Pikachu Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Arbok (#24) - Pikachu - Raichu (#26) | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Name (Japanese), Number | Pikachu, 25 |
| Stage | Basic³ or Stage 1² |
| Evolves from | (none)³ or Pichu² |
| Evolves to | Raichu |
| Battle¹ | |
| Hit points | 35 |
| Attack | 55 |
| Defense | 30 |
| Speed | 90 |
| Special attack² | 50 |
| Special defense² | 40 |
| Special³ | 50 |
| Biological | |
| Species | Mouse Pokémon |
| Types | Electric |
| Height | 1'4" (0.41 m) |
| Weight | 13.0 lb (5.85 kg) |
| Shiny Color | The part of its body that's usually yellow turns orange |
| Ability | Static |
| Signature Attack | Thundershock |
| Gender distribution | 50.0% male, 50.0% female |
| ¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal ³ Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow | |
Pikachu (ピカチュウ Pikachū) is an electric mouse Pokémon.
Pikachu is arguably the most popular and most notable Pokémon. It is obtainable in all 8 of the Pokémon RPGs and is the species of one of the main characters in the Pokémon anime.
It is yellow with a lightning bolt-shaped tail. It has brown stripes on its back, black-tipped ears, and red cheeks, where its "electric sacs" are. It lacks a typical 'natural' evolution but can be evolved via Thunderstone into Raichu. It is numbered as #25 of the original 151 Pokémon, in the National Pokédex. Also, in the second and third generations of the Pokémon games, Pikachu has an evolutionary predecessor, Pichu. Pichu will evolve into Pikachu through happiness. Pikachu is numbered as #156 in the Hoenn Pokédex.
Pikachu also appeared in Super Smash Bros and Super Smash Bros. Melee as a playable character. It is a very agile and mobile character. Its Skull Bash move was introduced in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Also in Super Smash Bros. Melee Pikachu's Quick Attack ability was upgraded so that they actually do damage. In Melee, the main combat tactic with Pikachu consists in incapacitating or surprising your opponent so as to perform his Thunder attack as often as possible.
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Ash's Pikachu
In the Pokémon anime, Pikachu was Ash Ketchum's first Pokémon. Though Pikachu didn't like Ash at first, Ash demonstrated his willingness to sacrifice himself for Pikachu, and they became fast friends. Pikachu, who is rather independent minded in general, believes that it is strong enough without evolving and refuses to evolve to a Raichu. Pikachu is implied to be male, but is rarely addressed with a gendered pronoun.
Early in the series, Pikachu was given an operation to increase the strength of the electric sacs in his cheeks in order to beat the first gym leader, Brock. Despite this, Pikachu can also get a cold and go out of control when it cannot release its electricity. Most notably, exposure to a magnetic field will cause Pikachu to get a cold. This has been done to Pikachu twice in the series, both times by Team Rocket: the first time, Pikachu was cured when the extra electricity was used in attacks against a group of Grimer and Muk, and in the second time, Pikachu was inadvertently cured by one of Team Rocket's battery robots, such subsequently overloaded and exploded.
Many of the Pokémon animated shorts with all-Pokémon dialogue have featured Pikachu as the main character, and as the main voice of reason. As such, Pikachu is often a leader, helping to break up conflicts between other Pokémon.
Pikachu, like many other Pokémon, communicates only by saying syllables that are in its own name. Its most common sentence is "Pika-pika". When it wants to talk to Ash it says "Pika-pi," which sounds similar to "Satoshi". And it refers to Togepi as "Pipipi", probably because in Japanese, pii means little.
The phrase "Pika-pika" is often considered funny, particularly to Japanese speakers' ears. The Japanese expression pika-pika hikaru means stroke of lightning; it is also used to denote a small bald spot on the very top of the head still surrounded by hair.
Pikachu is voiced by Ikue Ootani in all versions of the anime.
Name Origin
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Pikachu is a portmanteau, derived from pika, meaning "spark" or "sparkle" of lightning in the Japanese language, and chuu, an onomatopoeia in the Japanese language for the squeak made by a mouse. Coincidentally, there is a mouse-like lagomorph that makes its habitat in North America, known as a pika (X-SAMPA: /pIka/, as opposed to /pika/ in Pikachu), but the relation between the animal and the Pokémon is purely coincidental.
In the Pokemon anime, many other Pikachu have also appeared. The most notable other Pikachu is Hiroshi's (Richie's) Pikachu (nicknamed Leon in the original and Sparky in the English version), who has mussed hair on its forehead. Although Sparky, unlike Ash's Pikachu, is indifferent about being inside its Pokéball, it is almost always shown outside, similar to Ash's Pikachu.
Many episodes of the anime have also featured other unnamed Pikachu. Among them is Good Bye Pikachu (English title), in which a large group of wild Pikachu appeared.
There's also an episode in which Ash gets magically transformed into a Pikachu for the last few minutes. Pikachu tickles Ash, and the episode ends. In the following episode, Ash (who still is a Pikachu) turns back into a person before the episode's actual plot starts. This form of Ash is nicknamed by some as Satochu, a portmanteau of Satoshi and Pikachu.
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