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Pokémon - Season 23

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TV-Y7
Season 23
November 17, 2019
Wokeometer Rating
1Based
0/10
Audience Woke Score
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Pokémon Season 23 sticks to pure adventure, battles, and creature collecting with Ash and Goh, delivering neutral entertainment free of identity politics or social messaging. This keeps its woke score at a safe 1/10.

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Detailed Analysis

Pokémon Season 23 follows the franchise's longstanding formula of Ash Ketchum and new companion Goh traveling across regions to research and catch Pokémon, enter battles like the World Coronation Series, and pursue goals such as catching Mew or investigating legendaries like Ho-Oh and Eternatus.

Episode plots center on standard adventures including Dynamax phenomena in Galar, egg care, tournaments, and Team Rocket antics, with no dialogue, arcs, or subplots addressing identity politics, systemic issues, or critiques of traditional norms. The core cast remains the established leads Ash and Goh alongside Pikachu and Scorbunny, with supporting figures like Professor Cerise and his daughter Chloe appearing in conventional family and research roles.

This structure keeps the focus squarely on exploration, competition, and creature collection without injecting external messaging. The season maintains the original premise of Pokémon research and battling as its foundation, showing no evidence of thematic centrality for progressive ideology or any creator statements pushing social themes. Casting adheres strictly to established characters with no alterations or additions designed to advance identity-based narratives, and sampled episodes contain zero LGBTQ+ representation or explorations of oppression and patriarchy. Audience reception aligns with this continuity, as the series delivers familiar entertainment without the divisive elements that often accompany forced updates in other franchises.

Key Factors

  • Traditional adventure premise focused on Pokémon research, catching, and battling with no social justice framing
  • Established male protagonists and new original male companion with no gender or race alterations to canon characters
  • Absence of LGBTQ+ representation, DEI-driven casting, or themes of oppression, patriarchy, or identity exploration across all sampled episodes

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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We've run a full content analysis on Pokémon - Season 23 and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Pokémon - Season 23?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Pokémon - Season 23's overall score.

Is Pokémon - Season 23 family-friendly?

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