As excitement builds towards the upcoming release of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, last week Pokemon fans across the globe were treated to a hilarious and heartwarming new animated short featuring fan-favourite Bidoof!
Well known in the world of Pokemania for his rather derpy (yet adorable) appearance alongside being very useful in-game when it comes to learning HMs, Bidoof has become cemented as one of Pokemon’s most beloved critters, partially thanks to his additional popularity when it comes to meme culture. In his latest adventure, “Bidoof’s Big Stand”, we find a rather unfortunate Bidoof down on his luck after being cast out from it’s group of fellow Bidoof due to his clumsiness. After a close call with a villainous Stratraptor, our Bidoof buddy is rescued by a kindly Pokemon trainer, who takes Bidoof under his wing and together they become a battle-ready force to be reckoned with!
“Bidoof’s Big Stand” follows the other recent animated shorts “Hisuian Voltorb Is Berry Excited” and “Hisuian Voltorb Is Berry Sorry” and I must say I would absolutely love to see The Pokemon Company produce more of these stand-alone animated projects, as I personally think they show a great deal of heart, humour and originality that the animation aspect of the Pokemon franchise is currently very much in need of. When the first handful of Pokemon movies were theatrically released they were packed with fun adventures, silly (and often fourth-wall breaking) humour and iconic animation, but after over 20 films and 1,000 episodes of the anime series I think changing up the formula (and perhaps focusing more on the Pokemon themselves as protagonists) in a similar vein to these recent animated shorts could be very successful in introducing the animated world of Pokemon to a whole new audience.
Check out “Bidoof’s Big Stand” here in full and be sure to let us know what you think of our furry friend’s new adventure! –
Written By Emily Carney