Detective Pikachu (character)

Detective Pikachu 名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu

Pikachu in Detective Pikachu

Debuts in Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo Gender Male Ability Unknown Current location Ryme City

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pikachu Tōru Ōkawa (game) Hidetoshi Nishijima (movie) Kaiji Tang (game) Ryan Reynolds (movie)

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

Language Voice actor Japanese 大川透 Tōru Ōkawa English Kaiji Tang

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

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

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

Using Thunderbolt	Move First Used In Thunderbolt POKÉMON Detective Pikachu Electro Ball POKÉMON Detective Pikachu Volt Tackle POKÉMON Detective Pikachu Discharge POKÉMON Detective Pikachu* Quick Attack POKÉMON Detective Pikachu*
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

• Note: Ikue Ohtani provides Pikachu's natural voice.

Language Voice actor Japanese 西島秀俊 Hidetoshi Nishijima English Ryan Reynolds Chinese Cantonese 鄭中基 Ronald Cheng Mandarin 雷佳音 Lei Jiayin (Mainland China) Czech Petr Lněnička Filip Švarc (first trailer) European French Pierre Tessier Polish Maciej Stuhr Waldemar Barwiński (first trailer) Portuguese Brazil Philippe Maia Portugal Nuno Markl Russian Пётр Гланц Pyotr Glants Slovak Dušan Cinkota Spanish Latin America José Antonio Macías Spain José Posada Ukrainian Дмитро Гаврилов Dmytro Havrylov

In the TCG

Detective Pikachu is featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Detective Pikachu.

Detective 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.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Detective Pikachu		Detective Pikachu		10/18	SM-P Promotional cards		338/SM-P
		SM Black Star Promos		SM170	SM-P Promotional cards		337/SM-P
Detective Pikachu		SM Black Star Promos		SM190	SM-P Promotional cards		339/SM-P
Detective Pikachu		SM Black Star Promos		SM194	Great Detective Pikachu		014/024

Merchandise

Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Charizard-GX Version

A pair of boxed products became available on April 26, 2019, which saw, among other things, the release of the Great Detective Pikachu subset. One of these was the Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Charizard-GX Version (Japanese: スペシャルジャンボカードパック 名探偵ピカチュウ リザードンGX Ver. Special Jumbo Card Pack: Great Detective Pikachu: Lizardon-GX Ver.), which was only available to people who purchased special advance Detective Pikachu movie tickets from stores with Loppi ticket dispensers. People who purchased tickets between March 21 and April 14, 2019 could redeem the set from April 26, 2019, while those who purchased tickets between April 15 and May 2, 2019 could redeem the set from May 31, 2019. Each set includes a Detective Pikachu and a Jumbo Charizard-GX promotional card in addition to 6 Great Detective Pikachu booster packs.

Promotional cards:

• Detective Pikachu (SM-P Promo 339)
• Charizard-GX (SM-P Promo; Jumbo)

Product image:

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Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Mewtwo-GX Version

The second of two boxed sets available from April 26, 2019 was the Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Mewtwo-GX Version (Japanese: スペシャルジャンボカードパック 名探偵ピカチュウ ミュウツーGX Ver. Special Jumbo Card Pack: Great Detective Pikachu: Mewtwo-GX Ver.). It could be purchased directly at Pokémon Centers and participating ÆON, Lawson, and TSUTAYA stores. Select cinemas screening Detective Pikachu also sold the set upon the film's release on May 3, 2019. The set includes 3 Great Detective Pikachu packs, 3 Sky Legend packs, a promotional Detective Pikachu card and a Jumbo version of the Mewtwo-GX from the Great Detective Pikachu subset.

Promotional cards:

• Detective Pikachu (SM-P Promo 339)
• Mewtwo-GX (SM-P Promo; Jumbo)

Product image:

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SM10b accessories

April 26, 2019 saw the release of Sky Legend, the second subset associated with the Double Blaze expansion, as well as the Great Detective Pikachu subset, promoting the Detective Pikachu movie that premiered in Japan the following Friday. A variety of merchandise featuring artwork based on the two subsets was available to purchase from the same day, as were many other items in anticipation of Golden Week, traditionally a busy shopping period and longer in 2019 than usual due to the Japanese imperial transition.

Deck cases: Each deck case comes with 2 organizational dividers and can store up to 180 cards.

The Detective Pikachu Deck Case (Japanese: デッキケース 名探偵ピカチュウ Deck Case: Great Detective Pikachu) features a render of the eponymous Pokémon as well as several others that appear in the film. Renders of Mewtwo and Charizard line the sides of the box while Jigglypuff, Mr. Mime, Bulbasaur, and Psyduck are pictured on the reverse.

The Team Rocket Deck Case (Japanese: デッキケース ロケット団) features a Ken Sugimori illustration of the Team Rocket trio Jessie, James, and Meowth. This deck case was limited to Pokémon Centers.

Deck case images:

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The Detective Pikachu Sleeves (Japanese: デッキシールド 名探偵ピカチュウ Deck Shield: Great Detective Pikachu) feature an official render of the self-proclaimed Detective Pikachu from the movie of the same name against a noir-style brick wall.

Sleeve images:

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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

Language Title Albanian Detektivi Pikaçu Arabic المحقق بيكاتشو al-Muḥaqqiqu Bīkātshū Azerbaijani Xəfiyyə Pikaçu Basque Pikachu detektibea Bulgarian Детектив Пикачу Detektiv Pikachu Catalan Detectiu Pikachu Chinese Cantonese 名偵探皮卡丘 Mìhngjīngtaam Pikachu * 神探 Pikachu Sàhntaam Pikachu * Mandarin 名偵探皮卡丘 / 名侦探皮卡丘 Míngzhēntàn Píkǎqiū * Croatian Detektiv Pikachu Czech Detektiv Pikachu Danish Detektiv Pikachu Dutch Netherlands Detective Pikachu Belgium Detective Pikachu Estonian Detektiiv Pikachu Finnish Etsivä Pikachu French Canada Détective Pikachu Europe Détective Pikachu German Meisterdetektiv Pikachu Greek Ντετέκτιβ Πίκατσου Detéktiv Píkatsou Hebrew הבלש פיקאצ'ו Ha'Balash Pikachu Hindi डिटेक्टिव पिकाचू Ditektiv Pikaachoo Hungarian Pikachu detektív Indonesian Detective Pikachu Italian Detective Pikachu Korean 명탐정 피카츄 Myeongtamjeong Pikachu Latvian Detektīvs Pikaču Lithuanian Detektyvas Pikachu Macedonian Детективот Пикачу Detektibot Pikachu Mongolian Мөрдөгч Пикачу Mördögch Pikachu Polish Detektyw Pikachu Portuguese Brazil Detetive Pikachu Portugal Detetive Pikachu Romanian Detectiv Pikachu Russian Детектив Пикачу Detektiv Pikachu Serbian Detektiv Pikaču Slovak Detektív Pikachu Slovene Detektiv Pikachu Spanish Latin America Detective Pikachu Spain Detective Pikachu Swedish Detective Pikachu Thai ยอดนักสืบพิคาชู Yxdnạks̄ụ̄b phikhāchū Turkish Dedektif Pikachu Ukrainian Детектив Пікачу Detektyv Pikachu Vietnamese Thám Tử Pikachu

Trivia

A 3DS theme featuring Detective Pikachu

• 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

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