Pokemon

　　This fad all began with the TV show featuring a kid whoencountered these strange creatures and started collecting them.There turned out to be hundreds of these creatures, which started abig fad. Then, the Pokemon trading cards started appearing andevery other kid seemed to be battling with these cards. Soon,Pokemon were everywhere from stuffed animals, to toys, to movies,and more. It was a worldwide craze. However, like all fads, itstarted to die down as the kids who were introduced to it grew up,and grew out of this Pokemon fanatic phase。
　　宠物小精灵(神奇宝贝)

　　这股潮流最开始是源于一个电视节目，故事讲述的是有个小孩遇见了这些奇怪的小生物，而后开始收集他们。结果，这些小动物足有成百上千种，从而掀起了一大潮流。之后，宠物小精灵集换卡开始出现了，每两个小孩中就有一个在拿这些卡片游戏。紧接着，宠物小精灵变得到处都是，它们被制成绒毛动物、玩具、电影和其他产品，在全世界引发了一股狂潮。然而，就像所有流行潮流一样，最初熟悉它的孩子们渐渐长大，走出了这个狂热期，宠物小精灵也就随之消失了。