Pikachu

Mystery Dungeon: The Movie 2 (The Second Part)

“Pika Pika!”

Pikachu is a chubby yellow furry mouse with a lightning-bolt shaped tail and red cheeks

## Personality

Pikachu is neutral but Alex’s worst enemy

## Trivia

Pikachu and Eevee are the only Starter Pokémon in the canon RPG games that deviates from the usual Grass, Fire, and Water-typings.

Pikachu is the only Pokémon to have appeared in every episode, special, and movie in the series in some shape or form.

Though Pikachu isn't in the Unova Pokédex, an image of it can be found in a building in Castelia City before the National Pokédex is obtained, as well as on a billboard above the Castelia City Pokémon Center. There are also several Pikachu shaped hedges in Striaton City. Also, there is a giant Pikachu float next to the Nimbasa CityGym.

In the game Pokémon Battle Revolution, Pikachu can use the HMs Surf and Fly.

Starting from Pokémon X and Y, Ikue Ōtani provides the voice of Pikachu in the place of a cry.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there are three variations of Pikachu. One has a headband similar to Brendan's hat, one has a hat similar to Ash's hat and another has goggles. The goggles variant is a reference to Pichu having an alt with goggles.

Pikachu has appeared on more merchandise than any other Pokémon, including the limited edition N64, Game Boy Color, DS and 3DS consoles.

In the 2011 Guinness World Records Book: Gamers Edition, Pikachu placed 20th in the "Top 50 VideoGame Characters of All Time."

Pikachu is the Japanese mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

It is the first Pokémon in Pokédex order to have a baby form.

Pikachu and Meowth have inverse Pokédex numbers, 25 and 52. Coincidently, they are based on a cat and a rodent. Even more coincidently, Ash's Pikachu and Team Rocket's Meowth are rivals, like the popular cartoon, Tom and Jerry. (Ash and co. usually thwarting Team Rocket's various crazy schemes.)

Having a Pikachu hold a Light Ball will double its Special Attack and Attack stats, making its stats higher than its evolution, Raichu. Raichu also cannot hold a Light Ball unless it evolves from a Pikachu that is holding one

Though not the first Pokémon created, Pikachu was the first Electric-type Pokémon created, conceived after the type was suggested to Sugimori and designed around the concept of electricity and the common symbol for lightning.

Pikachu is one of Veronica Taylor's favourite Pokémon.

A protein is named after Pikachu, the name of the protein is "pikachurin".

Pikachu is one of the 16 Pokémon to be made into a puppet in Japan.

A 2002 Carl's Jr toy features Pikachu playing the saxophone.

There are two Pikachu-centric spin off games, Hey You, Pikachu! (N64) and Detective Pikachu (3DS).

Pikachu was originally set to have a third evolution named Goruchu but, the idea was however scrapped.

Pokémon Black and White and their sequels are the only games you cannot find Pikachu in the wild. Instead, you have to transfer one over from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl or Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Pikachu was the only Pokémon until Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! to have its cry from the anime in the main RPG games. This was then reused for Eevee in the Let's Go games and onwards.

Special forms of Pikachu, such as Pikachu's wearing hats, cannot evolve into Raichu

The Partner Pikachu in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! is shiny locked. This means that your partner cannot be a Shiny Pokémon.

When the Pokémon franchise was localized in the USA, Nintendo wanted to redesign every known Pokémon back then, including Pikachu, to be more appealing to American children. Therefore, Pikachu was initially redesigned into a tiger with huge breasts. Fortunately, this idea had been scrapped.

Pikachu ranked 7th, among all Pokémon, in the Pokémon of the Year 2021 poll by The Pokémon Company. It also ranked 2nd among all Kanto Pokémon.