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The video even opens and ends with visual references to the 1986 film Stand By Me, which was extremely popular in Japan and is alluded to in various Pokémon games. In other words, the Bump of Chicken x Pokemon video makes for some spot-the-reference fun for Pokémon fanatics. Protagonist characters like Red, Lucas, Dawn, Rosa, Serena, Calem, May all make brief appearances, along with side characters and rival trainers like Blue, Lillie, Nessa, Bea, and more. The video, which was produced by anime studio BONES ( Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, My Hero Academia), features two Pokémon trainers growing up with a Pikachu and an Evee, as well as an energetic montage of characters and pocket monsters from across the Pokémon multimedia universe.
