Who is old enough to have watched POKEMON 2000 in theaters? tell us you experience.

Pokemon 2000 was a core memory for me. In my opinion, it was the peak of the pokemon craze.

I know that pokemon came out around 97, but 2000 was really when the hype had reached it's peak. that's the moment when everyone and their mom knew what pokemon was, and it probably never reached a peak that high until pokemon go.

there was also the first pokemon movie, but at that time, the pokemon craze hadnt reached me. I knew what pokemon was, and probably had a handful of cards, but i wasnt gonna spend my allowance in watching that movie.

but when the second movie came out, i was totally in. I remember going with my friends, and we were all super hyped for it. one of my friends, embarrasingly so, he kinda showed his emotion a bit too much.

the movie was a bit underwhelming but it was super cool that we all got that ancient mew promo card.

What was even better was noticing a bunch of them left forgotten on the seats. my friends and I scowered the whole theather and left with like 5 cards each, i still have most of them. It really felt like finding a treasure trove.

We were sure those cards would be worth a fortune in the future, maybe i could hand them to my grandkids, so they could sell them and buy themselves a nice spaceship.

another thing that stood out in my mind, was seeing kids that were like 10 or 11, with cellphones, i know it's a random memory, but it was just super strange to me I dint get to have a cell phone until i was 18.

Edit: from the comments i can tell that pokemon the first movie was definitely peak pokemon . A lot of people are getting both movies confused and it shows that they're remembering the first one a lot more... If you have memories of the Burger king gold cards, of the unreleased donphan, of Mewtwo, and of multiple promo cards, then you're remembering the first movie.

I remember during Pokemon 2000, you could tell the whole theater was there for that movie, it was flooded with kids. But someone mentioned their theater filled to the point that kids didnt even fit in the theater, that was probably peak pokemon craze.

Also watching donphan for the first time was one of the most memorable moments, although for me, it happened on vhs. I cant imagine kid's reaction in theaters.

Lastly i looked up the numbers, and more people saw the first movie