Holographic Charizard - Adelaide Fringe Review

By 14 March 2026 Adelaide SA, Australia

 

Pokémon is an aging millennial’s shared language; I say that as an aging millennial. It has also transcended generations, and now very small humans are forming loud opinions about their favourites. Pokemania is inescapable. It started as video games in the mid-90s, then quickly expanded into an anime on cheeseTV, huge film's starting in the year 2000, a trading card game, and a whole ecosystem of main-series titles and spin-offs. The early internet helped lock it in, turning schoolyard trades and playground debates into forums, fan sites, rumours, memes, art, tattoos and a constant stream of shared obsession.

It became a full cultural system: trading cards you could hold, a cartoon you could quote, games you could sink your teeth into, competitive events and clubs, creatures you could name and argue about, mobile games that got people to touch grass, and a world that kept expanding fast enough to feel endless. It hit at the perfect age for a lot of millennials too, when collecting still felt innocent and identity was starting to form, so your starter choice became a personality test and your binder became social currency.

Holographic Charizard is one man’s homage to his favourite Pokémon starter.

Fringe Benefits Podcast
  • Sat, 14 Mar - Sat, 21 Mar 
  • 60 min 
  • Neat Freak at The Howling Owl 
  • G 
  • $10 to $40 - grab your tickets
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