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The Simpsons was still a lot more popular internationally in the 90s than Pokémon, especially considering Pokémon didn’t really start to catch on until late 90s as compared to The Simpsons dominating pretty much the whole decade.
gpt
It’s not that Pokémon didn’t catch on until the late 90s, it legitimately didn’t exist outside Japan until ‘98. And even in Japan, only came out in ‘96.

It’s the runaway juggernaut compared to all of these if you’re looking at the entirety of the timeline, but looking at their influence purely within the decade they released means Pokémon misses out.