Pokédex completionism, derailed with precision.
Who's That Pokémon? treats each Pokémon as a tiny cultural object worth overthinking. Brandon and Brielle move from design notes and game trivia into songs, bits, rankings, Patreon previews, and side roads that can wander from seahorse anatomy to airplane movies.
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Who's That Pokémon? is a Pokémon comedy show with the patience of a catalog project and the attention span of a sketch room. Its organizing idea is simple: take Pokémon seriously enough that every design choice becomes discussable, then refuse to stay serious for more than a few seconds. Brandon and Brielle work through creatures, types, sprites, card art, evolutions, and stray bits of lore with a mix of fandom knowledge and gleeful disbelief. The result feels less like a review show than a running argument with the Pokédex itself. A seahorse is never just a seahorse for long. A dog-like fire creature can become a debate about battle music, use by others, card mechanics, and whether it deserves treats. A fossil Pokémon can open into talk about extinction, horseshoe crabs, glowing eyes, and the early design logic of a franchise finding its shape. The show is especially strong at inflating tiny observations until they become full comic premises. It also enjoys deflating them immediately. Songs appear without warning. Segments mutate midair. Rankings arrive with fake solemnity, then give way to numbers that only make sense inside the episode's own strange physics. Patreon preview episodes show a broader version of the same project, revisiting normal types and the original roster while folding hiatus updates into the performance. Colin's General Thoughts brings in deliberately unrelated reading notes, while Marvin Tan's research adds more trivia for the podcasters to celebrate, bend, or blame. The show's comedy is blunt and occasionally crude, but its center is affectionate rather than mean. It notices how weird Pokémon has always been. It also notices how funny people become when they try to explain that weirdness too precisely. Listeners looking for clean, linear analysis may find the detours excessive. Listeners who enjoy a meticulous premise repeatedly interrupted by songs, conspiratorial asides, and comic overcommitment are closer to the target. The show turns completionism into a social event. Every creature gets its day in court, and the court is barely under control.
Made for: Best for Pokémon fans who enjoy obsessive creature-by-creature analysis with improvised comedy energy. It also suits listeners who like running bits, absurd rankings, and conversational shows that wander far from the prompt.
What sets it apart: The show pairs real Pokémon minutiae with a loose comic structure that lets trivia, card art, sprites, songs, and invented segments all compete for attention. Its niche is not recap or strategy, but affectionate overanalysis pushed until it becomes ridiculous.
Working their way through the Pokédex in numerical order, two comedians meticulously debate the nuances of every single Pokemon. New episodes every month! Patreon: patreon.com/WhosThatPatreon Instagram: @WhosThatPokemonPod Instagram: @TheBrandonZelman @BrielleDeMirjian Website: WTPokemon.com Theme Song and Select Interstitial Music by Collin Gossel!
Each Pokemon gets a tribunal where lore, aesthetics, and absolute nonsense all enter evidence.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
An elephant-like Pokemon opens the episode; the hosts' detours take over.
An elephant-like Pokemon opens Who's That Pokemon?, but the hosts quickly get caught up in a rhyme and a welcome that keeps growing. Brandon and Brielle say they threw out an earlier opening after several months away from recording.
Eevee's evolutions lead to loose banter and a vote for 85 as a normal number.
Who's That Pokemon? uses normal types to ask how one category can cover creatures that behave so differently. Eevee is the best example here. The hosts talk through the different evolutionary paths its stones can open up, and one of them is keen to understand how it all works.
Mantine's card art sparks a spirited argument about the Remoraid beside it.
Mantine gets an affectionate appraisal that soon veers into the ridiculous. A playful rewrite of "Let's Go Fly a Kite" leads to a Mary Poppins detour, and a made-up Tiny Mouth move draws a string of emphatic refusals.
Tiny debates, treated with heroic seriousness.
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and promote their Patreon for backlog episodes.
The hosts of a comedy podcast about Pokemon return after a long break, discussing Phanpy and their irreverent, adult-oriented humor.
The hosts humorously critique the Pokemon Kingdra, comparing it to a seahorse and joking about taking a hiatus after this episode.
Brandon and Brielle announce they got married and are returning to podcasting in 2026.
Who's That Pokémon?
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and promote their Patreon for backlog episodes.
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and promote their Patreon for backlog episodes.
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and promote their Patreon for backlogged episodes.
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and promote their Patreon for backlog episodes.
The hosts announce a hiatus until 2026 and encourage listeners to subscribe to their Patreon for bonus episodes.
Who's That Pokémon?