Puka

Pooka (Japanese: マイケル Michael) is a surfing Pikachu that appeared in EP067.

Pooka is at least twenty years old, having been first found by surfing enthusiast Victor shortly after he failed to conquer a large wave, "Humunga-Dunga." Victor was trying to emulate a feat acheived by his surfing hero Jan two decades ago. Pooka looks noticably older than Ash's Pikachu, with wrinkles beneath its eyes. Its eyes are blue, while Ash's Pikachu's eyes are dark brown. Pooka can sense big waves coming to the Seafoam Islands beach where it lives, causing its eyes to glow. Incidentally, it does not use any Electric-type attacks throughout the entire episode, even when captured by Team Rocket (Ash's Pikachu does the attacking). Whether Pooka can in fact use any Electric attacks is up for debate, since its cheeks do not spark during the episode either.

Pooka is rescued by Victor after Team Rocket's submarine is attacked by a family of angry Gyarados. At that moment, Humunga-Dunga makes its scheduled appearance, twenty years after Victor first fell to it. Ash and his friends watch from the beach as Victor, with Pooka on his surfboard, successfully ride the big wave and plant a flag atop the rock, right next to where Jan first placed his flag after riding the wave. Pooka and Victor return to shore to be greeted by Ash, Misty and Brock, as well as by young children looking up to Victor in awe. In a similar fashion to what his hero did after riding the big wave, Victor tells two young surfers, "You can do it, too!".

Since that episode, Pooka and Victor have not been seen again. It is presumed that due to their ages, they remain at the beach house where they are shown to live.

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