Pichu (Pokémon)

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Pichu (Japanese: ピチュー Pichu) is an baby Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into when exposed to a Thunder Stone.
Pichu has an alternate form called Spiky-eared Pichu that appeared in , as well as in Pokémon the Series and the Pokémon Adventures manga. A special Pichu called Ukulele Pichu is the player's first in .
==Biology==
Pichu is a small, ground-dwelling with pale yellow fur. Its ear-tips, collar, and tail are black and angular. Pichu's pink cheek pouches can store small amounts of electricity, and its tiny nose looks like a dot. Pichu is classified as a quadruped, but it can walk easily on its hind legs.
Pichu is a social Pokémon known for its playful and mischievous demeanor. It is usually found in groups and often touch tails with other Pichu as a show of courage, creating a shower of sparks that can make them cry. It is inept at storing electricity and may discharge if amused, startled, or subjected to shock. However, it cannot discharge without being shocked itself. Charging up is more easily done on days of dryness or with thunderclouds. The crackling of static electricity generated by Pichu is audible. It can zap an adult human but will surprise itself if it does. Pichu primarily lives in the , though it has also been depicted to thrive in urban areas. As mentioned in , Pichu is known to discharge uncontrollable electricity while sleeping.Sleep Style DexThis is due to Pichu being unable to store electricity properly. The crackle sound of static electricity can be heard while Pichu sleeps.
Pichu and its evolved forms are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
===Forms===
Pichu has an alternate form called Spiky-eared Pichu. It is female-only and has three spikes on the tip of its ear, but otherwise looks the same as any other Pichu.
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===Evolution===
Pichu evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Pichu stars in the Pichu's Power Plant. Similar to 's and 's mini-game, Thundering Dynamo, in Pokémon Stadium. The player has to be the first to charge up the most electrical power in order to win.
* : Pichu will assist Pikachu on Ball-Saver duty for 50 coins or as a prize in the slot machine.
* : The Spiky-eared Pichu will appear at the Ilex Forest shrine if the player approaches it with the Pikachu-colored Pichu first in the party. (The event will still activate if the Pikachu-colored Pichu evolves.) She will be automatically caught, and cannot be traded outside of or evolve.
* : A Pichu is the player's . This Pichu plays the and has a special musical Poké Assist.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
=====Normal Pichu=====
=====Spiky-eared Pichu=====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
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====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
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===Side game data===
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===Form data===
====Spiky-eared Pichu====
Spiky-eared Pichu is a unique form of Pichu exclusive to . It is a female Pichu that has a tuft of hair on the end of its left ear. It cannot evolve, and its Pokéathlon performance stats differ from those of a normal Pichu.
Spiky-eared Pichu is obtained by activating an in-game event in Ilex Forest. This is the only way to obtain Spiky-eared Pichu, and it cannot be traded, so only one can be obtained per game. It also cannot be transferred to the Generation V games.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
====Other sprites====
 	
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==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Pichu Brothers=====
The Pichu Brothers are a pair of Pichu who have appeared several times, including in Pikachu & Pichu, Camp Pikachu, several episodes of Pokémon Chronicles, and Pichu Bros. in Party Panic. The design of one of the brothers is similar to that of Ash's Pikachu and Sparky, in that it has a scruff of fur on its ear.
=====Spiky-eared Pichu=====
A Pichu with a spiked ear, known as Spiky-eared Pichu, appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. She helped and find the keys for the jail cell that held , , , and Damos. The Spiky-eared Pichu made a few further appearances during .
=====Ukulele Pichu=====
Ukulele Pichu appeared in the Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs animated special. It was captured by in the concluding part.
=====Pichu (anime)=====
Ash's Pikachu was revealed to have been born as and evolved from a Pichu in Enter Pikachu!.
=====Other=====
In The Apple Corp, multiple Pichu were stealing apples from 's apple orchard. In the end, Charmaine decided to keep all of them so they could help around the orchard.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!, Pichu's big brother Pikachu was lost and he was so worried that he went out to find him. Pichu came across Team Meanies, but they played a trick on him when he asked for their help. Pichu then found Team Go-Getters, who allowed him to accompany them. Pichu was eventually kidnapped by the that had kidnapped Pikachu.
In Pikachu's Island Adventure, two Pichu, six , and a were forced off their island by and his cronies, who then claimed it for themselves. As a result, Pikachu and his friends agreed to help them reclaim the island.
In Pika and Goliath!, Sho owns a Pichu as part of his goal to have possession of one Pokémon each from the Pikachu evolutionary line. Arrogant like its Trainer, it would watch both of Sho and his Raichu's battles with Ash.
In The Brockster Is In!, Normajean's Pichu was badly poisoned by a alongside several of her other baby Pokémon. It was then healed by a from Brock's Chansey.
In A Jolting Switcheroo!, Lena owns a Pichu, which is in Lyn's care. In the episode, Lyn's bag was accidentally taken by , who had a similar bag with her inside; they eventually got their bags and Pokémon back.
In Showdown at the Gates of Warp!, Alternate World Ash's Pikachu briefly appeared as a Pichu while and returned all the Pokémon devolved and reverted into s by their influence back to normal.
