Rewatching Pokemon as an adult makes you understand Team Rocket's Pokemon choices

When i was a kid, I kept wondering why Jessie & James chose to train Lickitung and Weepinbell, but now I understand.

This is a two-panel meme using screenshots from the original Pokemon animated series. The top text reads: 'When i was a kid, I kept wondering why Jessie & James chose to train Lickitung and Weepinbell, but now I understand.' The left panel shows Weepinbell, labeled as James's Pokemon, with its large, wide open mouth against a dynamic action line background. The right panel shows Lickitung, labeled as Jessie's Pokemon, hovering over Jessie who is lying flat on her back on the ground, with Lickitung's very long tongue extended outward. The humor comes from a suggestive adult double entendre that children would miss: Weepinbell's open mouth and Lickitung's long tongue in the respective contexts evoke sexual imagery, explaining the 'adult realization' joke that makes re-watching the scene as an adult feel different.

This meme was originally posted on Reddit meme communities with the title 'Rewatching this as an adult hits different'. It is an edited collage of two unmodified clips from the official Pokemon anime series, combined with original text to add the suggestive adult joke subtext that was not intended in the original children's show. It went viral as a relatable joke for millennial and Gen Z adults who grew up watching Pokemon as children and now pick up on unintended suggestive subtext when re-watching the series as adults.