Geniuses Are Mashing-Up ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ with Pokémon Go
We gagged to the heavens when someone mashed-up the reigning queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race with the queer-tastic Crystal Gems of Steven Universe. So imagine our reaction when we learned that some Drag Race fans are crossing the queens over into Pokémon territory — GOTTA SNATCH ‘EM ALL!
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First, we learned of World of Wonder’s Jake Thompson pairing former contestants with their complimentary Pokémon. You should really check out the full gallery for yourself (the Latrice Royale and Haunter image SLAYS), but we couldn’t resist sharing two of our favorites here with you.
Then NewNowNext turned us onto two Instagrammers who drew the former queens as Pokémon creatures and trainers. There’s MAGAM who transformed the queens’ most memorable looks into imaginary Pokémon creatures like Kim Chi’s crying French clown look from season eight, episode seven (named Chimik)…
… and Acid Betty’s killer look from season eight, episode four (named Viperacid)…
