Detective Pikachu (character)

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Detective Pikachu
名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu
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Pikachu in Detective Pikachu
Debuts in Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo
Gender Male
Ability Unknown
Current location Ryme City
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Pikachu Tōru Ōkawa (game)
Hidetoshi Nishijima (movie)
Kaiji Tang (game)
Ryan Reynolds (movie)

Detective Pikachu (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu) is one of the protagonists of Detective Pikachu and the movie of the same name. He is capable of understanding human languages, but only his partner Tim Goodman can understand him.

In the games

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Detective Pikachu

Detective Pikachu was once an ordinary Pikachu belonging to Harry Goodman, a freelance detective who often works with the Baker Detective Agency. While on a case, Harry and Pikachu got into a car accident. Frank Holiday found Pikachu collapsed at the scene of the accident and brought him back to the Baker Detective Agency, but Harry was nowhere to be found. Pikachu developed amnesia as a result of the accident, and his personality changed drastically, causing him to act in a more humanlike manner.

Since then Detective Pikachu has been wandering the streets of Ryme City, looking for Harry and trying to communicate with the people around him. Eventually, he meets a young man who can understand him. He teams up with the young man to retrieve a necklace that a wild Aipom stole from a little girl, and later learns that the young man is none other than Tim Goodman, the son of his former partner.

After retrieving the necklace, Detective Pikachu brings Tim to the Baker Detective Agency. After Tim has gleaned all the information he can from the agency about Harry's disappearance, Detective Pikachu volunteers to come with Tim to his father's apartment to investigate there - after all, he wants to find Harry, too. At the apartment, they find a map marking all the locations Harry had been investigating and decide to visit one of them - a place called Litwick Cave.

In the cave, they meet Meiko Okamoto and Emilia Christie, two women who work for the news station GNN. The pair are being attacked by a wild Glalie, and Pikachu and Tim work together to drive the Glalie away. Unfortunately, the entrance to the cave collapses in the ruckus, forcing them to look for another way out. With the help of a wild Drifblim, Pikachu and the others manage to escape the cave, but before they leave, Pikachu grabs something off the ground that resembles a broken vial.

Figuring that the vial might be connected to the case somehow, Pikachu and Tim decide they need to figure out where it came from. They decide to investigate PCL, the research facility that it seemed Harry had been visiting before the accident. At the facility, they find the same type of vial that Pikachu found in the cave, proving that it must have come from this facility. While trying to determine who exactly the vial came from, they discover that it was being used as a container for a substance called R that causes Pokémon to go berserk when ingested. They learn that the researcher who was making R, Carlos Hernando, worked for the man who had Harry's car tampered with because he knew too much, which caused the car accident. Carlos is arrested, but they know that there's still someone out there who bought R from Carlos and caused Harry to go missing.

Detective Pikachu has several entries in Tim's case list:

Case List Entry
Important info He was my dad's partner, but now he is with me, helping track down my dad's whereabouts. He seems to really love coffee. He calls himself a great detective.
Chapter 1 For some reason, he can only talk to me. I still can't believe it. He seems kind of pompous.
Chapter 2 For some reason, he can only talk to me. I still can't believe it. He seems kind of pompous.
Chapter 3 He used to be my dad's partner. Now he lives with me. Some might say he's imposing himself on me. He's got a lot of issues, but I can rely on him to be a great detective.

Detective Pikachu Returns

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Two years after meeting Tim, he and Detective Pikachu have become rather famous for their crime-solving work. Mayor Howard Myers gives them medals in honor of all the work they've done to help the people of Ryme City, as part of Pokémon Friendship Week. A wild Corviknight disrupts the ceremony by stealing Pikachu's hat, so Tim and Pikachu work together to retrieve it - and help a Pidove that was injured in the attack along the way.

Personality and characteristics

Prior to the accident, Detective Pikachu had a much different personality; Tim recalls him being cute and docile, and Amanda says he used to be very well-mannered.

After the accident, Detective Pikachu began to display a number of human traits: he enjoys drinking coffee, eating sweets, and solving mysteries. He especially loves the coffee that Pablo Millan makes. In Detective Pikachu, he is shown to be easily infatuated with attractive human women, but this behavior does not occur in the sequel. He is also interested in Tim's love life, teasing him about his relationships with Emilia Christie and and Rachel Myers.

Detective Pikachu is a bit egotistical, frequently complimenting himself on his own genius. He has a tendency to respond to people who call him a detective with something along the lines of "I'm not just a detective, I'm a great detective". When he gets an especially significant flash of inspiration while working on a case, he has a habit of declaring "A bolt of brilliance!" in a dramatic fashion.

