On walking the dog this morning we met up with a couple of teenage girls who started doing the usual “oooh he’s so cute!” coos to Photon. Then one of them came up with a comparison that I hadn’t heard before: “He looks like Pokémon!”

Left: The Pokémon character Pikachu; Right: Photon. Any similarities?
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David "Astute Observer" Barker says:
February 4, 2008 at 10:50 am (UTC 0)
Here’s one similarity. Pikachu is scary. Photon is wuvvable. And could take Pikachu in a barfight.
Gillian Chan says:
February 6, 2008 at 11:06 am (UTC 0)
Casting my mind back to our Pokemon phase, I think there was a dog Pokemon which had the same alert, noble stance as Photon,
Gillian Chan says:
February 6, 2008 at 11:09 am (UTC 0)
I looked it up (how quickly one forgets!). Photon looks like arcanine.
Laura says:
February 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm (UTC 0)
Hah! Here’s a picture of Arcanine. Yep, looks more like Photon than Pikachu does. A little hairier though…

Peter says:
February 8, 2008 at 12:12 am (UTC 0)
I don’t know…she kind of looks like the offspring of Pikachu and Arcanine, no?

David "Oh, My LOL!" Barker says:
February 8, 2008 at 3:27 pm (UTC 0)
Like I said, oh, my LOL!
That’s utter genius. Or maybe just base cleverness masquerading, but heck, either way it’s hilarious.