”Pokemon, What Happened To You?’, What Happened To You?’
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So while I was in the studio recording Alex Day’s fantastic new EP ’117% Complete’, probably the best EP about video games I’ve ever had the pleasure to produce, we listened to a lot of different things for inspiration and guidance. In particular when working on ‘Pokemon, What Happened To You?’, we listened to a lot of the old music from the games over the years and a lot of music related to the shows that listeners might recognise. While doing this research, we came across this gem:
Now, we were stopped in our tracks by this. We realised that in every song to do with pokemon ever released, there had always been this rapper, doing his business in the background. Mostly consisting of repeated mantras of ‘yeah’, ‘come on’, and ‘yo’, expertly interspersed with obscure references to pokemon, this guy was clearly an essential part in any song about the game. With this revelation, we came to the sad conclusion that we’d made a horrible omission in the final cut of our own attempt.
But we are sad no more, because today in the studio, we took half an hour out of our busy schedule recording Alex’s new album to make a few little additions to the song. Below is ‘Pokemon, What Happened To You’, with myself rapping throughout. We like to call it ”Pokemon, What Happened To You?’ What Happened To You?’.
'Pokemon, What Happened To You?' What Happened To You?You can buy the original EP, with this song, albeit rapless, by clicking here.
Tom

Reader Comments
Oh WOW! That's epic! ^_^ I love it! <3
I'm now even MORE excited for the EP now! I didn't think that was possible!
<3
This is Amazing Tom!
wow! This is awesome!!!!
xx
Tom, have you had the pleasure of producing more than one EP about video games?!
And also, the rapping was fantastic. I especially enjoyed the intermediate laughter. Plus altogether your lines were just incredibly silly. Your future should obviously only consist of rap now. It's your destiny. (:
1) I remember that song! 'What Kind of Pokemon Are You?” It was on the 2.B.A. Master album! Damn…I'm going to be kickin' it old school all day now.
2) THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST RAP EVER! I was crying from laughing so hard. “I'm just agreeing now”. Brilliant!
LOLOL. 'JUST AGREEING NOW', 'MONOCHROME', and something about Nurse Joy's head and tits. Tom, you're amazingly ridiculous. Can Alex and I adopt you?
Also, 'What Kind of Pokémon Are You?' is fantastic.
'Good luck with Muk and its poison gas
Make one wrong move AND IT'LL KICK YOUR GRASS'
this is brilliant. the strange thing is you sound a lot like westwood
. i wasnt going to by alexs new ep but i think this has changed my mind
I agree with some of what you are saying, although the general consensus about the pokémon games among hardcore red/blue veterans are that the gameplay and game mechanics has gotten better over the years but the quality of pokémon peaked in Gold and Silver. Although gold and Silver were my personal favorite games, I will always have a place deep down for Red and Blue. (although Yellow Pwns them both.)
</rant>
also, actually, although you can name them whatever you want, ash and gary don't exist in the games. their official names are red and blue, respectively, (unless you're playing blue, then it's blue and red.)
That song is so amazingg
<3
You really live up to your name, Christhenerd. <3
I wear it as a badge of honor.
you rock, by the way.
Ahaha, i love that xD “you don't fit in my gamecube either!” Thia is absolutely brilliant.
I love the new background rap. :]
I kinda like this, oddly.
My ears told my brain that this is amazing.
LOL, I love that you dropped a c bomb in there!! It was kinda unexpected, which just made it all the more awesome/amazing/epic
I refuse to listen to this before I have the money to buy the EP without having listened to any of the songs before.
Actually: my computer with internet has no sound and my computer with sound has no internet.
But I'm sure it's lovely.
It's the most puerile of all forms of humour… but when used correctly it's bloody hilarious.
well, that just made my whole day
I absolutely LOVE it!! shame you can't add it as a hidden track or something =/
the end is especially amazing/ “I'm just agreeing now..yes…YES…affirmative!” good lord, you are a genius ^^ <3
For sure!
Does using the word “puerile” make up for the fact that that's what it is?
Once upon a time my friend and I wrote a play in which Ash and Misty are trapped in an elevator and then they get into a fight about how to get out, and the battle that ensues is so intense that the elevator falls millions of stories as Misty confesses that she was in love with Brock, but a Pidgeotto comes out of nowhere and saves them, but then the Pidgeotto takes off his costume and it turns out to Brock, who winks at Misty, causing her to faint, and with the absence of Misty's annoying voice, Brock feels okay about confessing his love to Ash, whereupon the two of them ride off into the sunset on a motorcycle that Brock stole from Officer Jenny in anger.
It's an awful lot like a Rube Goldberg cartoon, come to it.
tom, is that YOU rapping???? it really doesnt sound like you at most points, but then i swear i hear your awesome speech pattern
bdw, am doing a cover of 'imperfections' for my local music show yays
This is genius. You should release this version on iTunes.
Haha, I like the rap version better!
You should totally put that on iTunes!
I think Tom Milsom has a future in rap
Wow. I've listened to this 1,285 (a rough estimate) times since you've posted it. The amount of awesome is extremely indescribable. ^_^ *listens to it for the (estimated) 1,286th time*
Can't wait to get the EP!
“Nurse-Nurse-Nurse Joy” xD
'I dunno, ask the pokedex, pokedex don't know. FUCK.' Best part, by far.
wow! i was not expecting to laugh that hard! thank you for that!
i concur! this NEEDS to become widely available. XD
Agreed. XD (though it's awkward when you randomly sing that while talking with your mum…)
The rapping version, is absolutely epic xD
You should have stuck that on the EP as a hidden track or something :']
Hilarious ^^
the rapping version nearly killed me. I almost laughed until I died.
Oh my god, that totally happened to me!
Tom I have to say, this song is the best!
Have listened to it for over two days now and all I do is laugh through it. =]
Yay!!
This song is amazing, and has made my life infinitely better.
Tom should totally rap more often.
Perhaps that's what he should do for his next EP. Lawl.
I remember when this song, as well as others (including a Misty love song for Ash and the Team Rocket song) were on the Pokemon website to listen to all the way through for free. Good times!!
Your rap version was so hilarious, I'm in love with it. <33 Thank you for being so completely made of awesome!
LOL that rap made my day!
you should release a deluxe version of the EP with the rapping version on it! (and, maybe, just brainstormin here, but… “Megaman Why Are You So Hard?”)
Complete genius.
Me and my friend were singing this in math class the other day ^.^
'I dunno, ask the pokedex, pokedex don't know, FUCK!'
Win.
ROFL. OFMG ROFL.
I was laughing so hard throughout this GENIUS rapping xD
'MONOCHROME'
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha.
Oh my God that has made my day.
Oh LOL.
I just realised that I denfinatly remember 'what kind of pokemon are you'
xD
That was back in my younger years when I went on the pokemon website to look at the pokedex, and played the pokemon music at the same time.
And this one was my favourite. Because it was cool. And had rapping.
:LLLLLLLLL
I was little, okay?
omg i love the rappingyness
lol x
ROFLROFL.
You should rap more xD you seem to have rare talent xD
one of my favourite parts was “Super contests are so-so.” “They're adequate!”
Ahahahah xD
You should make it possible to download the rapping versio!! its amazing
Genius. “oh wait except Nidoran, that had two forms…” You're a Genii pure and simple.
Please make this version downloadable/purchasable.
<3
Is it bad that I've come back to this blog post and listened to this so many times that I can do Tom's rap word for word over Alex's original Pokemon What Happened To You?
I can too, as can my best friend. It just makes you awesome.
I lold.
love you guys <3
LOL!!!
oh Tom… xD
Way, way better than the original.
'Pokemon, What Happened To You?' What Happened To You? – This is pure friking genius! xD I love it!! Too bad you can't buy this version of the song
Alex Day what a beautiful voice…. Tom you are a born rapper its true xD <3 x x x x
Pure awesome. I love you Tom!
brilliant
Haha, your voice sounds so different (much lower) in this, but it's awesome!
“never again. I'm sad now” LOL!
too many comments from me on tesethings. sorry.
Haha, your voice sounds so different (much lower) in this, but it's awesome!
“never again. I'm sad now” LOL!
too many comments from me on tesethings. sorry.