Detective Pikachu has lost most of his abilities as a Pikachu; he is not very fast, and cannot use Pokémon moves, much to his dismay. However, as a talking Pokémon, he can interpret and translate testimony from other Pokémon.

The hat that Detective Pikachu always wears was a gift from Harry.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 大川透 Tōru Ōkawa
English Kaiji Tang


In animation

Detective Pikachu in Detective Pikachu & the Mystery of the Missing Flan

Detective Pikachu & the Mystery of the Missing Flan

Detective Pikachu appears in the animated short Detective Pikachu & the Mystery of the Missing Flan. He has decided to try filming his morning routine, as it's a popular trend on the internet, and has employed his friend Munchlax to assist him. His filming is interrupted by Tim, whose flan has gone missing and is blaming Pikachu for it. Pikachu insists that he hasn't eaten the flan, and Munchlax says it hasn't eaten it, either, so Pikachu works together with Tim to figure out what really happened to the flan. While reviewing the footage he shot of his morning routine, Pikachu notices that an apple in the fridge moved positions. This leads him to conclude that the apple is in fact a wild Applin that had gotten mixed up in the fruit they bought at the store, and it was the one who ate Tim's flan.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 山寺宏一 Kōichi Yamadera
Italian Claudio Moneta
European Spanish Javier Bañas


Gallery

Artwork

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From Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo
From Detective Pikachu
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From The Mystery of the Missing Flan

Merchandise Artwork

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Detective Pikachu amiibo

In the movie

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Detective Pikachu appears as the titular character of Detective Pikachu. Detective Pikachu was created when Harry Goodman's Pikachu pleaded with Mewtwo to save Goodman. Mewtwo agreed but only on the condition that Pikachu find Goodman's son Tim. Detective Pikachu would go on an adventure with Tim, who seems to be the only one capable of understanding him, and a journalist named Lucy Stevens.

Moves used

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Using Thunderbolt
Move First Used In
Thunderbolt POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
Electro Ball POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
Volt Tackle POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
Discharge POKÉMON Detective Pikachu*
Quick Attack POKÉMON Detective Pikachu*
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 西島秀俊 Hidetoshi Nishijima
English Ryan Reynolds
Chinese Cantonese 鄭中基 Ronald Cheng
Mandarin 雷佳音 Lei Jiayin (Mainland China)
Czech Petr Lněnička
Filip Švarc (first trailer)
European French Pierre Tessier
Hindi Sanket Mhatre
Indonesian Hari Suseno
Italian Francesco Venditti
Polish Maciej Stuhr
Waldemar Barwiński (first trailer)
Portuguese Brazil Philippe Maia
Portugal Nuno Markl
Russian Пётр Гланц Pyotr Glants
Slovak Dušan Cinkota
Spanish Latin America José Antonio Macías
Spain José Posada
Ukrainian Дмитро Гаврилов Dmytro Havrylov


In the TCG

Detective Pikachu is featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Detective Pikachu.

Detective Pikachu
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 #
Detective Pikachu Lightning SM Black Star Promos   SM194 Great Detective Pikachu U 014/024
Detective Pikachu Lightning Detective Pikachu Rare Holo 10/18 SM-P Promotional cards   338/SM-P
SM Black Star Promos   SM170 SM-P Promotional cards   337/SM-P
Detective Pikachu Lightning SM Black Star Promos   SM190 SM-P Promotional cards   339/SM-P
Detective Pikachu Lightning       S-P Promotional cards   099/S-P
Detective Pikachu Lightning       SV-P Promotional cards   098/S-P
 


Pokemon Coins

Detective Pikachu was released as a coin for the TCG.

DET Silver Pikachu Hat Coin.png Initial release date Japanese N/A
International March 29, 2019
Korean N/A
Release information Japanese N/A
International Detective Pikachu Collector Chest
Detective Pikachu Special Case File
Detective Pikachu Two Pack Blister
Korean N/A
Description: Large-sized, Silver Pixel Holofoil, Black-backed Coin featuring Detective Pikachu's hat released within the Detective Pikachu Collector Chest March 29, 2019 (Europe) or April 6, 2019 (North America), the Target exclusive Detective Pikachu Special Case File, and 7-Eleven exclusive Detective Pikachu Two Pack Blister April 6, 2019
DET Metal Pikachu Hat Coin.png Initial release date Japanese N/A
International April 6, 2019
Korean N/A
Release information Japanese N/A
International Detective Pikachu Charizard-GX Special Case File
Korean N/A
Description: Metal Coin featuring Detective Pikachu's hat on the obverse and a Pikachu tail-themed magnifying glass on the reverse, released within the Detective Pikachu Charizard-GX Special Case File April 6, 2019

Pokemon Pins

Detective Pikachu was released as a pin for the TCG.

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Release Date April 6, 2019
Release Information Detective Pikachu Collector Chest
Description Pin featuring Detective Pikachu

Merchandise

Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Charizard-GX Version

A pair of boxed products became available on April 26, 2019, which saw, among other things, the release of the Great Detective Pikachu subset. One of these was the Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Charizard-GX Version (Japanese: スペシャルジャンボカードパック 名探偵ピカチュウ リザードンGX Ver. Special Jumbo Card Pack: Great Detective Pikachu: Lizardon-GX Ver.), which was only available to people who purchased special advance Detective Pikachu movie tickets from stores with Loppi ticket dispensers. People who purchased tickets between March 21 and April 14, 2019 could redeem the set from April 26, 2019, while those who purchased tickets between April 15 and May 2, 2019 could redeem the set from May 31, 2019. Each set includes a Detective Pikachu and a Jumbo Charizard-GX promotional card in addition to 6 Great Detective Pikachu booster packs.

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Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Mewtwo-GX Version

The second of two boxed sets available from April 26, 2019 was the Detective Pikachu Special Jumbo Card Pack: Mewtwo-GX Version (Japanese: スペシャルジャンボカードパック 名探偵ピカチュウ ミュウツーGX Ver. Special Jumbo Card Pack: Great Detective Pikachu: Mewtwo-GX Ver.). It could be purchased directly at Pokémon Centers and participating ÆON, Lawson, and TSUTAYA stores. Select cinemas screening Detective Pikachu also sold the set upon the film's release on May 3, 2019. The set includes 3 Great Detective Pikachu packs, 3 Sky Legend packs, a promotional Detective Pikachu card and a Jumbo version of the Mewtwo-GX from the Great Detective Pikachu subset.

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SM10b accessories

April 26, 2019 saw the release of Sky Legend, the second subset associated with the Double Blaze expansion, as well as the Great Detective Pikachu subset, promoting the Detective Pikachu movie that premiered in Japan the following Friday. A variety of merchandise featuring artwork based on the two subsets was available to purchase from the same day, as were many other items in anticipation of Golden Week, traditionally a busy shopping period and longer in 2019 than usual due to the Japanese imperial transition.

Deck cases: Each deck case comes with 2 organizational dividers and can store up to 180 cards.

The Detective Pikachu Deck Case (Japanese: デッキケース 名探偵ピカチュウ Deck Case: Great Detective Pikachu) features a render of the eponymous Pokémon as well as several others that appear in the film. Renders of Mewtwo and Charizard line the sides of the box while Jigglypuff, Mr. Mime, Bulbasaur, and Psyduck are pictured on the reverse.
The Detective Pikachu Sleeves (Japanese: デッキシールド 名探偵ピカチュウ Deck Shield: Great Detective Pikachu) feature an official render of the self-proclaimed Detective Pikachu from the movie of the same name against a noir-style brick wall.

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Detective Pikachu Case File

To celebrate the release of the Detective Pikachu film, a special Detective Pikachu subset was released. Boosters for the set were available solely through specially marked products starting March 29, 2019 in Europe and April 6, 2019 in North America. The first was the 'Detective Pikachu Case File, which features the eponymous Pokémon as a SM Black Star Promo and includes two Detective Pikachu boosters, one booster for another Sun & Moon Series expansion, a Detective Pikachu coin, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.

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Detective Pikachu Special Case File

Target stores carried an exclusive version of the Detective Pikachu Case File. In addition to the two Detective Pikachu boosters, Detective Pikachu promo, Sun & Moon Series booster, and coin, a 4-pocket card binder was included.

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Detective Pikachu Charizard-GX Case File

Another product for the Detective Pikachu subset was the Detective Pikachu Charizard-GX Case File. It features a regular and Jumbo-sized Charizard-GX, four Detective Pikachu boosters, two boosters from another Sun & Moon Series expansion, and a TCGO code card.

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Detective Pikachu Charizard-GX Special Case File

A version of the Charizard-GX Case File was exclusive to GameStop stores. This Special Case File contained all of the regular Case File's items as well as one more Detective Pikachu booster and a coin.

