Redeem now Once you reach level five in "Pokémon GO," the game prompts users to choose a team from three different options: Team Valor (Red), Team Mystic (Blue), and Team Instinct (Yellow).
Each team is sort of like the houses of Hogwarts. They each have their own philosophies about how to train and interact with Pokémon. Team Mystic approaches situations from a very logical and academic perspective, Team Instinct relies on their intuition, and Team Valor values fostering a strong bond with their Pokémon in order to be the very best trainers they can.
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.People are becoming quite attached to their teams, encouraging others to join, creating their own subreddits, and buying swag to display their team colors proudly. And while it’s all in good fun, one team in particular is being trolled harder than the others with lots of memes and jokes — Team Instinct.
Not only does Team Instinct seem to be the smallest team, at least according to a survey by gaming site Kotaku that has over 100,000 responses, but it’s also become a running joke in the subreddit PokémonGO.
It's also spawning a ton of memes from other pop culture favorites.
Redditor Flux83 compared the three teams to "Star Wars" characters. While Team Valor and Team Mysic were equated with (the good) Obi-Wan Kenobi and (the evil) Count Dooku respectively, Team Instinct was an Ewok.
There were also a few "SpongeBob" references (credit goes to users SynterX and throwaway6flags):
"Being Team Instinct in [my] town be like," user ButterBeard_ jokes:
Here’s a "Finding Dory" reference from user jinglehoogins — "My experience thus far observing gym behavior":
A classic "Arrested Development" callback by Reddit user WoodBender — "The life of a Team Instinct member":
And a silly "Simpsons" reference, by Reddit user 8bitbouncer:
Of course, there had to be a "Hamilton" reference by Alp Ozcelik, a product support specialist at BuzzFeed — accurate down to the dress colors.
—Alp Ozcelik (@alplicable) July 12, 2016But though they may be small, Team Instinct still has a lot of pride. Just look at this epic “Game of Thrones” reference to Lyanna Mormont by user Saturos47.
And while Team Instinct is certainly not afraid to throw insults back at Team Valor and Team Mystic, at the end of the day, can’t we all just get along?
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