Pokey, Speechless Stream of Conscientiousness Leading to Misunderstanding and Loneliness of


HEY THERE FRIEND! Hello! I said HELLO! Can you not hear my words my new friend? Of course you can. My name is Pokey and I’m very glad to meet you! I hope you will be my new friend! It’s lonely out here in the desert all by myself. Hot days, cold nights — always alone with my thoughts. BUT NO MORE, right chum? Ah, the fun me and you will have! Oh boy! Let me get a closer look at you. Hey don’t be scared partner! I’m as friendly as the day is long! We can go down to the park and… hey come back pal! HEY! HEY! Yes, come back, that’s it! You had me worried there for a sec good friend. Oh what’s that? You just pull a turnip out from the ground? What are you going to do with a turni… whoa! HEY! That almost hit me amigo! No, you don’t have to pick it up again on my account… let’s us sing a tune about the tim…. OW JESUS! OW YOU HIT ME! Oh. No. You can’t hear me. IT’S ALL HAPPENING AGAIN! WHY DON’T I LEARN?!

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This one made me really sad for Pokey. He has a lot of love to give.

Pokey was in SMB2? Wow. Where was I?

When first we played SMB2, my friend Paul would sing very loudly whenever Pokey appeared onscreen.

“PO-KEY,” he would sing, “PO-KEY’S MY FRIEND!”

I am pleased to see his theory on Pokey’s motivations was correct.

The game forced you to rip off Pokey’s head and use it as a projectile weapon! How wrong is that?

Poor Pokey.

I thought Pokey was a cactus. Why wasn’t he filled with water?

Or is that where the love came from?