Slaking Game Freak Leak

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MRS. KRABAPPEL AND SLAKING WERE IN THE CLOSET MAKING SLAKOTHS AND I SAW ONE OF THE SLAKOTHS AND THE SLAKOTH LOOKED AT ME.

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Overview

Slaking Game Freak Leaks, also known as Slaking Lore Story, refers to memes and jokes about Slaking, a normal-type Gen III Pokémon that garnered virality after the Game Freak Gigaleaks in mid-October 2024 revealed an unreleased Pokémon lore story about a Slaking impregnating a young girl and making her give birth to a Slakoth. As the leak was spread online, numerous internet users began posting memes and jokes about how Slaking is a "Diddy party veteran" and how this is one of many examples of NSFW content (like the Vaporeon Copypasta) to hit the fandom, among other discourse.

Background

On October 12th, 2024, several Pokémon and Nintendo enthusiasts on the internet began discussing a purported large data leak from game developers Game Freak circulating online, later becoming known as the "Game Freak Pokemon Gigaleaks."

That day, X^[1] user @nintendeal made one of the first notable posts acknowledging the leak before subsequently deleting the tweet. Nonetheless, the tweet was reposted to 4chan's^[2] /vp/ board on October 12th as well, with initial information from the leak being shared on the subsequent thread.

On October 13th, 2024, Game Freak then acknowledged the leak, saying that confidential information had been subject to "unauthorized access by a third party" and that over 2,000 pieces of employee information had been stolen from the company.^[3]

The Twitter / X account @CentroLeaks^[4] began posting notable information about upcoming Pokémon games, as well as unpublished Pokémon lore uncovered from the leak on October 12th.

The first round of leaks showed beta versions and concept art of Gen 3 Pokémon, while subsequent leaks delved into the creation lore of the Pokémon universe. It was in this lore packet that the story involving the Pokemon Slaking was found.

On October 13th, 2024, X user @Mootmonthly^[4] uploaded one of the earliest examples of the story from the leak alongside the caption, "Seems like the writing team at Game Freak really put the FREAK in their name," earning nearly 1 million views, 15,000 likes and 180 replies in one day (shown below).

Theme: Original Sin Based on the Current Pokémon World In the distant past, when the boundary between Pokémon and humans was still blurred, there was a woman and her companions. Every day, they were bored, so they would often catch Slakoth living in the nearby forest. They played cruel games with the captured Slakoth, sometimes killing them for fun, gouging out their eyes, or cutting off their ears. One day, the woman was walking alone in the forest and saw a Slakoth hanging from a tree. She climbed the tree to catch it, but slipped and injured herself. At that moment, a Vigoroth appeared. This Vigoroth had a torn ear. The woman, startled, tried to flee, but her injured leg hurt too much, and she couldn't move. The Vigoroth with the torn ear suddenly attacked her when it saw her. The woman lost consciousness. When she awoke, she was in an unfamiliar place. Before her lay a clear lake, surrounded by trees, from which many Slakoth and Vigoroth were hanging. All the Pokémon bore wounds somewhere on their bodies-marks left by the woman and her companions. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that some of the Slakoth hanging from the trees were corpses. They were the very Slakoth that the woman and her friends had killed and discarded. The Slakoth were throwing those corpses into the lake. Terrified, the woman tried to run away, but a Slaking appeared. This Slaking also had a torn ear. The woman realized that this was the same Vigoroth she had seen earlier, and fear overwhelmed her, causing her to faint once more. When the woman regained consciousness, she found herself at the entrance of the forest near her home, surrounded by her friends. They carried her back to her house. Some time later, the woman gave birth to a child. But it wasn't a human child-it was a Slakoth. She intended to abandon it, but couldn't bring herself to do so. She stopped meeting with her friends and decided to raise the Slakoth. One day, her friends, concerned about her, visited the area near her home. They found the Slakoth sleeping there--the child of the woman. As they always did, they caught the Slakoth, stabbed it in the chest, and killed it. They took its corpse and headed to the woman's house. When she saw the slain Slakoth, the woman was overwhelmed with sorrow. She grabbed the Slakoth's body and ran deep into the forest. Her friends, shocked, chased after her. As they ventured deeper into the forest, the surroundings suddenly opened up, and they found the same clear lake from before. Around the lake were many Slakoth and Vigoroth. The woman stood before the lake, and, holding the lifeless body of the Slakoth, she threw herself into the water. Afterwards, the woman's friends began to treat Slakoth as companions, just as she had in her final moments.

Online Reactions

The reactions to the lore drops were immediate, with many people being quick to post either old fan art of Slaking now that it was trending or creating new fan art inspired by the story that started to spread in mid-October 2024 (similar to other Pokemon lore stories like Typhlosion and Octillery).

Memes about Slaking and his role in the story also started to be posted online during the same timeframe. For example, on October 13th, 2024, X user @RockruffAlola^[5] uploaded a Never Ask A Woman Her Age meme in which Spanish is used to show that you don't ask Slaking about what happens between him and human adventurers (shown below), receiving over 4,000 views and 40 likes in two days.

Nunca Le Preguntes A Una Mujer Su Edad A Un Hombre Su Salario A Slaking Que paso antes de evolucionar con un grupo de cazadores Pokémon

Numerous posts referencing Slaking and the leaks appeared on Reddit in mid-October 2024, such as a post to the subreddit /r/whenthe^[7] under the title "Typhlosion and Slaking fans are the next victims of the Vaporeon-style joke and it's a hundred times worse" that received over 1,600 upvotes and 150 comments in two days (seen below).

Typhlosion and Slaking fans are the next victims of the Vaporeon-style joke and it's a hundred times worse. byu/AgentRoses inwhenthe

Also on October 13th, X^[8] user @PantherMK_ posted a reaction meme to Slaking fans reacting to the lore story, receiving over 588,800 views, 27,000 likes and 50 replies in two days (seen below).

Slaking fans watching typhlosion take all the heat for weird pokemon x human lore pic.twitter.com/mSPHeSkaUi

— BIGKOLAFAN600 (@PantherMK_) October 14, 2024

One reaction that started to become prominent not only within the Slaking fan community but others as well was the comparison to previous Pokemon some perceived as creepy or sus, like Hypno and Drifblim. According to their official Dex entries, both have been widely believed to be the true dark side of the franchise until these leaks showed that Slaking and others were close to having the same fate.

On October 14th, 2024, X user @MarxsterWily^[6] uploaded a GIF of the character Zoro from One Piece taking a lot of damage, with the caption accurately describing it as 3 percent of the pain that Hypno fans have had for decades (shown below).

Slaking fans when they take 3% of pain that Hypno fans were forced to deal with for nearly 3 decades https://t.co/AF8Ohen3BU pic.twitter.com/1pHPIVT3AV

— MarxsterWily (@MarxsterWily) October 14, 2024

Typhlosion Game Freak Leak

Typhlosion Game Freak Leaks, also known as Typhlosion Lore Leak Story, refers to memes and jokes about Typhlosion, a fire-type Gen II Pokémon. After the Game Freak Gigaleak in mid-October 2024 revealed an unreleased Pokémon lore story about a Typhlosion kidnapping a young girl and making her give birth to a half-human, half-Pokémon hybrid, internet users began posting memes and jokes about how Typhlosion is "Not Like Us" (among other memetic content), and how the meme trend surrounding him resembles memes about Vaporeon like the character's infamous copypasta.