In fact, the team from Criminal Minds once managed to appear in the manga Pokémon. They were kidnapped by the villains but managed to free themselves from their clutches.
What is Criminal Minds? Criminal Minds is a crime series that has been running since 2005 and currently has 18 seasons. It is suitable for fans of, for example, NCIS. The viewers follow numerous cases of FBI profilers analyzing serial killers.
The series is particularly well-known because a special dynamic develops within the team. Over the years, actors have joined and left the series, resulting in different configurations.
The creators of Pokémon are apparently big fans of the series. Because there is a scene in which the cast of Criminal Minds appears.
The Profilers of Criminal Minds in Pokémon
How do they appear? In addition to the video games and the anime, Pokémon has several manga versions as well. One of them is Pokémon Adventures. Here, the characters from Criminal Minds appear in the “X & Y” arc.
If you missed the appearance of Criminal Minds, it is because the manga is not as well known as the anime and the video games.
The illustrator Satoshi Yamamoto confirmed on X that it is indeed the characters from Criminal Minds. The characters even retain their names from the series. How they look in the manga can be seen in the following TikTok video:
There is a peculiar detail: David Rossi was actually supposed to be among the kidnapped. But the manga team turns him into a differently looking bakery manager because they probably could not draw him well enough, according to the illustrator of the manga.
What happens to them? The evil Team Flair kidnaps all the individuals who need to flee their hometown of Vaniville Town due to the battle between the legendary pocket monsters Xerneas and Yveltal. Spencer, Morgan, and Ms. Garcia are among the kidnapped individuals.
Team Flair intends to turn all the kidnapped people into will-less slaves. But the people can escape when a battle occurs between Connie, the Gym Leader of Yantara City, and Team Flair.
By the way, you can also meet Gym Leader Connie in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. In this game, you need to fight your way up from rank Z to rank A. There are even new features this time that break with the tradition of the main series: DLC of Pokémon Legends Z-A introduces opponents above level 100 for the first time, presenting new Mega Evolutions
