Jessie's Mimikyu

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Jessie's Mimikyu
ムサシのミミッキュ Musashi's Mimikkyu

Jessie's Mimikyu


Debuts in	Loading the Dex!


Caught in	First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-style!


Caught at	Melemele Island


Gender	Unknown


Ability	Unknown

Current location	With Jessie



This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor	Japanese	English
As Mimikyu	Unknown	Billy Bob Thompson

Jessie's Mimikyu (Japanese: ムサシのミミッキュ Musashi's Mimikkyu) is the first Pokémon that Jessie caught in the Alola region.

History

As a wild Pokémon

Mimikyu without its rag

Mimikyu first appeared in Loading the Dex!, where it met Team Rocket in a forest on Melemele Island. Thinking it was cute, Jessie decided to catch Mimikyu. Having no offensive Pokémon yet, she threw Meowth at Mimikyu, but it was immune to Meowth's Fury Swipes. Losing his patience, Meowth tried to remove Mimikyu's rag, but was hexed, and had a near-death experience. Jessie and James were able to wake Meowth, but were forced to give up and hide when they heard someone approach, who turned out to be Ash and his classmates. Having noticed Ash's Pikachu, Mimikyu became enraged. Ash attempted to catch Mimikyu, but Pikachu's Iron Tail had no effect. Mimikyu then beat up Pikachu using Play Rough. Before the battle between Pikachu and Mimikyu went too far, Team Rocket stepped in. Meowth jumped at Pikachu with Fury Swipes. But when Pikachu tried to counter, Mimikyu intervened. Speaking through Meowth, Mimikyu told Team Rocket that it would help them against Pikachu, expressing a deep-seated hatred for it. Before it could resume fighting Pikachu, however, a Bewear kidnapped Jessie and James. Meowth was able to get Mimikyu to disengage, and they chased Bewear.

With Jessie

Jessie catching Mimikyu

In First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-style!, Team Rocket and Mimikyu were trapped in Bewear's den. Jessie was attempting to catch Mimikyu with a Poké Ball, because neither Meowth nor Wobbuffet could beat Bewear, but Mimikyu kept swatting it away with its tail stick. At some point, James dropped a Luxury Ball he was going to add to his collection. Jessie threw it at Mimikyu and successfully caught it. During their first battle with Pikachu, Mimikyu was called out and used Shadow Ball, but Pikachu used Electro Ball to intercept. Mimikyu used Play Rough on him and was about to use Shadow Claw, but thanks to Rowlet's Leafage, Pikachu was saved. Before the fight lasted too long, Bewear returned and carried Team Rocket away.

In SM025, Mimikyu assisted Team Rocket in their quest to obtain a Darkinium Z. It battled a Totem Alolan Raticate, which protected the Z-Crystal, but was swatted away by Raticate's tail. When Raticate was about to finish Team Rocket and some Team Skull Grunts off, Mimikyu emerged from the bushes and managed to defeat Raticate with a powerful combination of Wood Hammer and a super effective Play Rough.

Personality and characteristics

Mimikyu vs. Pikachu

Unlike most Mimikyu who cosplay as Pikachu so that they can make friends like Pikachu, Jessie's Mimikyu bears an intense grudge towards all Pikachu and only dresses up like one because it is the thing that it despises the most. As a wild Pokémon, Mimikyu agreed to fight alongside Team Rocket so it could fight Ash's Pikachu. As seen in A Shocking Grocery Run!, it even fights Pikachu when its Trainer told it not to, because of its intense hatred towards him. Every time it sees Pikachu, it always engages in battle, which is helpful for Team Rocket, as it is their lifelong goal to capture Pikachu. However, this has not always worked out in Team Rocket's favor, as shown in Racing to a Big Event!, when Mimikyu tried to attack Pikachu during the Pokémon Pancake Race, thus disqualifying itself due to the race's rules, much to Jessie's chagrin. As demonstrated in Getting to Know You!, Mimikyu will also often refuse to fight any opponents that are not Pikachu, further displaying its obsession, but it did willingly attack DJ Leo's Dugtrio in SM023 and a Totem Alolan Raticate in SM025.

Mimikyu will not always do as its Trainer commands. It spends a lot of its time outside of its Poké Ball, wandering around and generally doing as it likes, including going for a swim, as seen in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!. As such, it does not appear to have a relationship with Jessie at all, so far.

Mimikyu's speech, according to Meowth, is very intimidating. When Team Rocket first met it, both he and the normally chipper Wobbuffet were deeply disturbed by Mimikyu's words. Since its debut, it is often seen scaring Meowth.

Moves used

Using Play Rough

Move	First Used In
Play Rough	Loading the Dex!

Shadow Claw	Loading the Dex!

Shadow Ball	Loading the Dex!

Wood Hammer	Loading the Dex!

A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the TCG

Jessie's Mimikyu is featured in the TCG as of one Team Rocket's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards featuring Mimikyu.

Mimikyu 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	#
Team Rocket's Mimikyu					Ash vs Team Rocket Deck Kit		010/026

Trivia

Mimikyu is the first Pokémon owned by a main character to be caught in a Poké Ball variant since the original series, and also the first such caught by Team Rocket.
Mimikyu is the first recurring Pokémon to be caught by Team Rocket.

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
On hand:	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko

In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Second Victreebel	Hoppip
Temporarily owned:	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

Recurring wild Pokémon in the animated series
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff	Clefairy
Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse	Articuno (OS)
Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill	Hippopotas
Zekrom	Forces of nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram	Malamar
Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2	Guardian deities
Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru	Nebby
Lunala	Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens
Mantine	Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi
Wingull	Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)
Legendary heroes	Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga	Palkia
Heatran	Latias	Terapagos
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly