Flying Pikachu (ANA promo 99)

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

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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 HP 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 is one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards.

Card text

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

Pikachu - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
025	1'4" (0.4 m)	13 lbs. (6 kg)
Pokédex entry
空を飛ぶことによって自らの弱点を克服したピカチュウだ。

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as an Unnumbered Promotional card and was distributed by All Nippon Airlines between June 1 and July 31, 1999. Passengers flying in conjunction with the "Everyone's Happy Campaign" could redeem two domestic boarding pass stubs for a two-card set that included Flying Pikachu and Articuno. Stubs were required to be affixed to special postcards and mailed to Media Factory. The postcards could be obtained from airport counters or from the ANA branch office.

Trivia

This card has a clause under the card name stating "This card cannot evolve into Raichu."

Origin

Thunder Jolt is a move in the Super Smash Bros. series that Pikachu can use. Fly is also a move, though Pikachu cannot learn it under normal conditions. Flying Pikachu have appeared in other Pokémon media since the release of this card.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.