--- ---  # Google Officially Certified People as Pokémon Masters by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 16, 2014 9:18 PM UTC  The Pikachu Pokemon balloons are seen during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Pikachu Pokemon balloons are seen during the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeMike Lawrie—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 16, 2014 9:18 PM UTC On April 1st, [one of Google’s many](http://time.com/45026/google-hq-is-now-a-pokemon-lab-and-google-maps-has-been-overrun/) [(many, many, many)](http://www.slate.com/blogs/future%5Ftense/2014/04/01/gmail%5Fs%5F10th%5Fbirthday%5Fthe%5Fgoogle%5Fapril%5Ffool%5Fs%5Fjoke%5Fthat%5Fchanged%5Ftech%5Fhistory.html) pranks included having a slew of 150 Pokémon infiltrate Google Maps. While some Google Map navigators spent a few minutes searching around their city to catch a Pokémon or two, others spent hours taking that “Gotta catch ’em all” mantra very seriously. And their efforts weren’t for naught. Two-and-a-half months later, [as promised](http://www.ibtimes.com/google-maps-pokemon-challenge-winners-rewarded-small-prize-1578949), Google has sent a bit of appreciation the Pokémon Masters’ way: A letter thanking them for their service and providing them with official Pokémon Master business cards. Here’s [Redditor tinygrump’s prize:](http://www.reddit.com/r/googlepokemon/comments/2823p5/its%5Fhere%5Fguys) That’s almost as cool as a [LEGO business card.](http://time.com/2823413/this-is-what-your-business-card-looks-like-if-youre-a-lego-designer/) Google Made Pokemon Master Business Cards ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2886700/google-pokemon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2886700/google-pokemon/"},"headline":"Google Officially Certified People as Pokémon Masters","datePublished":"2014-06-16T21:18:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:50.056Z","description":"And they gave them business cards to prove it","url":"https://time.com/2886700/google-pokemon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Internet","Google","Appreciation","Pokemon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd779c82b1db39e4f/698697daadae447f45543b89/156829259.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd779c82b1db39e4f/698697daadae447f45543b89/156829259.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade","caption":"86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade","creditText":"Mike Lawrie—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2886700/google-pokemon/","name":"Google Officially Certified People as Pokémon Masters"}}]}] ```