The Pokémon Typhlosion has become the pariah of the internet

Game Freak, the primary studio behind Pokémon, suffered a massive data breach. The hacker released thousands of files supposedly pertaining to the creation and development of Pokémon, containing unreleased concept art and even scrapped ideas for Pokémon games, which is where the Typhlosion drama comes in.

According to one unconfirmed report, the leaked documents included a concept for a series of fable-like stories that explore the relationships between Pokémon and humans. In one of these stories, a Typhlosion kidnaps a young girl, marries her, and has a child with her. The story reads like something from Grimms’ Fairy Tales or a myth, and it’s managed to creep a ton of people out. Over the past three days, the tale has inspired hundreds of people online to make Typhlosion memes and art in response to the story.

There are dozens of posts, but many of the gags make fun of the fact that Typhlosion is now seen by the fandom as a creep. On top of that, many of the images riff on the idea that Typhlosion is now part of an elite tier of Pokémon that the fans see as possibly fuckable. (So now Vaporeon and Gardevoir have some additional company.) You can scroll on to see just how many people have produced reaction images to the leak.

The jokes may be funny, but it’s important to note that this leak hasn’t even been confirmed. The claim was widely distributed on Centro Leaks, but the viral post doesn’t say who found the document or how they translated it. If someone used software like Google Translate, the English version of the story could be riddled with errors. Additionally, there is very little context around what the original intent behind the stories was. The tweets don’t say if it would have been intended for a game or used as background lore, or anything along those lines. So while it might seem a bit salacious, it might be wise to take the leak with a grain of salt.