Al Roker Wins Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade With Pronunciation of 'Eevee' and 'Super Saiyan'

There's been a lot of great moments coming out of the Thanksgiving Macy's Day Parade today, but Al Roker clearly stole the show for a lot of viewers.

Pikachu and Goku
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Pikachu and Goku

There's been a lot of great moments coming out of the Thanksgiving Macy's Day Parade today, including John Legend's first ever performance during the parade and two women sharing a touching moment during a musical segment from Broadway show The Prom.

Of course I chose the coldest day in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade history for my first ever performance there!

— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving Morning kiss from #Broadways THE PROM. #MacysDayParade pic.twitter.com/2mS9eq0WXQ

— Kevin Galliford (@KallMeKG) November 22, 2018

But of all the moments of the parade to get the most attention on Twitter, it's Al Roker struggling to pronounce Eevee when talking about the Pokémon floats and Super Saiyan while discussing the Goku of Dragon Ball float. Eevee is mostly commonly pronounced "E V," but Roker decided to get a little overenthusiastic with his take on the name. As for Super Saiyan? He didn't fare much better.

It didn't take Twitter long to react to his mispronunciations, but as many have noted, this is the first time anime has had a presence at the parade with Goku's appearance. Not many 64-year-old Americans are going to be aware of Goku in the same way they are with, say, Pikachu.

Regardless, check out some of the best reactions to the floats below.

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— Harry Price (@HarryPriceSJ) November 22, 2018

Al Roker prefers the Japanese styling. A true connoisseur.

— Al, Testing in Prod like the Big Boys (@DejaVuBoy) November 22, 2018

Eevee-E is my favorite Pokemon rapper

— Craigster (@CraigsterVT) November 22, 2018

He clearly likes Eevee given how he raised his pitch. He's just happy to say eevee

— Drewtendo (@Drewtendo64) November 22, 2018

At least he didn't say Pokeyman.

— Raichattanoogachuchu (@UnamusedMarquis) November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and remember to tune in for the ultimate anime battle that shall go down in history.#MacysParade pic.twitter.com/3H8R4bOx7j

— Kalamity (@CalamityGreat) November 22, 2018

Regular people: Goku is the first anime character in the #macysthanksgivingdayparade Pikachu: pic.twitter.com/SlY06Dq1TK

— Josh @ Home (@KamiNoKiri) November 22, 2018

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