A Grandmother's Guide to Pokemon

In order to be a "cool" grandma, you might want to study for our upcoming visit.

First the basics...

Pokemon is played on the Gameboy. OK...wasn't that easy?

Now the story line...

The main character of Pokemon is Ash. He is a 10 year old boy, training to become a Pokemon Master. He has a pokemon named PIKACHU (Pea - ka - chew). He travels around the world with his friends Brock & Misty, looking for wild pokemon to catch. When they catch a pokemon, it becomes their own and it lives in a Poke ball. The children use their pokemon to battle against other trainers with pokemon. The ulitimate goal is to get badges by beating Gym leaders, who are special pokemon trainers. There is a goofy pair of bad guys who keep on messing things up, called Team Rocket.

Now you know the story, here are some pokemon names to learn....

Pikachu (he's most important to learn!!)
Jigglypuff
Bulbasaur
Venusaur (this is Isaac's big pokemon)
Meowth (a cat pokemon)
Butterfree

This is only a small selection. However, now, when you are driving along and you are asked "Grandma, can you tell me a pokemon joke", you'll be able to say "Why did Meowth cross the road?" "Because there was some ice-cream on the other side."