) individuals.
Etymology 2
en Pokémon
Noun
en colloquial A Pokémon.
en 16 November 1999 kk...@cornell.edu FA: Anime/Manga items from many series! alt.games.pokemon https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.pokemon/c/YWSJdIKDrWM/m/x068WoA10XsJ Google Groups A lot of Japanese Pokemon CCG cards--mostly Fire Pokes, including Charmander and Charmeleon.
en 2008 Ultimate Nintendo DS Cheats, Codes & Secrets 3 978-0-9558090-2-6 Papercut Limited 123 https://archive.org/details/ultimatenintendo0000unse_j4j6/page/122/mode/2up Internet Archive Head back slightly and proceed north past the signpost and into the following battle where you'll come across another new Poke, Meditite!
en 30 June 2014 Pokémon X and Y Update: Mega Typhlosion, Feraligatr, and Meganium Coming in 2015 International Business Times https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=527c07c0-245f-31ef-818d-b3d9a8f6fedb EBSCO Gen 2 starters will get Mega evolution, not only the gen 1 and 3 starters, also some random Pokes, some legendary Pokémon like Mewtwo, Latios and Latias, Primeval Kyogre and Groudon, and even Diancie, a Pokémon that hasn't even been released yet.
en 8 May 2019 kiravera8 1125825654656729089 https://megalodon.jp/2026-0830-0418-07/https://x.com:443/kiravera8/status/1125825654656729089 29 August 2026 wanted to appreciate my favorite poke for a bit💙
en 7 November 2020 Offaplain Pokémon Challenge’s ranking of how hard every Pokémon game is to Nuzelocke for beginners. What do you think? TruePokemon jpwloj gbicg09 https://web.archive.org/web/20260829191553/https://old.reddit.com/r/TruePokemon/comments/jpwloj/pok%C3%A9mon_challenges_ranking_of_how_hard_every/gbicg09/ 29 August 2026 FRLG is easy up untill the Elite four, you need do some serious grinding in a nuzlocke potentially. Some of their pokes are bulky.
en 29 August 2026 CandyEvie These shiny pokemon used to look so much cooler... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwa_ZN8pbvk YouTube 0:28 Each sprite has four colour slots, two of these always being taken up by black and white, mostly for the linework, shading and highlights. So that leaves two colours. Not a lot. Most Pokes, in fact, have more than two colours, so what do they do?
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