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Undo revision 3995604 by Force Fire (talk)Still incredibly excessive, Ash's Heracross across doesn't have this trivia point. Pronouns are unimportant. Yeah Pikachu might be important, but not series mascot level, plus why not discuss on the talk page before reverting

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 ** Pikachu is also Ash's only Pokémon to win a Gym battle single-handedly, excluding one-on-one matches, as shown in ''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]''.
 * As Pikachu hates being in his {{i|Poké Ball}}, it is rarely ever seen, with a total of only six confirmed appearances throughout the whole anime outside of flashbacks: ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'', ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'', ''[[AG024|A Corphish Out of Water!]]'', ''[[XY020|Breaking Titles at the Chateau!]]'', and ''[[XY079|A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!]]''.
-* In ''[[DP142|Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]'', it was officially confirmed that Pikachu is [[gender|male]], as a female {{p|Togepi}}'s {{m|Attract}} affected him. His physical appearance could not be used as proof before then, since [[List of Pokémon with gender differences|gender differences]] were not implemented until after he had debuted in the anime.
-[[File:Pikachu as female Pikachu.png|thumb|250px|Pikachu disguised as a female]]
-** Pikachu's gender had already been assumed male in the dub, where male pronouns such as "he" were used to refer to Pikachu. To a lesser extent, his gender was also previously implied in the Japanese versions, specifically in ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]'' (in which Pikachu used masculine pronouns), ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]'' (he was present when the narrator said that males had to carry packages), ''[[EP053|The Purr-fect Hero]]'' (he was seen with Ash and {{an|Brock}} while they claimed that [[Kids Day]] was for boys), and in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'' (as Brock referred to Ash and Pikachu as "those guys").
-** The species' gender difference was first openly indicated in ''[[BW098|Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!]]'', as Pikachu was disguised as a female by sticking a heart-shaped piece of paper on his tail.
 * Pikachu was shown at various points in the anime, such as ''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]'' and ''[[BW087|Expedition to Onix Island!]]'', to be capable of surfing, a potential reference to the [[Surfing Pikachu]] initially featured in {{game|Yellow}}, which itself was inspired by the anime.
 * Pikachu is the first Pokémon in the anime to have defeated its evolved form, as he defeated [[Lt. Surge]]'s {{TP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}} in ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''.