Miguel's Pichu

**Miguel's Pichu** (Japanese: **ミグエルのピチュー** *Migueru's Pichu*) is the sixth Pokémon that Miguel captured after embarking on his journey, and his eighth overall.

## **History**

### **Johto**

Pichu was conceived when his parents, Edge's Pikachu and Bayley's Chuchu, were left in the Pokémon Day Care after Bayley had stopped there after a run-in with Lugia. The Day Care was later attacked by the Masked Man's mind controlled forces so that he could obtain the Silver and Rainbow Wings and create the GS Ball. To protect their unborn child, Pikachu and Chuchu escaped to the Ilex Forest, only to be immediately captured by Pryce. Pryce used the two as hostages so that Miguel would be forced to surrender and stop chasing after him.

After Miguel gave up, Pryce tossed the Pikachu and the Egg away since he no longer had a use for them. Miguel managed to catch the three before they fell and was left at the mercy of Pryce's attacks. After Pryce left, Miguel learned from Professor Oak that he had a special talent in hatching Pokémon Eggs. Just then, the Egg hatched into a Pichu. Together, Miguel and Pichu followed Pryce into the Crack in Time to stop his evil plans. Although they fought hard, Pryce managed to defeat Miguel and Pichu by freezing them in the time stream, which had the effect of trapping them in a thin sheet of ice. After being rescued by their friends, Miguel and Pichu jumped into the Ilex Forest shrine once again to stop Pryce from using Celebi to go back in time. With electricity absorbed from Raikou, Pichu destroyed the GS Ball and freed Celebi with an overloaded Thunder Shock attack. With Pryce defeated, Pichu, Miguel, and their friends were safely returned to the real world. There, Pichu was reunited with his parents.

### **Battle Frontier**

Pichu fought in the final battle against Guile Hideout. He was first sent out to hand Magna the soil from Faraway Island and then went to join his parents out in the sea. After the combined efforts of the Pokédex holders's ultimate moves failed to defeat Guile's monster Kyogre, Pichu, Pikachu and Chuchu finished the creature off with Thunder, Volt Tackle and Thunderbolt, respectively. After the final battle had ended, Pichu was seen playing with Anabel's Raikou.

### **Arceus Arise**

Pichu helped Celebi gather herbs to make medicine to cure Giovanni's disease while he was off helping Miguel, Martinez and Rosita at the Sinjoh Ruins. He is assisted by the Spiky-eared Pichu, and they meet the Team Rocket Elite Trio, who were guarding the forest under Giovanni's command. When a group of Team Rocket Grunts put the Elite Trio under the pretense that they are traitors, they accidentally trample over the two Pichu.

Angered, Pichu and the Spiky-eared Pichu attack the Grunts by shocking them. This allows the Elite Trio to get away fast enough so that they can hand the herbs to Giovanni and heal his disease. When Pichu returns to Miguel, he blushes when Miguel points out that he brought a female Pichu home with him.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Due to Miguel's efforts to protect it before its Egg hatched, Pichu inherited most of Miguel's personality and habits, such as his addiction to gambling, and being very mischievous. Nonetheless, Pichu, much like his Trainer, has the willingness to help others out no matter what, which was shown the instant he was born.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.