Detective Pikachu (character)
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Pikachu in Detective Pikachu | ||||||||||||||
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Detective Pikachu (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu) is one of the protagonists of Detective Pikachu and the movie of the same name. He is capable of speaking human languages.
In the games
Detective Pikachu was once an ordinary Pikachu belonging to Harry Goodman, a detective who works at Ryme City Detective Agency. While on a case, Harry and Pikachu met with a car accident where Harry goes missing and Pikachu gains amnesia while also mysteriously gaining the ability to act and speak like a human. Two months after the accident, he meets Tim Goodman sometime after Tim arrives in Ryme City. Together with Tim and the Ryme City Detective Agency, Pikachu solves puzzles and mysteries.
Personality and characteristics
In addition to his ability to talk, Detective Pikachu displays a number of human traits. He likes drinking coffee and tea and is easily infatuated with attractive human women.
Detective Pikachu appears to have sacrificed most of his abilities as a Pikachu. As such, he is not very fast. However, as a talking Pokémon, he can interpret and translate testimony from other Pokémon.
Voice actors
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Artwork
Official artwork from Birth of a New Duo |
Official artwork from Detective Pikachu | ||
Detective Pikachu amiibo | Official artwork from Detective Pikachu |
In the movie
Detective Pikachu appears as the titular character of Detective Pikachu. Detective Pikachu was created when Harry Goodman's Pikachu pleaded with Mewtwo to save Goodman. Mewtwo agreed but only on the condition that Pikachu find Goodman's son Tim. Detective Pikachu would go on an adventure with Tim, who seems to be the only one capable of understanding him, and a journalist named Lucy Stevens.
Moves used
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Voice actors
- Note: Ikue Ohtani provides Pikachu's natural voice.
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In the TCG
Detective Pikachu is featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Detective Pikachu.
Pikachu Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Detective Pikachu (SM Promo 190) | SM Black Star Promos | SM190 | |||||
Detective Pikachu (SM Promo 194) | SM Black Star Promos | SM194 | |||||
Detective Pikachu (Detective Pikachu 10) | Detective Pikachu | 10/18 | |||||
Other appearances
Pokémon GO
Pikachu wearing hats similar to the titular Detective appeared for a limited time in Pokémon GO as part of a promotion tying into the movie. Like most promotional Pikachu, these Pikachu can evolve, but cannot be sent to GO Park in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. While Shiny and female models exist in the game, they have not been made available during the promotion. Detective Pikachu that evolve into Raichu retain their detective hats.
Pikachu♂ Electric |
Raichu♂ Electric |
Detective Pikachu♂ Electric |
Detective Raichu♂ Electric |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Detective Pikachu appears as a Spirit. When equipped as a support spirit, it grants fog immunity. If the player scans a Detective Pikachu amiibo, they can receive the Spirit immediately as a bonus.
In other languages
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Trivia
- Detective Pikachu was featured in a 3DS theme.
Related articles
- For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.
- Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Characters in the Detective Pikachu series | |
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Detective Pikachu | Tim Goodman • Detective Pikachu • Emilia Christie • Mike Baker • Frank Holiday • Amanda Blackstone • Meiko Okamoto • Pablo Millan • Dorothy Fisher • Frederick Hartfield • Carlos Hernando • Wallace Carroll • Rita Partridge • Nina O'Hara • Ethan Graham • Roger Clifford • John Waals • Rose Milton • Louise Mulligan • Max Warhol • Olga Ellison • Hiro Morgan • Brad McMaster • Gino Farina • Alexander Wilde • Simon Yen • Milo Green • Walter Eckhart • Keith Norman • Carina Mitchell • Mewtwo • Harry Goodman |
Detective Pikachu Returns | Tim Goodman • Detective Pikachu • Harry Goodman • Irene Goodman • Sophia Goodman • Rachel Myers • Howard Myers • Emma Myers • Will Butler • Frank Holiday • Brad McMaster • Sanjeev Denis • Claudia Denis • Brandon Barnes • Larry Turner • Pablo Millan • Jessica Miller • Charles Merloch • Quiz professor • Chris Honor • Trevor Gordon • Emilia Christie • Keith Norman • Growlithe • Darmanitan • Luxray • Pangoro • Mewtwo |
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu | Tim Goodman • Detective Pikachu • Lucy Stevens • Lieutenant Hide Yoshida • Howard Clifford • Roger Clifford • Dr. Ann Laurent • Sebastian • Jack • Mewtwo • Harry Goodman |
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |