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| {{AnimePokémonInfobox|
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| trainername=Ash|
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| pokemonname=Pikachu|
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| jtrainername=サトシ|
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| jpokemonname=ピカチュウ|
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| tmtrainername=Satoshi|
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| tmpokemonname=Pikachu|
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| image=[[Image:Satoshitopikachu.jpg|220px]] |
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| caption=Ash and Pikachu. |
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| location=[[Pallet Town]] |
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| prevonum=025|
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| epnum=EP001|
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| epname=Pokémon, I Choose You!|
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| current=[[Party|With Ash]]
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| }}
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| '''Ash's Pikachu''' (Japanese: '''サトシのピカチュウ''' ''Satoshi's Pikachu'') was the first [[Pokémon]] obtained by [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] on his journey as a [[Pokémon trainer]]. Its universal voice actress is 大谷育江 ''[[Ikue Ohtani]]''. However, in some episodes during the first season of the English dub, [[Rachael Lillis]] provided its voice when the original Japanese track couldn't be saved.
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| ==In the anime==
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| ===History===
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| [[Image:Ashs 1st pokeball.JPG|thumb|left|Pikachu's [[Poké Ball]], which has a special lightning bolt mark]]
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| In the first episode of the Pokémon [[anime]], ''[[EP001|Pokémon, I Choose You!]]'', Ash woke up late the day he was supposed to go to [[Professor Oak|Professor Oak's]] laboratory to obtain his first Pokémon. When he arrived at the lab, the three available starter Pokémon, {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}} had already been taken by other trainers who arrived earlier. Seeing that Ash was disappointed, Professor Oak gave him Pikachu, which did not take a liking to its new trainer. It refused to go into a [[Poké Ball]], and when Ash failed to catch a wild Pokémon, it laughed at him. However, by the end of the episode, Ash gained Pikachu's trust by protecting it from an attack by a flock of {{p|Spearow}} and rushing it to the [[Pokémon Center]]. Pikachu and Ash soon became inseparable. In ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]'', Ash gave Pikachu his consent to remain in a forest filled with Pikachu, but Pikachu returned to Ash's side.
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| In general, Pikachu as a species are not particularly powerful, but Ash's Pikachu is an anomaly, overcoming odds in battle numerous times. In ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', it defeated [[Brock's Onix]] with an [[Electric (type)|Electric]] attack when Onix was drenched in water, despite Onix being naturally resistant to electricity. In ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'', Pikachu fought [[Lt. Surge|Lt. Surge's]] {{p|Raichu}} and lost. During a resulting hospital stay, it refused to become Raichu's equal by evolving via a [[Thunderstone]], and in the second battle, Pikachu overcame Raichu by using its superior speed. In ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]] remarked that Pikachu's power "far exceeds its evolutionary level." Ash's Pikachu has also defeated very high level Pokémon that Ash's other Pokémon were unable to, such as {{p|Dragonite}} and {{p|Metagross}}. It has helped Ash win innumerable battles and [[Gym]] and [[Pokémon League|League]] matches.
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| [[image:PikachuDP.png|thumb|left|Ash's Pikachu]]
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| Pikachu is extremely loyal to Ash, and while it is not always immediately trusting of strangers, it is generally friendly to humans and Pokémon alike. It acted as a guardian and big sibling to [[Misty's Togetic|Misty's Togepi]], and has been seen mediating and even breaking up fights among other Pokémon, such as in ''[[Pikachu's Vacation]]''. In ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', Pikachu, {{MTR}}, and Meowth's clone were the only Pokémon not to participate in the giant battle; Pikachu stood motionless as its clone repeatedly slapped its face.
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| Since Ash's first encounter with [[Team Rocket]] in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', Pikachu has been pursued by the trio of [[Jessie]], [[James]], and [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]]. Their desire has been to steal this Pokémon from Ash and present it to [[Giovanni|their boss]]. To do this, they devised many attempts and devised many evil plans and came up with many scams and many other terrible schemes to fulfill that task. Jessie, James and Meowth try, try, and try some more, but despite trying hard at pulling the evil deed, every last one of their fiendish and conniving efforts and evil plans failed each time. Either their plans were stopped by Ash and his friends and/or every other trainer Ash and his friends assisted throughout the series, including the [[Officer Jenny|Officer Jennies]] in general.
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| As shown in a handful of episodes, the first being ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', Pikachu has a special fondness for ketchup, but it will eat and enjoy almost any other human or Pokémon food. A running joke in the anime also seems to be the destruction of a female character's [[bike]] with one of Pikachu's {{m|Thunderbolt}}s at the beginning of each series, which then causes her to [[Ash's friends|follow Ash]] for the remainder of the series. This has happened to [[Misty]], {{an|May}}, and {{an|Dawn}} so far.
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| Pikachu is the primary mascot of the Pokémon franchise, mostly due to Ash's ownership of it. It appears on nearly all merchandise and promotional material for the series, and became, due to the anime, the [[version mascot]] of and only [[starter Pokémon]] in [[Pokémon Yellow]].
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| Pikachu became the second non-legendary to defeat a [[legendary Pokémon]] in the anime after [[Ash's Charizard|Charizard]], beating [[Pyramid King Brandon|Brandon's]] {{p|Regice}} in ''[[AG189|Pace - The Final Frontier]]'', giving Ash his final Frontier Symbol.
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| Pikachu was also the only Pokémon to come with Ash to [[Hoenn]], and just the same one of only two Pokémon to join Ash on his journey to [[Sinnoh]]. It is worth noting that Ash tried to bring only Pikachu again but [[Ash's Aipom|Aipom]] snuck on board the ship. Up until the capture of [[Dawn's Pachirisu]], Pikachu was the only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon in the anime owned by a main character.
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| In Hoenn, Pikachu learned how to surf. It also learned how to box from Ash in ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''.
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| Pikachu has taken part in Ash's first Sinnoh Gym Battle. It went against [[Roark]]'s [[Roark's Rampardos|Cranidos]] after [[Ash's Aipom|Aipom]] was defeated. After being switched out, it fought {{p|Onix}}, whom Pikachu was defeated by. At Ash's rematch, Pikachu defeated {{p|Onix}}, and then fought {{p|Rampardos}}.
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| ===Moves used===
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| [[image:pikachu_thunderbolt.jpg|175px|right|thumb|Pikachu using Thunderbolt]]
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| *{{m|ThunderShock}}
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| *''{{m|Thunderbolt}}''
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| *{{m|Thunder}}
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| *''{{m|Volt Tackle}}''
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| *''{{m|Quick Attack}}''
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| *{{m|Agility}}
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| *''{{m|Iron Tail}}''
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| *{{m|Double-Edge}}
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| *{{m|Tackle}}
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| (Moves that have been used most recently are italicized)
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| ==In the games==
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| Pikachu was one of [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]]'s three Pokémon in [[Pokémon Puzzle League]]. [[Red's Pikachu]] in [[Pokémon Yellow]] also seems to be based off of him.
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| ==In the manga==
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| Pikachu has appeared in two mangas based on the anime, namely ''[[Ash & Pikachu]]'' and ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]''. In both, it was Ash's [[starter Pokémon]], much like the [[EP001|first anime episode]], though in ''Electric Tale'', it was found in Ash's house, not given to him by Oak.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Pikachu is Ash's only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon and was the only Electric-type owned by a main character in the anime until the capture of [[Dawn's Pachirisu]].
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| *Some of Pikachu's speech is consistent enough that it seems that some phrases actually mean something. For instance, Pikachu always uses "Pikapi" when referring to Ash (notice that it sounds somewhat similar to "Satoshi"). Other speech includes:
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| **PikaPikachu: ''My name is Pikachu''. When Ash and his friends are introducing themselves to the [[characters of the day]], it says this.
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| **Pikachu-pi: ''[[Misty|Kasumi-chan]]'' (Misty)
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| **Pika-chu: ''[[Brock|Takeshi]]'' (Brock)
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| **PiPiPi: ''[[Misty's Togetic|Togepy]]'' (Togepi)
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| **Pikakapika: ''[[Ash's Bulbasaur|Fushigidane]]'' (Bulbasaur)
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| **Pikapika: ''[[Ash's Squirtle|Zenigame]]'' (Squirtle)
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| **PiPikachu: ''[[Team Rocket|Rocket-dan]]'' (Team Rocket). It also says this after Ash wins a badge, catches a new Pokémon or anything similar.
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| **Chu-Pika: (Iron Tail). It says this when using {{m|Iron Tail}}.
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| **Pika-chuuuuuuuu: (Thunderbolt). It says this when using {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
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| **Pikapikapika...: (Volt Tackle). It says this when using {{m|Volt Tackle}}.
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| **Specific names for [[Tracey Sketchit|Tracey]], {{an|May}}, [[Max]], and {{an|Dawn}} have not been heard.
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| *For ''[[DP013|A Staravia is Born]]'', [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Pikachu. He writes this [[Pokémon senryū]] about it: パートナー サトシとピカチュウ いいかんじ ''Partners Satoshi and Pikachu: a pleasant feeling''.
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| *Because there is no indent on Pikachu's tail, many cite this as proof that it is indeed male. Some also site a crush that [[Dawn's Buneary]], who appears to be female, has on Pikachu as proof.
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| *Out of all five regions that Ash visited, [[Kanto]] and [[Hoenn]] are the only ones that Ash started out with just Pikachu. He did try to go to [[Sinnoh]] with Pikachu alone but Aipom followed him. At the beginning of each, Pikachu was also, in some way, injured, and ended up destroying the [[bike]] of a girl who would later travel with Ash.
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| *Throughout the series the yellowish color of Pikachu has become lighter and Pikachu's body has become more slender.
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| *Pikachu has never been seen defeating any of [[Gary Oak|Gary's]] Pokémon.
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| *As hard as it may seem to believe now, Pikachu was the first of Ash's Pokémon to disobey him. Other Pokémon that would do so, and be better remembered for their disobedience than Pikachu, are [[Ash's Primeape|Primeape]] and [[Ash's Charizard|Charizard]].
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| ==Related articles==
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| {{Animespecies|Pikachu}}
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| * [[:Category:Episodes focusing on Pikachu|Episodes focusing on Pikachu]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://pokeani.com/poke/r_p-satoshi1.html Pikachu's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
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| {{Animecharacters}}
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| {{Ash's Pokémon}}
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| [[Category:Ash's Pokémon|Pikachu]]
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| [[de:Ashs Pikachu]]
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| [[ja:サトシのピカチュウ]]
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