Pokémon Scalpers Fight at Costco

About

Pokémon Scalpers Fight at Costco, also known as Pokémon Scalpers Brawl Video, refers to a viral video showing two men fighting in front of a Pokémon Trading Card Game kiosk restock at a Costco location in California. The incident went viral in early March 2025, spawning a debate about scalpers in the trading card game community, as well as memes on TikTok and X / Twitter mocking the individuals fighting.

Origin

On March 5th, 2025, TikTok ^[1] user @yoc9official uploaded a video captioned "10 am at a restock," showing two men identified as "scalpers," people who mass buy products and resell them for higher prices, in front of a Pokémon Trading Card Game kiosk restock at a San Francisco Bay Area Costco store. The video (seen below) amassed over 1.3 million plays and 107,000 likes in a day.

One of the alleged scalpers involved in the fight was identified by netizens as TikToker @calipokehouse,^[2] a Pokémon TCG collector. The creator hasn't commented on the viral video as of March 6th, 2025.

Spread

The scalpers' fight gained viral attention the next day on TikTok, X / Twitter and YouTube as it spread online.

For example, on March 5th, 2025, YouTuber^[3] Cr1TiKaL uploaded a video commenting on the situation (seen below), amassing more than 1 million views and 58,000 likes in a day.

On the same day, X^[4] user @mr_milotic replied to the viral video with the caption, "so embarrassing. Y’all need to seek employment." The post (seen below) received roughly 170,000 views and 2,500 likes in a day.

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