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{{AnimePokémonInfobox
nickname=Spiky-Eared Pichu|
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|image=[[File:Spiky-eared Pichu DP 1.png|220px]]
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|caption=Spiky-eared Pichu
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|gender=Female{{tt|*|Confirmed in the games only}}
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'''Spiky-Eared Pichu''' (Japanese: '''ギザみみピチュー''' ''Gizamimi Pichu'') is a female {{p|Pichu}}. Her physical appearance is no different from an ordinary Pichu, other than the three spikes at the tip of her left ear, hence her name.  
'''Spiky-eared Pichu''' (Japanese: '''ギザみみピチュー''' ''Gizamimi Pichu'') is a {{p|Pichu}}. Its [[form]] is different from the one of an ordinary Pichu, as it has three spikes at the tip of its left ear, hence its name.


==In the anime==
==In the games==
[[File:Notched ear pichu trailer.PNG|thumb|left|220px|{{AP|Pikachu}} with Spiky-Eared Pichu]]
===In the core series===
The Spiky-Eared Pichu appeared in the movie ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' as [[Damos]]'s friend. She helped {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} find the keys for {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, [[Brock]] and [[Damos]] to escape from their jail cell after they were imprisoned by [[Marcus]].  
[[File:HGSS Prerelease Double Pichu battle.png|thumb|Spiky-eared Pichu and [[List of event Pokémon with in-game effects#Pichu|Pikachu-colored Pichu]] in a Double Battle]]
 
Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} as an event Pokémon obtained in [[Ilex Forest]]. If the player interacts with the [[Ilex Forest shrine|shrine]] while {{pkmn2|walking}} with a [[List of event Pokémon with in-game effects#Pichu|Pikachu-colored Pichu]], she will appear and join the player's party. If the player's party is full, they will have to deposit a Pokémon and return to accept her.
She was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview when movie director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world."
 
She also has an [[Get Fired up, Spiky-Eared Pichu!|ending]] dedicated to her. This ending displays her love for [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]].  


===Moves used===
Spiky-eared Pichu has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is nearly identical to a normal Pichu in that her base stats are the same as a normal Pichu's. However, her maximum stats for the [[Pokéathlon]] are different.<!-- The same trend occurs with other Pokémon that share base stats throughout multiple forms, such as {{p|Rotom}} and {{p|Arceus}}.--> If a Pokémon uses {{m|Transform}} on her, it will have a spiky ear. {{Shiny}} sprites for Spiky-eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it is impossible to obtain one due to the game assigning the Spiky-eared Pichu a fixed [[personality value]] that is predetermined according to the [[Trainer ID number]] and [[secret ID]]. This ensures that the [[personality value]] will never result in a Shiny nor a male Spiky-eared Pichu.
{{anmu/h|electric|row=3|align=center|move=Iron Tail|pic=Pichu Iron Tail.png}}
{{anmu|electric|ThunderShock|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}}  
{{anmu|steel|Iron Tail|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}}  
{{anmu/f|electric|no}}


==In the games==
If taken to [[Professor Elm]] in [[New Bark Town]], it is revealed that she has traveled through time with {{p|Celebi}}. Elm claims that he and [[Professor Oak]] were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason she cannot evolve is because she has been time traveling for so long and then calls all the [[Pokémon Center]] attendants to prevent Spiky-eared Pichu from being used in trades; however, the attendants do not permit her into a trading facility prior to this either. Spiky-eared Pichu is also unable to be transferred through the [[Poké Transfer]] into a [[Generation V]] game due to her past time traveling.
She appears in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} as an event Pokémon obtained in [[Ilex Forest]]. She will appear and join the player's party if the [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] is brought to the shrine as the first Pokémon in the party. She has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is identical to a normal Pichu in terms of stats. Her maximum stats for the [[Pokéthlon]] are different from a regular Pichu. Interestingly, however, her base stats do not differ from a normal Pichu's; the same trend occurs with most other Pokémon with multiple forms which share their base stats, such as {{p|Rotom}} or {{p|Arceus}}. If a Pokémon uses {{m|Transform}} on it, it will have a spiky ear.
<blockquote>Oh! This Pichu needs to stay where it is.
It appears to have traveled through time.
It has been affected by traveling so far through time with Celebi.
It'll be very risky to transfer it, so it's best for Pichu to stay where it is.</blockquote>


