Pokemon

As the teen said moments later after getting out of his car, "That's what I get for playing this dumb-*** game."

Not that the Republican National Convention lacked for its own special breed of entertainment night after night, but the political arena at least managed to bring SNL out of summer break early. Watch Colin Jost and Michael Che bring Weekend Update to Cleveland with the requisite Pokémon GO sketch you never wanted, plus bonus Kate McKinnon!

You may be thinking, “But there’s already a live-action Pokemon. It’s called Pokemon GO and it makes me take my dog on extra walks!” Yes, yes, but just in case your personal, semi-live-action experience with the latest app craze isn’t enough, those long-developing plans for a new Pokemon movie have gotten a little more developed as Legendary is making a push to secure rights to the hit game franchise.

Stories have been rolling in about users playing the game at some obviously inappropriate places.

Recent events in Dallas and heightened tensions nationwide prompted this PD to make sure "Pokemon Go" players don't let a Charizard get in the way of their safety.

An easter egg in the game allows users to pick the beloved Pikachu as their first Pokémon.

Just as I had thought, my son has made his way out of the Pokemon phase. There was a time when this Japanese-born phenomenon was all-consuming in our house. We had (still have) books of collectible cards, video games, posters, you name it - we had it. There are some that don't grow out of it until they're a lot older, and some still who haven't grown out of it as adults.