Pokémon of New York: A Hilarious Parody of Humans of New York

By now you have almost certainly come across a Humans of New York post if you exist at all on social media. The post always features a portrait and a brief interview collected on the streets of New York City. Photographer Brandon Stanton started the blog in 2010, and it now has over 16 million followers on Facebook alone. The collected interviews have even been published and become a best-selling book.

Humans of New York inevitably inspires many parodies. None are better and more moving, perhaps, than the Facebook page Pokémon of New York! It is exactly what it sounds like: interviews and portraits of your everyday, ordinary Pokémon, collected on the streets of New York. It really is fantastic, especially if you are a fan of both Humans of New York and Pokémon. While there are loads of glorious posts over on the Pokémon of New York Facebook page, we picked a couple great ones to feature below. Enjoy!

“I’m an app developer. We just reached our crowd-funding goal, so we’ve set up a workspace in my apartment. It’s the dream, man! We work for ourselves, but in the end, the users will be our real bosses. If it all goes according to schedule, in one year we’ll be turning out a truly disruptive product that will change the world: the first dating app exclusively for Pokémon.”

“Has it got a name?”

“Yea, it’s called Grimr.”

Grimer, 28, Astoria

SOURCE: Facebook

“On the train I saw someone I used to date. Vileplume, real pretty, super cool. But I dunno, I lost interest. Nothing wrong with that. I didn’t text her for a while, thought she’d get the hint. That was a few months ago.

So, yea, I run into her on the train just now and she’s mad! She’s all, ‘You ghosted me!’

It’s like dude, what did you expect?”

Gastly, 22, FiDi

SOURCE: Facebook

“You have to keep a positive outlook. Like today. I was already rejected from one audition, and now I’ve been waiting so long for this train that I’m sure to miss my afternoon audition. But that’s part of trying to be an actress, you know? You have to face a hundred rejections for every opportunity. And if I miss the audition, it’s just fate’s way of telling me I wasn’t meant for that part. Just bumps on the road to stardom!”

Jigglypuff, 22, Manhattan

SOURCE: Facebook

“This city is soft. Restrictions on freedoms left and right. I remember when you could smoke in bars… those were the days. Now I light up in a restaurant and there’s some lady saying, ‘ooh don’t do that, my baby is right here.’ Hey lady? Your baby can complain when it pays taxes.”

Koffing, 59, Manhattan

SOURCE: Facebook

“My cousin runs with a gang. Maybe even a cult. All white outfits, crazy dyed hair, rhyming mantras and slogans. Kidnapping, theft, assault, these guys are bad news. Every once in a while I sit down with him to chat about it, to try and change his mind. Then before I know it he’s out the door, blasting off again…”

Meowth, 33, Bushwick

SOURCE: Facebook

“This kind of party isn’t really my scene. I don’t know anyone here except my friend that I came with. I was honestly hoping for a chill night in. Some Netflix, maybe make some popcorn. But my friend’s still really upset about her breakup, called me up, and told me she needed to go out tonight, you know, be with other people. I’m not having a great time, but sometimes you gotta put the people you care about first. It’s what being a good friend is all about.”

Bulbasaur, 22, Brooklyn