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<h2>Battle Tower In‐Jokes</h2>
<p>In Pokémon Crystal, some trainers in the Battle Tower are in‐jokes which refer to the developers. For instance:
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<li>“Guitarist Masuda,” one of the trainers, may be a reference to Jun’ichi Masuda, Pokemon’s music director.
<li>“Bug Catcher Tajiri” is a reference to Pokemon’s creator, Satoshi Tajiri, and his childhood fixation with bugs.
<li>“Scientist Mori” is named after Akito Mori, a programmer who works on the Pokémon games (specifically, in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl credits he is listed under “Communication System Programming”).
<li>“Teacher Kawakami” may be referring to Naoko Kawakami, who appears in the game credits. I do not know what role she played in development, only that she was listed under “Special Thanks.”
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<p>Below is the entire list of trainers. Are there any other homages I’ve missed?
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<li>Fisher Hanson
<li>Pokémaniac Sawyer
<li>Guitarist Masuda
<li>Scientist Nickel
<li>Pokéfan Olson
<li>Lass Zaborowski
<li>Youngster Wright
<li>Hiker Alexander
<li>Teacher Kawakami
<li>Pokéfan Bickett
<li>Kimono Girl Saito
<li>Boarder Crawford
<li>Picnicker Diaz
<li>Biker Erickson
<li>Juggler Fairfield
<li>Pokéfan Hunter
<li>Firebreather Hill
<li>Swimmer♀ Javier
<li>Swimmer♂ Kaufman
<li>Skier Lancaster
<li>Camper McMahill
<li>Gentleman OBrien
<li>Beauty Frost
<li>Super Nerd Morse
<li>Blackbelt Yufune
<li>Cooltrainer♀ Rajan
<li>Officer Rodriguez
<li>Psychic Santiago
<li>Pokéfan Stock
<li>Scientist Thurman
<li>Beauty Valentino
<li>Camper Wagner
<li>Bird Keeper Yates
<li>Picnicker Andrews
<li>Pokémaniac Bahn
<li>Scientist Mori
<li>Sage Buckman
<li>Schoolboy Cobb
<li>Fisher Hughes
<li>Kimono Girl Arita
<li>Psychic Easton
<li>Camper Freeman
<li>Lass Giese
<li>Gentleman Hatcher
<li>Pokéfan Jackson
<li>Pokémaniac Kahn
<li>Youngster Leong
<li>Teacher Marino
<li>Sailor Newman
<li>Blackbelt Nguyen
<li>Super Nerd Ogden
<li>Cooltrainer♀ Park
<li>Swimmer? Raine
<li>Bird Keeper Sells
<li>Boarder Rockwell
<li>Lass Thornton
<li>Officer Turner
<li>Skier Van Dyke
<li>Schoolboy Walker
<li>Swimmer♀ Meyer
<li>Youngster Johnson
<li>Guitarist Adams
<li>Bug Catcher Smith
<li>Bug Catcher Tajiri
<li>Pokémaniac Baker
<li>Scientist Collins
<li>Super Nerd Smart
<li>Swimmer♀ Dykstra
<li>Biker Eaton
<li>Firebreather Wong
</ul>
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<p>Written 2008‒12‒17
<p>©2008–2010 IIMarckus. Released under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Creative Commons Zero license.</a>
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