r/topeka • u/Funny_Dinner9936 • 17d ago

To-pikachu!

I had no idea this happened in Topeka since it was so long ago but I wish Pokémon would come back again someday…

https://johto.substack.com/p/topikachu-when-pokemon-came-to-america

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u/InTheBight 17d ago

I was there. I was 8 years old

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u/KingJaffiJo 17d ago

It was cool to see as a kid

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u/Araix7890 17d ago

I'm actually the little boy hugging Pikachus face from the Capital Journal, it was a fantastic event.

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u/Funny_Dinner9936 12d ago

I’m jealous you got to go! 

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u/Empty-Employment-889 17d ago

Things like this make me wish I had better memory. I know I was there but I can’t remember a thing.

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u/HovercraftOk9231 16d ago

I was five months old and living in California at the time, but damn I still wish I had gone.

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u/pet_hens 15d ago

They also renamed the city Google for a day in a bid to attract the company's fiber installation