{{pkmn2|Shiny}} sprites for Spiky-Eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it remains unknown if this special Pichu has the 1 in 8192 chance of being shiny like all other Pokémon encountered in the wild. It is highly likely that the data was only included, as in the case of {{type2|???}} Arceus, to prevent the game from crashing if someone was to hack the game, or by default due to every other form difference having both normal and shiny forms despite availability of these Pokémon as shiny.
Spiky-eared Pichu's inability to be traded can be explained as being preventative of trading any alternate form to a game in which the form does not appear, as happens in Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver when entering the trade center with {{p|Rotom}} in an appliance, {{p|Giratina}} in its Origin Forme, or {{p|Shaymin}} in its Sky Forme, by returning them to the forms they appeared in Diamond and Pearl. As Spiky-eared Pichu cannot freely change between forms, this explains the need to make her untradeable within Generation IV.
[[File:Double Pichu battle HGSS.png|thumb|Spiky-Eared Pichu and [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] in a double battle]]
If taken to [[Professor Elm]], it is revealed that she has traveled through time with {{p|Celebi}}. Elm claims that he and [[Professor Oak]] were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason it cannot evolve is because it has been time traveling for so long. He will then call all the [[Pokémon Center]] attendants to prevent Spiky-Eared Pichu from being used in trades.


{{Pokémon|
{{Pokémon/4
gen=4|
|ndex=172N
ndex=172N|
|game=HeartGold and SoulSilver
game=HeartGold and SoulSilver|
|pokemon=Pichu
pokemon=Pichu|
|gender=female
gender=female|
|level=30
level=30|
|ability=Static
ability=Static|
|type1=Electric
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|held=Zap Plate
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|move1=Volt Tackle|move1type=Electric|move1cat=Physical
move1=Volt Tackle|move1type=Electric|move1cat=Physical|
|move2=Helping Hand|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status
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|move3=Swagger|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Status
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|move4=Pain Split|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Status
move4=Pain Split|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Status|
}}
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===Pokéthlon stats===
====Pokéathlon stats====
{{Pokéthlon
{{Pokéthlon
|type=Electric
|type=Electric
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}}
}}


===Sprites===
===In the spin-off games===
{| align="center" style="background: #{{electric color light}}; -moz-border-radius: 15px;"
[[File:SSBU Spiky Pichu.png|150px|thumb|Spiky-eared Pichu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]
|
====[[Pokémon Battrio]]====
{| align="center" style="background: #{{electric color}}; -moz-border-radius: 15px; border: 4px solid #{{electric color}};" colspan=4 cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"
Spiky-eared Pichu appears in [[Pokémon Battrio]], as the {{battrio|Special Pucks}} [[Pichu (Spiky-eared Pichu Set)]] and [[Pichu (10-032)]].
|- align="center"
 
! style="background: #{{electric color}};" colspan="2" | Spiky-Eared Pichu Sprites
====[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]====
|- style="background: #{{electric color light}}; -moz-border-radius-topcenter: 15px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 15px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 15px;"  
Spiky-eared Pichu acts as an alternate costume for {{OBP|Pichu|Super Smash Bros.}} in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
| [[File:Spr 4h 172N.png]]&nbsp;[[File:Spr b g4 172N.png]]
 
| [[File:Spr 4h 172N s.png]]&nbsp;[[File:Spr b g4 172N s.png]]
===Artwork===
|- align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #{{electric color light}}; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 15px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 15px; font-size:90%;"
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color}}; font-size:80%;"
| Normal Spiky-Eared Pichu sprites
|-
| {{color2|000000|Shiny Pokémon|Shiny}} Spiky-Eared Pichu sprites
| style="{{roundy|10px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}; width:160px"| [[File:Pichupichushrine.png|150px]]
| style="{{roundy|10px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}; width:160px"| [[File:Double Pichu art.png|150px]]
|-
| In the Ilex Forest with the Pikachu-colored Pichu
| With the Pikachu-colored Pichu
|}
 
====Sprites====
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color}}; font-size:80%;"
|-  
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}; width:160px"| [[File:Spr 4h 172N.png]][[File:Spr b 4h 172N.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}; width:160px"| [[File:Spr 4h 172N s.png]][[File:Spr b 4h 172N s.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}"| [[File:Ani172ODSp.png]]
|-  
| Sprite and back sprite
| Shiny sprite and back sprite (unused)
| Overworld sprite
|}
|}
==In the anime==
[[File:Spiky eared Pichu trailer.png|thumb|250px|[[Ash's Pikachu]] with Spiky-eared Pichu in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
Spiky-eared Pichu debuted in ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' as [[Damos]]'s friend. It helped {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} find the keys for {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, and Damos' jail cell after they were imprisoned by [[Marcus]].
In ''[[PK20|Pikachu's Big Sparking Search]]'', Spiky-eared Pichu and {{p|Smoochum}} were preparing a birthday party for {{p|Bellossom}}.
It has an [[Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!|ending]] dedicated to it. This ending displays its love for [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]].
In ''[[PK24|Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade]]'', Spiky-eared Pichu was one of the Pokémon watching {{an|Meloetta}}'s concert.
===Personality and characteristics===
In the {{pkmn|anime}}, Spiky-eared Pichu was shown to be a helpful Pokémon, which can be seen when it freed {{p|Cyndaquil}} by using Iron Tail on the collar that was used to control it. In the ending dedicated to it, however, it was shown to be competitive, as evident when it raced the {{Shiny}} Pichu up a tree and lost, and when it had an eating contest with the Shiny Pichu to see who could eat the most [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]] and won. In that ending theme, it was also shown to be very sensitive, as it was seen crying when it got lost.
===Moves used===
{{anmov/h|electric||Spiky-eared Pichu {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Thunder Shock|1=Iron Tail}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Thunder Shock|1=Iron Tail}}}}
{{anmov|electric|Thunder Shock|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}}
{{anmov|steel|Iron Tail|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}}
{{anmov/f|electric}}
===Artwork===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color}}; font-size:80%;"
|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}"| [[File:Spiky-eared Pichu DP 1.png|150px]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{electric color dark}}; background: #{{electric color light}}"| [[File:Spiky-eared Pichu DP 2.png|150px]]
|-
| Official artwork from<br>''{{color2|000|Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl}}''
| Official artwork from<br>''{{color2|000|Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl}}''
|}
|}


==In the manga==
==In the manga==
In the [[Arceus and the Jewel of Life (manga)|manga adaptation]] of the movie, Spiky-Eared Pichu is a wild Pokémon that the characters meet in the distant past. She assists the characters in escaping from the movie's main antagonist, [[Marcus]].
[[File:Spiky-eared Pichu Adventures.png|thumb|right|200px|The Spiky-eared Pichu in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in ''[[PS460|All About Arceus IX]]'', where it is seen accompanying {{adv|Gold}}'s [[Pibu]] as they help {{adv|Celebi}} find the herbs needed to cure {{adv|Giovanni}}'s disease. When several {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s try to stop [[Team Rocket Elite Trio|Ken, Al, and Harry]] from helping Celebi under Giovanni's orders, they accidentally trample over the Pichu duo, which causes them to retaliate by shocking the Grunts with a combined {{t|Electric}} attack. When they meet up with Gold, Gold sees Spiky-eared Pichu and teases Pibu about finding a date.
 
===Arceus and the Jewel of Life===
In the {{ma|Arceus and the Jewel of Life|manga adaptation}} of the movie, Spiky-eared Pichu is a [[wild Pokémon]] who the characters meet in the distant past. It assists the characters in escaping from the movie's main antagonist, [[Marcus]].
{{-}}


==In the TCG==
==In the TCG==
[[File:Pichupichushrine.png|thumb|right|In the Ilex Forest with the Pikachu-colored shiny Pichu]]
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-eared Pichu in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-Eared Pichu in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
{{cardlist/header|Spiky-eared Pichu|Lightning|char=yes}}
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Spiky-eared Pichu M (Movie Random Pack 9)|Spiky-eared Pichu]] {{SP|M}}|type=Lightning|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=009/022|jpset2=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum2=010/022|jpset3=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum3=011/022|jpset4=DPt-P Promotional cards|jpnum4=042/DPt-P|jpset5=Unnumbered Promotional cards}}
|- style="background: #{{tcg Lightning color}};"
{{cardlist/footer|Lightning}}
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Spiky-Eared Pichu M (Movie Random Pack Promo 9)|Spiky-Eared Pichu]] {{SP|M}} || rowspan="4" | {{e|Lightning}} || rowspan="4" | - || rowspan="4" | - || rowspan="3" | {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} || 009/019
|-
| 010/019
|-
| 011/019
|-
| {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} || 042/DPt-P
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* A picture of a [[Pikachu short]] poster that featured the Spiky-Eared Pichu alongside {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed.
[[File:Box Spiky Pika HGSS.png|frame|The [[Pokémon Storage System#HeartGold and SoulSilver|Pokémon Storage System]] wallpaper featuring Spiky-eared Pichu]]
* Spiky-Eared Pichu's inability to be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver can be explained as being preventative of trading an alternate form to a game in which it does not appear, as happens in Platinum when entering the trade center with {{p|Rotom}} in an appliance or {{p|Giratina}} in its Origin Forme, by returning them to the forms they appeared in in Diamond and Pearl. As Spiky-Eared Pichu cannot freely change between forms, it is ultimately unable to be traded at all.
* A picture of a [[Pikachu short]] poster that featured Spiky-eared Pichu alongside {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed.
* It was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview of ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'' when movie director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world."
* Spiky-eared Pichu's sprite in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} is in a different pose than that of a normal Pichu, but she retains the two frames that a normal Pichu uses in her animation; thus, she is the only Pokémon to have three animation frames in [[Generation IV]].
* According to [[Shōko Nakagawa]]'s autobiography, the Spiky-eared Pichu was originally going to be a '''White Pichu''' (Japanese: '''ホワイトピチュー''').
* Spiky-eared Pichu was featured in a [[Pokémon Storage System#HeartGold and SoulSilver|Pokémon Storage System]] wallpaper in HeartGold and SoulSilver. The wallpaper must be unlocked by telling [[Primo]] at the [[Violet City]] Pokémon Center custom phrases using the [[easy chat system]]. The phrase for a given wallpaper depends on the player's game, [[Trainer ID]], and game language.
* Spiky-eared Pichu appears as a figure in the [[MC Fourth Generation|fourth generation]] of [[Monster Collection]].
* Spiky-eared Pichu appears as a [[Poké Doll (plush)|Poké Doll]] plush toy.
* Spiky-eared Pichu shares several similarities with {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}'s [[Cosplay Pikachu]]. Both are female-only variants of the {{p|Pikachu}} evolutionary line who were introduced in [[remake]]s. They are both incapable of evolving, breeding, or being transferred to later games. They also both cannot be obtained {{Shiny}}, though Shiny variants exist in the game code for them. They are also both a palette swap in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]].
* Spiky-eared Pichu is the only Pokémon without a 3D model in the [[core series]] games.


===Names===
==Names==
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #88a; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
{{Other languages|type=Electric|type2=Electric
|- style="background: #ccf;"
|ja=ギザみみピチュー ''Gizamimi Pichu''
! Language
|jameaning=Literally "Notched-Ear Pichu".
! Name
|fr=Pichu Troizépi
! Origin
|frmeaning=From ''trois'' (three) and ''épi'' (cowlick).
|-
|de=Strubbelohr-Pichu
|Japanese
|demeaning=From ''strubbelig'' (tousled) and ''Ohr'' (ear).
|ギザみみピチュー ''Gizamimi Pichu
|it=Pichu Spunzorek
|From the Japanese words ギザ ''giza'' ("jagged") and みみ ''mimi'' ("ear").
|itmeaning=From ''spuntone'' (spike) and ''orecchio'' (ear).
|-
|pt_br=Pichu de orelha cortada
|Italian
|pt_brmeaning=Literally "Sliced-Ear Pichu".
|Pichu Spunzorek
|pt=Pichu de orelha talhada
|From ''Spuntone'', spike.
|ptmeaning=Literally "Sliced-Ear Pichu".
|}
|es=Pichu Picoreja
|esmeaning=From ''pico'' (spiky tip) and ''oreja'' (ear).
|ko=삐쭉귀 피츄 ''Ppijjukgwi Pichyu''
|komeaning=Literally "Sharp-Ear Pichu".
|zh_cmn=刺刺耳皮丘 ''Cìcì'ěr Píqiū''
|zh_cmnmeaning=Literally "Spiky-Ear Pichu".
}}{{-}}


==See also==
==See also==
{{animespecies|Pichu}}
{{animespecies|Pichu}}
{{EventExclusive}}
{{forms}}<br>
{{Moviecharacters}}
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{{-}}
{{Moviecharacters}}<br>
{{DoubleProjectTag|Pokédex|Anime|each Pokémon as a species and cover all aspects of the Pokémon anime, respectively.}}
{{Project Anime notice|no}}
[[Category:Movie characters]]


[[es:Pichu de Oreja Despeinada]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pichu}}
[[Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters]]
[[Category:Pokémon Adventures characters (Pokémon)]]
[[Category:Pokémon characters]]
[[Category:Promotion-only Pokémon]]
[[Category:Variant Pokémon]]
[[Category:Female characters (Pokémon)]]


[[de:Strubbelohr-Pichu]]
[[de:Pichu#Strubbelohr-Pichu]]
[[es:Pichu picoreja]]
[[fr:Pichu Troizépi]]
[[it:Pichu Spunzorek]]
[[ja:ギザみみピチュー]]
[[ja:ギザみみピチュー]]
[[zh:刺刺耳皮丘]]

Latest revision as of 06:42, 20 July 2024

Spiky-eared Pichu
ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu
Spiky-eared Pichu DP 1.png
Spiky-eared Pichu
Debuts in HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender Female*
Ability Static
Nature Naughty
Current location Ilex Forest (games)
Michina Town (anime)
Spr 4h 172N.png
This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Pichu Shōko Nakagawa Kayzie Rogers

Spiky-eared Pichu (Japanese: ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu) is a Pichu. Its form is different from the one of an ordinary Pichu, as it has three spikes at the tip of its left ear, hence its name.

In the games

In the core series

Spiky-eared Pichu and Pikachu-colored Pichu in a Double Battle

Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver as an event Pokémon obtained in Ilex Forest. If the player interacts with the shrine while walking with a Pikachu-colored Pichu, she will appear and join the player's party. If the player's party is full, they will have to deposit a Pokémon and return to accept her.

Spiky-eared Pichu has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is nearly identical to a normal Pichu in that her base stats are the same as a normal Pichu's. However, her maximum stats for the Pokéathlon are different. If a Pokémon uses Transform on her, it will have a spiky ear. Shiny sprites for Spiky-eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it is impossible to obtain one due to the game assigning the Spiky-eared Pichu a fixed personality value that is predetermined according to the Trainer ID number and secret ID. This ensures that the personality value will never result in a Shiny nor a male Spiky-eared Pichu.

If taken to Professor Elm in New Bark Town, it is revealed that she has traveled through time with Celebi. Elm claims that he and Professor Oak were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason she cannot evolve is because she has been time traveling for so long and then calls all the Pokémon Center attendants to prevent Spiky-eared Pichu from being used in trades; however, the attendants do not permit her into a trading facility prior to this either. Spiky-eared Pichu is also unable to be transferred through the Poké Transfer into a Generation V game due to her past time traveling.

Oh! This Pichu needs to stay where it is.

It appears to have traveled through time. It has been affected by traveling so far through time with Celebi.

It'll be very risky to transfer it, so it's best for Pichu to stay where it is.

Spiky-eared Pichu's inability to be traded can be explained as being preventative of trading any alternate form to a game in which the form does not appear, as happens in Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver when entering the trade center with Rotom in an appliance, Giratina in its Origin Forme, or Shaymin in its Sky Forme, by returning them to the forms they appeared in Diamond and Pearl. As Spiky-eared Pichu cannot freely change between forms, this explains the need to make her untradeable within Generation IV.

Spr 4h 172N.png
Type:
Electric Unknown
Ability:
Static
Held item:
Bag Zap Plate Sprite.png Zap Plate
Pichu♀ Lv.30
Volt Tackle
Electric Physical
Helping Hand
Normal Status
Swagger
Normal Status
Pain Split
Normal Status


Pokéathlon stats

Speed
5/5 ★★★★★
Power
1/1 ★
Skill
3/5 ★★★☆☆
Stamina
1/3 ★☆☆
Jump
3/4 ★★★☆
Total
13/18 ★★☆


In the spin-off games

Spiky-eared Pichu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Pokémon Battrio

Spiky-eared Pichu appears in Pokémon Battrio, as the Special Pucks Pichu (Spiky-eared Pichu Set) and Pichu (10-032).

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spiky-eared Pichu acts as an alternate costume for Pichu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Artwork

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In the Ilex Forest with the Pikachu-colored Pichu With the Pikachu-colored Pichu

Sprites

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Sprite and back sprite Shiny sprite and back sprite (unused) Overworld sprite

In the anime

Ash's Pikachu with Spiky-eared Pichu in the anime

Spiky-eared Pichu debuted in Arceus and the Jewel of Life as Damos's friend. It helped Pikachu and Piplup find the keys for Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Damos' jail cell after they were imprisoned by Marcus.

In Pikachu's Big Sparking Search, Spiky-eared Pichu and Smoochum were preparing a birthday party for Bellossom.

It has an ending dedicated to it. This ending displays its love for Grepa Berries.

In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, Spiky-eared Pichu was one of the Pokémon watching Meloetta's concert.

Personality and characteristics

In the anime, Spiky-eared Pichu was shown to be a helpful Pokémon, which can be seen when it freed Cyndaquil by using Iron Tail on the collar that was used to control it. In the ending dedicated to it, however, it was shown to be competitive, as evident when it raced the Shiny Pichu up a tree and lost, and when it had an eating contest with the Shiny Pichu to see who could eat the most Grepa Berries and won. In that ending theme, it was also shown to be very sensitive, as it was seen crying when it got lost.

Moves used

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Using Thunder Shock
Move First Used In
Thunder Shock Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Iron Tail Arceus and the Jewel of Life
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Artwork

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Official artwork from
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl 		Official artwork from
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

In the manga

The Spiky-eared Pichu in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in All About Arceus IX, where it is seen accompanying Gold's Pibu as they help Celebi find the herbs needed to cure Giovanni's disease. When several Team Rocket Grunts try to stop Ken, Al, and Harry from helping Celebi under Giovanni's orders, they accidentally trample over the Pichu duo, which causes them to retaliate by shocking the Grunts with a combined Electric attack. When they meet up with Gold, Gold sees Spiky-eared Pichu and teases Pibu about finding a date.

