Detective Pikachu (character)

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Detective Pikachu
名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu
Detective Pikachu artwork 2.png
Pikachu in Detective Pikachu
Debuts in Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo
Gender Male
Ability Unknown
Current location Ryme City
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Pikachu Tōru Ōkawa (game) 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

History

Detective Pikachu meets Tim Goodman sometime after he 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 cannot use moves, and 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

Great Detective Pikachu.png Detective Pikachu artwork 1.png Detective Pikachu artwork 3.png Detective Pikachu artwork 4.png
Official artwork from
Birth of a New Duo
Official artwork from Detective Pikachu
Detective Pikachu amiibo.png Detective Pikachu artwork 5.png Detective Pikachu artwork 6.png Detective Pikachu artwork 7.png
Detective Pikachu amiibo Official artwork from Detective Pikachu

In the movie

Pikachu in the movie

Detective Pikachu will appear as the titular character of Detective Pikachu, where he goes on an adventure with a boy named Tim Goodman and a journalist named Lucy Stevens. Unlike the Detective Pikachu from the game, this version is capable of using moves, as it was seen using Thunderbolt and Volt Tackle in the second official trailer.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese
English Ryan Reynolds
Polish Waldemar Barwiński
Brazilian Portuguese Philippe Maia
Russian Пётр Гланц Pyotr Glants


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.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Detective Pikachu (SM Promo 194) Lightning SM Black Star Promos   SM194      
 


Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Detective Pikachu appears as a Spirit.

Trivia

  • In the Detective Pikachu movie, Detective Pikachu is the first character in any Western release of official Pokémon media to use profanity. When trapped in an underground fight with a Charizard, he orders Tim Goodman to "get me the hell out of here!"

In other languages

Language Title
The Arab world Flag.png Arabic المحقق بيكاتشو al-Muḥaqqiqu Bīkātshū
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 *
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Detektiv Pikachu
Denmark Flag.png Danish Detective Pikachu
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Detective Pikachu
Finland Flag.png Finnish Detective Pikachu
France Flag.png French Détective Pikachu
Germany Flag.png German Meisterdetektiv Pikachu
Greece Flag.png Greek Ντετέκτιβ Πίκατσου Detéktiv Píkatsou
Hungary Flag.png Hungarian Pikachu detektív
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Detective Pikachu
Italy Flag.png Italian Detective Pikachu
South Korea Flag.png Korean 명탐정 피카츄 Myeongtamjeong Pikachu
Poland Flag.png Polish Detektyw Pikachu
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Detetive Pikachu
Russia Flag.png Russian Детектив Пикачу Detektiv Pikachu
Spain Flag.png Spanish Detective Pikachu
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Detective Pikachu
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Dedektif Pikachu
Ukraine Flag.png Ukrainian Детектив Пікачу Detektyv Pikachu
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Detective Pikachu

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