Flying Pikachu (ANA promo 99)

This article is about a Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not been officially released in English and is unlikely to be released as such. 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
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Classification	Pokémon card
Name	Flying Pikachu
Evolution Stage	Basic Pokémon
Type
HP	40
Weakness	None
Resistance
Retreat Cost
	For information on this Pokémon's species, see Pikachu.
Japanese Set	Unnumbered Promotional cards

Flying Pikachu (Japanese: そらをとぶピカチュウ Air-Fly 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.