Chris May March 15th, 2016 - 10:17 AM
Alex Hirsch, creator of the excellent show Gravity Falls, like most of us, is feeling the tension of the current presidential election and to take the edge off Hirsch imagined the candidates as Pokémon. Hirsch took to Twitter to show off his take on Bernie Sanders as Charmander, Donald Trump as Muk, Hilary Clinton as Butterfree, Marco Rubio as Diglett and Ben Carson as Snorlax. Hirsch was pretty even handed, except for one, in his depictions of the candidates, most of them seem to be puns on the their names. Gameinformer reports.
Tried drawing Pokemon while listening to election news, resulting in this guy #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/sI9BFhVqyz
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 11, 2016
@_AlexHirsch 004 "Burnie" TYPE: Fire/Grandpa ATTACKS: Yuge Fireball, WEAKNESS: Attacks only damage the top 1% of HP
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 11, 2016
This one is called "Schmuck" #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/rslApd4caR
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 11, 2016
HillarFree #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/Hpll5RADbY
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 12, 2016
#050 "Lil Marco" TYPE: Sweaty ATTACKS: Dig self into hole WEAKNESS: Water #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/h8S918D7c6
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 11, 2016
Carzzzon #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/DcngSiwVEm
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 12, 2016
Some of Hirsch’s followers joined in on the action and envisioned one of his designs as a trading card.
WHAAAAAT!! Look at this amazing Pokemon Card version of my #PresidentialPokemon "Burnie" by @Ruckusleaf!! pic.twitter.com/xxm8T2rh1G
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 12, 2016
Dana Terrace, who worked with Hirsch as an animator on Gravity Falls also got in on it, choosing to draw Ted Cruz as Hypno.
None of my drawings come close to this HypnoCruz by @DanaTerrace #PresidentialPokemon pic.twitter.com/N6jGFwPjy5
— Alex Hirsch (@_AlexHirsch) March 11, 2016
Whether your a Republican, Democrat, or somewhere in between, I think we can all agree that these designs are pretty funny. Personally, my favorite is Bernie Sanders as “Burnie”.