Arceus and the Jewel of Life

In the manga adaptation of the movie, Spiky-eared Pichu is a wild Pokémon who the characters meet in the distant past. It assists the characters in escaping from the movie's main antagonist, Marcus.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-eared Pichu in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Spiky-eared Pichu
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.
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Spiky-eared Pichu Pokémon M Lightning       Movie Commemoration Random Pack   009/022
      Movie Commemoration Random Pack   010/022
      Movie Commemoration Random Pack   011/022
      DPt-P Promotional cards   042/DPt-P
      Unnumbered Promotional cards    
 


Trivia

The Pokémon Storage System wallpaper featuring Spiky-eared Pichu
  • A picture of a Pikachu short poster that featured Spiky-eared Pichu alongside Pikachu and Piplup was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed.
  • It was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview of Arceus and the Jewel of Life when movie director Kunihiko Yuyama talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world."
  • Spiky-eared Pichu's sprite in HeartGold and SoulSilver is in a different pose than that of a normal Pichu, but she retains the two frames that a normal Pichu uses in her animation; thus, she is the only Pokémon to have three animation frames in Generation IV.
  • According to Shōko Nakagawa's autobiography, the Spiky-eared Pichu was originally going to be a White Pichu (Japanese: ホワイトピチュー).
  • Spiky-eared Pichu was featured in a Pokémon Storage System wallpaper in HeartGold and SoulSilver. The wallpaper must be unlocked by telling Primo at the Violet City Pokémon Center custom phrases using the easy chat system. The phrase for a given wallpaper depends on the player's game, Trainer ID, and game language.
  • Spiky-eared Pichu appears as a figure in the fourth generation of Monster Collection.
  • Spiky-eared Pichu appears as a Poké Doll plush toy.
  • Spiky-eared Pichu shares several similarities with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's Cosplay Pikachu. Both are female-only variants of the Pikachu evolutionary line who were introduced in remakes. They are both incapable of evolving, breeding, or being transferred to later games. They also both cannot be obtained Shiny, though Shiny variants exist in the game code for them. They are also both a palette swap in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • Spiky-eared Pichu is the only Pokémon without a 3D model in the core series games.

Names

Language Title Meaning
Japan Flag.png Japanese ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu Literally "Notched-Ear Pichu".
France Flag.png French Pichu Troizépi From trois (three) and épi (cowlick).
Spain Flag.png Spanish Pichu Picoreja From pico (spiky tip) and oreja (ear).
Germany Flag.png German Strubbelohr-Pichu From strubbelig (tousled) and Ohr (ear).
Italy Flag.png Italian Pichu Spunzorek From spuntone (spike) and orecchio (ear).
South Korea Flag.png Korean 삐쭉귀 피츄 Ppijjukgwi Pichyu Literally "Sharp-Ear Pichu".
China and Taiwan Flags.png Mandarin Chinese 刺刺耳皮丘 Cìcì'ěr Píqiū Literally "Spiky-Ear Pichu".
Hong Kong Flag.png Cantonese Chinese


See also

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pichu.


Event exclusives
Pokémon
Pikachu in a cap • Spiky-eared Pichu • Victini • Genesect
Ash-Greninja • Vivillon (Poké Ball Pattern) • Diancie • Hoopa
Volcanion • Magearna • Marshadow • Zeraora • Melmetal • Zarude
Walking Wake • Iron Leaves • Pecharunt
Moves
Happy Hour • Celebrate • Hold Hands • Hold Back
Items
Bluesky Mail • Mirage Mail • Egg Ticket • Eon Ticket • MysticTicket
AuroraTicket • Old Sea Map • Brick Mail • Member Card • Oak's Letter
Enigma Stone • Liberty Pass • Discount Coupon • Dynamax Crystal
Mythical Pecha Berry
Pokéwalker Routes
Yellow Forest • Winner's Path • Sightseeing • Rally • Amity Meadow
Other
C-Gear Skins
Pokémon forms and variants
Permanent: Shiny Pokémon (GO) • Alternately colored Pokémon (animated series)
Gender differences • Form differences (GO)
Brilliant Pokémon • Alpha Pokémon
Transformations: Mega Evolution (Shuffle • Masters • GO) • Primal Reversion (GO) • Bond Phenomenon
Ultra Burst • Dynamax (GO) • Gigantamax • Eternamax • Terastal phenomenon
Groups: Totem Pokémon • Noble Pokémon • Titan Pokémon
Regional forms: Alolan • Galarian • Hisuian • Paldean
Analogous: Paradox Pokémon • Ecologically similar Pokémon
Pikachu variants: Surfing Pikachu • Flying Pikachu • Cosplay Pikachu • Pikachu in a cap
Miscellaneous: Fusions (GO) • Giant Pokémon • Spiky-eared Pichu • Partner Pokémon (LGPE)
Side series original: Shadow Pokémon • Shadow Lugia
Spin-off original: Shadow Pokémon (GO) • Primal Dialga • Toy Pokémon (Rusty Pokémon)
Shadow Mewtwo • Pokéxel • Illumina phenomenon
Animated series original: Pink Butterfree • Clone Pokémon • Crystal Onix
Mirage Pokémon • Meta Groudon • Green-crystal Deoxys
Manga original: Thu-Fi-Zer • Black Fog • Black Tyranitar