====Minor appearances====
In Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, a Pichu was seen in a window on a girl's shoulder during Ash's battle with Dundee.
In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, into a Pichu during the Aura Guardian Festival tournament.
In May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!, a 's Pichu competed in the Appeals Round of the Kanto Grand Festival.
In Hungry For the Good Life!, three Pichu were cared for by Mr. Backlot.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Pichu attended 's concert.
In Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, two Pichu were in a forest.
A Pichu appeared in To Find a Fairy Flower!.
A Pichu appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.
A 's Pichu appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
Three Trainers' Pichu appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
In The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, studied two Pichu as part of a class assignment.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.
A student's Pichu appeared in A Guardian Rematch!.
A student's Pichu appeared in So Long, Sophocles!.
A Pichu playfully chased a in I Choose You!.
Three Trainers' Pichu appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Pichu appeared in a fantasy in Now You See Them, Now You Don't!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Getting a Jump on the Competition!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in the banned episode SM064.
Six Trainers' Pichu appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
Multiple Trainers' Pichu appeared in The Power of Us.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!.
In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Pichu was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
Multiple Pichu appeared in Securing the Future!, with one being and the rest under the ownership of different Trainers. They joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.
Two Trainers' Pichu appeared in Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!.
Two Trainers' Pichu appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in A High-Speed Awakening!.
Three Trainers' Pichu appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in The Road to The Semifinals!.
In The Final Four!, a Trainer's Pichu passed 's food truck.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
Two Trainers' Pichu appeared in Exhibition Unmasked!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in The Spectral Express!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
A Trainer's Pichu appeared in Food Fit for a Kingambit!.
Three Pichu appeared in HZ070.
====Pokédex entries====
===POKÉTOON===
A Pichu appeared in PT15.
==In the manga==
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
In Magical Pokémon Journey, it is revealed in The Accidental Treasure that and had already met as baby Pokémon, Pichu and .
Also, in The Miraculous Color of the Sky ~Best Friends~, and her Raichu are reincarnated as a little girl and a Pichu.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Pichu made a cameo in Teddiursa's Picnic in a fantasy of Professor Elm's explanation about Pokémon Eggs to .
Gold, in his desperation, protected an Egg containing the offspring of 's Pika and 's Chuchu from the Masked Man. Soon thereafter, Gold's own talent as the "hatcher" allowed a powerful Pichu to hatch, with which he was able to defeat the villain and free from the GS Ball using 's massive electrical power. He also returned with his parents to help destroy Guile Hideout's giant monster with a .
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Multiple Pichu appeared in Suffering Psyduck.
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A 's Pichu appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z.
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A Pichu appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
In All About Arceus IX, a Spiky-eared Pichu accompanied Pibu on gathering herbs for to cure 's disease. After she and Pibu met up with Gold, Gold saw her and teased him about finding a date.
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In Charging After Electrike, multiple Pichu were among the Pokémon that charged the Prism Tower during a blackout.
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A Trainer's Pichu appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.
A Pichu appeared in The Final Match and a Surprising Finale! under the ownership of Hau. It battled in the Iki Town festival tournament and lost against Gladion's .
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
 receives an from the Day-Care Couple in A Huge Mysterious Tree!!. It hatches into Pichu in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!, becoming one of Gold's party members.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
The Pichu Brothers appeared in GDZ61.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
Multiple Pichu appeared in PNA3.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
The Pichu Brothers appeared in Pichu and Pichu's Big Fight.
A Pichu appeared in Clefairy's Dream Comes True.
A Pichu appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros.===
==Trivia==
* Pichu has the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon.
** Pichu also has the lowest base HP and stats of all Electric-type Pokémon.
* is the only Generation II Pokémon to be playable in the Super Smash Bros. series, though many others appear from s.
* The Pikachu-colored Pichu was the first Pokémon to be given out over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection outside of Japan.
* Pichu is game director Junichi Masuda's favorite Pokémon from Generation II.http://www.gamepro.com/article/previews/209340/pokemon-platinum-developer-interview-pt-2/
* Together with , , , , and , Pichu is the easiest Pokémon to catch in , with only one loop necessary.
* In Pokémon Adventures, was the one who gave Pichu its species name, creating it as a combination of the name of Pibu's parents, Pika and Chuchu.
===Concept and development===
Pichu was designed by Ken Sugimori.Harris, Craig (February 24, 2009). "Pokemon Creators on Platinum." IGN.
===Origin===
Pichu seems to draw inspiration from s and various other s. Additionally, according to Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori came up with the idea for Pichu when Game Freak staff were trying to figure out a Pokémon to be the "next" Pikachu.
====Name origin====
Pichu may be a combination of ピカピカ pikapika (onomatopoeia for sparkling), チューチュー chūchū (onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse), and possibly プチ puchi (petite), as well as being a contraction of .
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Pichu Brothers
* Pibu
* Spiky-eared Pichu
* Ukulele Pichu
* Sandy's Pichu	
* Ash's Pikachu
* Pichu (Super Smash Bros.)
* Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)
* Baby Pokémon
* Electric rodents
* List of Pokémon with form differences
==References==
==External links==
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