it is quite possible that they did just reference the scene from the spongebob movie. it would be the funniest outcome of this situation.
but the devs of pokemon do seem to be aware of stuff that goes on out here on the net. there is a trainer in scarlet and violet that looks like moistcritikal...
mega starmie is therorized to be a collection of references to the super sentai and kaiju genre, as well as staryu and starmie as well. they do poses like the sentai characters and staryu, starmie and mega starmie were inspired by space starfish from a 70's monster movie in japan.
this video...
you're welcome. and it's not completely pointless to have the info here. anyone else that wants to play the game now has the info in a more convenient and quicker place to look for it.
i found this on google:
"In Pokémon Ruby, there is no set, finite number of PP Ups you can get, as some are found in fixed locations while others can be obtained repeatedly. The total number of fixed PP Ups you can collect throughout the game is not specified, but the following are guaranteed...
as long as the rom and save file have the same name, it should still work. i did this a couple of times while checking some stuff out for some games.
if that doesn't work, then try the import battery option that cheela said. i've done that too and it worked.
and if that doesn't work, then play...
if i calculated it correctly, we have a total of 4,276 messages as of 6:55 pm central time US on october 22, 2025. if profile posts count for messages in total, then about 1/4 of all communications on here on done on profile posts.