Movie characters
Human protagonists
Alice • Ash Ketchum (M20) • Audrey • Baraz • Bianca • Callahan • Carlita • Corey • Damos • Diana • Diane • Eric • Fergus • Harriet • Jack Walker • Juanita
Karl • Kathryn • Kidd Summers • Kimia • Koko • Lisa • Lizabeth • Lorenzo • Mannes • Maren • Margo • Melody • Meray • Neesha • Newton Graceland
Professor Lund • Rafe • Raleigh • Rebecca • Risa • Rowena • Sam • Sheena • Sid • Sir Aaron • Sorrel • Tonio • Toren • Tory Lund • Towa • Verity • Yuko
Human antagonists
Alva • Annie • Argus Steel • Butler • Cherie • Cross • Damon • Doctor Zed • Galen • Goone • Grings Kodai • Iron-Masked Marauder • Lawrence III • Levi • Marcus
Merilyn • Millis Steel • Molly Hale • Oakley • Pokémon hunters • Pokémon poacher • Riot • The Phantom • Zero
Pokémon
Arceus • Articuno • Carbink • Celebi (M04) • Celebi (M13) • Cobalion • Dada • Darkrai • Deoxys • Dialga • Diancie • Entei (M03) • Entei (M13) • Genesect • Giratina
Ho-Oh • Hoopa • Jirachi • Keldeo • Kyurem • Latias • Latios • Lucario • Lugia • Magearna • Manaphy • Marshadow • Mew (M01) • Mew (M08) • Mewtwo (M01)
Mewtwo (M16) • Moltres • Palkia • Pikachu (M20) • Pikachutwo • Raikou • Rayquaza • Regice • Regirock • Registeel • Reshiram • Shaymin • Slowking
Spiky-eared Pichu • Suicune (M04) • Suicune (M13) • Terrakion • Unown • Victini • Virizion • Volcanion • Xerneas • Yveltal • Zapdos • Zekrom
Zeraora • Zoroark • Zorua
Others
Alicia • Allegra • Astrid • Banks • Baron Alberto • Block Bot • Bogie • Bonji • Carol • Chrom Molybdenum • CTV news crew • Dabu • David • Diona • Donuke
Dr. Fuji • Dundee • Flamel • Freddy • Gabu • Ghris • Glacine • Godey • Gurū • Heroes of Truth and Ideals • Hoyt • Infi • Jason • Jenny • Joe • Judy
Kai • Kako • Kanata • Kato • Kellie • Kevin • Kiko • King of the People of the Vale • Kyle • Layla • Leeku • Lucianne • Luis • Luisa • Mako • Malin
Manuke • Marcus's soldiers • Maury • Mayor Oliver • Meredith • Meta Groudon • Mewtwo's creators • Mia • Miles • Mimi • Miranda • Misaki • Moose
Mother and daughter • Mr. White • Neva • Nikola • Old Man Dom • Ōyama • Peg • People of the Water • Phossa Molybdenum • Pokémon Baccer teams
Queen Ilene • Queen Rin • Ravine • Raymond • Rick • Ross • Schuyler • Sharon • Shep • Shun • Spencer Hale • Sylvan • Taka • Tammy • Tanner
Tapp • Tatsuki • The Marina Group • Tobias • Townes • Uschi • Zabu


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