Alolan Exeggutor is the towering Grass-Dragon regional Pokémon revealed for Pokémon Sun and Moon on August 1, 2016. Its absurdly long palm-tree neck became instant meme material within hours, spawning Twitter fanart, 4chan edits, and a dedicated /r/exeggutormemes subreddit.
Origin
On August 1, 2016, the Official Pokémon YouTube channel posted a preview trailer for Pokémon Sun and Moon that introduced the new Alolan regional forms, including the towering Alolan Exeggutor[1]. Within hours the giraffe-necked palm tree overshadowed every other creature in the video and became the reveal's viral takeaway[3].
- Platform: YouTube (reveal) / Twitter (viral spread)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 2016
Overview
Alolan Exeggutor is a regional variant of the original Pokémon Exeggutor, redesigned as a Grass-Dragon dual-type with a comically elongated palm-tree neck for Pokémon Sun and Moon[1]. Where the Kanto version was a squat, stumpy creature, the Alolan form towers well above the trainer character and grew a small extra tail-head near the base of the trunk[1].
The joke is entirely visual. The tree-necked sprite looked so out of scale with the rest of the game that fans treated it as pre-made shitpost material within hours of the reveal, spinning off photo edits, fanart, and stretched-Pokémon parodies[3].
How It Spread
Japanese Twitter caught it first. The hashtag ナッシー, Exeggutor's Japanese name, climbed to roughly 329,000 tweets on the day of the reveal, and "exeggutor" trended on English-language search at the same time[2]. Twitter user @sameanko posted an illustration stretching other Pokémon into the same absurd proportions and pulled over 12,000 retweets and 8,000 likes in under 24 hours[4].
The edits jumped fast to 4chan's Pokémon board /vp/, where a thread collected dozens of stretched-Pokémon mashups from anons riffing on the format[6]. On Reddit, fans launched /r/exeggutormemes as a dedicated subreddit for the joke, gathering 136 subscribers within its first 24 hours[5]. Forced-perspective photos of real palm trees and Photoshop composites of the Pokémon looming over cityscapes kept the format going in the weeks after the launch trailer[3].
How to Use
The format typically involves stretching a subject vertically to absurd proportions or grafting Alolan Exeggutor's palm-tree silhouette onto other Pokémon, characters, or objects[4]. Common conventions include forced-perspective photos of tall palms, cropping unrelated Pokémon sprites into skyscraper-tall versions, and captions poking fun at the Alolan form's surprise Dragon typing[1].
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Alolan Exeggutor?
Alolan Exeggutor is a Grass-Dragon regional variant of the Pokémon Exeggutor introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon, defined by its extremely tall palm-tree neck[1].
Where did Alolan Exeggutor come from?
It was unveiled on August 1, 2016 in an Official Pokémon Channel YouTube trailer previewing Pokémon Sun and Moon[1].
What does Alolan Exeggutor mean?
As a meme it's shorthand for absurd verticality; fans use the design as a visual gag whenever they want to stretch a subject to comically tall proportions[3].
How do you use Alolan Exeggutor?
Common uses are stretched-Pokémon fanart, forced-perspective photos of real palm trees, and image macros that play off the character's elongated neck[4].
Is Alolan Exeggutor still popular?
The main meme wave hit in August 2016 around the game's reveal, when the /r/exeggutormemes subreddit gathered 136 subscribers within its first day[5].
