Pokémon Go was a video game which was popular in 2016. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You [+]Loading...["What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)"], AUDIO: What Happened in Manchester [+]Loading...["What Happened in Manchester (audio story)"]) While infiltrating the Tokyo branch of Harmony Shoal Institute, the Twelfth Doctor created a distraction by flooding the downstairs floor with virtual Pokémon. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
One of the dares on truthordare.com was to play Pokémon Go underwater. (PROSE: What She Does Next Will Astound You [+]Loading...["What She Does Next Will Astound You (novel)"])
It later became unpopular. As Archie MacTavish and Giles searched for a dimensional tear in Manchester using a smartphone app built by Maxie Masters, a local teenaged girl shouted out that "Pokémon Go was so 2016!" (AUDIO: What Happened in Manchester [+]Loading...["What Happened in Manchester (audio story)"])
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- At New York Comic Con 2016, Fady Elsayed revealed that the cast of Class played a great deal of Pokémon GO during principal photography. Greg Austin would sneak off set during his breaks in order to catch Pokémon. Greg owned a gym for a while. Fady and Vivian Oparah said that the Coal Hill Academy set had Charmander and Scyther, as well as Pidgey everywhere. Greg Austin found a Charmander on Pinewood, and further added that there were a few Squirtle around.
- A commercial released for the game in 2018 was narrated by Stephen Fry.