Flying Pikachu (ANA promo 99)

This article is about a Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English and, hence, may not be released outside of Japan. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Flying Pikachu LV.11 そらをとぶピカチュウ Flying Pikachu

Illus. Toshinao Aoki

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Flying Pikachu Type Lightning Hit Points 40 weakness None resistance -30 retreat cost Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.

Flying Pikachu (Japanese: そらをとぶピカチュウ Flying Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was released as a promotional card in Japan only. This page uses the English equivalents of Japanese names.

Card text

Attacks

	Thunder Jolt でんげき	20
Flip a coin. If tails, Flying Pikachu does 10 damage to itself.

	Fly そらをとぶ	30
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Flying Pikachu; if tails, this attack does nothing (not even damage).

Pokédex data

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was released as a special card by All Nippon Airways throughout June and July in 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the “Pokémon Getaways” campaign could redeem their boarding passes for the 2 card set including Flying Pikachu and Articuno. The card was never released in English.

Trivia

• Since the release of this card, Pikachu that know Fly have appeared in other Pokémon media. A Pikachu with Fly can be downloaded to a Pokémon video game at certain events.

Origin

Thunder Jolt is similar to ThunderShock, which Pikachu can learn. Fly is also a move, but Pikachu cannot learn it under normal conditions.

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