main || up a level || post article || search || archive   Spoonbender Uri Geller Sues Nintendo Posted by Ed Zorn on 2000/11/03 12:20:22 US/Eastern "Psychic" Uri Geller not so long ago lost a court case against another magician who revealed the magic tricks that Geller used to fool his gullible followers. Now he's suing Nintendo because they've named one of their Pokemon characters "Geller." Here's the story:http://salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/11/03/npfri/index.html Post a Reply The following replies are owned by whoever posted them: The Pokemon character carried around a spoon by Itamar on 2000/11/05 04:53:56 US/Eastern Which might lend some force to his claim... [ Reply to This ] Re: The Pokemon character carried around a spoon by Gus Heavy on 2000/11/05 15:42:01 US/Eastern According to this site, the English name is Kadabra, but that the Japanese name translates phonetically to "Ungeller." Note too that "Un" even looks like "Uri" at first glance. For photos of the card and a little more info.... http://www.tcom.co.uk/hpnet/pokemon.htm [ Reply to This ]
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