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Detective Pikachu Mewtwo-GX Case File

Another product for the Detective Pikachu subset was the Detective Pikachu Mewtwo Case File. It includes four Detective Pikachu boosters, two other Sun & Moon Series boosters, a Mewtwo-GX promo, and a Jumbo version of the Mewtwo-GX promo.

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Detective Pikachu Greninja-GX Case File

The Detective Pikachu Greninja-GX Case File includes a regular and Jumbo Greninja-GX, a Greninja pin, five Detective Pikachu boosters, two Sun & Moon Series boosters, and a TCGO code card.

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Detective Pikachu Greninja-GX Special Case File

A deluxe version of the Greninja-GX Case File, the Detective Pikachu Greninja-GX Special Case File, was available exclusively at Target stores in North America and Toys "R" Us stores in Canada. This version adds a four-pocket card binder to the selection of items included in the regular one.

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Detective Pikachu Collector Chest

The Detective Pikachu subset had its own iteration of the Collector Chest. It contains 7 boosters of the special set, 2 boosters for another Sun & Moon Series expansion, a Detective Pikachu pin, a notepad, and a sticker sheet.

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Detective Pikachu Two Pack Blister

Two Detective Pikachu products only released in North America were released April 6, 2019. One of the was the Detective Pikachu Two Pack Blister, which was exclusive to 7-Eleven stores. It contains a booster for the eponymous subset, another booster of a Sun & Moon Series expansion, and a coin.

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Detective Pikachu Tin

The other North America-exclusive Detective Pikachu product was the Detective Pikachu Tin. Only sold at Walmart, this tin includes four Detective Pikachu boosters and one of two Pokémon-GX: Charizard-GX or Mewtwo-GX.

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Detective Pikachu Café Figure Collection

The Detective Pikachu Café Figure Collection was released on May 17, 2019, a month ahead of its planned June 28, 2019 release. The collection came with a Detective Pikachu Black Star Promo, a figure of Detective Pikachu holding a cup of coffee, 4 Detective Pikachu booster packs, 2 booster packs from other Sun & Moon Series expansions, and a code card for the TCGO.

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Detective Pikachu On the Case Figure Collection

The Detective Pikachu On the Case Figure Collection was released on August 9, 2019, as the final product for the Detective Pikachu subset. It came with a Detective Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Psyduck, and Snubbull Black Star Promotional cards, a Detective Pikachu standing on a magnifying glass figure, three Detective Pikachu booster packs, two booster packs from other Sun & Moon Series expansions, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.

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Other appearances

Pokémon GO

Pikachu wearing hats similar to the titular Detective appeared for a limited time in Pokémon GO as part of a promotion tying into the movie. These Pikachu can evolve into Raichu wearing the same hat, but cannot be sent to GO Park in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. While Shiny and female models exist in the game, they have not been made available during the promotion.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Detective Pikachu appears as a Spirit. When equipped as a support spirit, it grants fog immunity. If the player scans a Detective Pikachu amiibo, they can receive the Spirit immediately as a bonus.

In other languages

Language Title
Albania Flag.png Albanian Detektivi Pikaçu
The Arab world Flag.png Arabic المحقق بيكاتشو al-Muḥaqqiqu Bīkātshū
Azerbaijan Flag.png Azerbaijani Xəfiyyə Pikaçu
Basque Flag.png Basque Pikachu detektibea
Bulgaria Flag.png Bulgarian Детектив Пикачу Detektiv Pikachu
Catalonia Flag.png Catalan Detectiu Pikachu
Chinese Cantonese 名偵探皮卡丘 Mìhngjīngtaam Pikachu *
神探 Pikachu Sàhntaam Pikachu *
Mandarin 名偵探皮卡丘 / 名侦探皮卡丘 Míngzhēntàn Píkǎqiū *
Croatia Flag.png Croatian Detektiv Pikachu
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Detektiv Pikachu
Denmark Flag.png Danish Detektiv Pikachu
Dutch The Netherlands Flag.png Netherlands Detective Pikachu
Belgium Flag.png Belgium Detective Pikachu
Estonia Flag.png Estonian Detektiiv Pikachu
Finland Flag.png Finnish Etsivä Pikachu
French Canada Flag.png Canada Détective Pikachu
France Flag.png Europe Détective Pikachu
Germany Flag.png German Meisterdetektiv Pikachu
Greece Flag.png Greek Ντετέκτιβ Πίκατσου Detéktiv Píkatsou
Israel Flag.png Hebrew הבלש פיקאצ'ו Ha'Balash Pikachu
India Flag.png Hindi डिटेक्टिव पिकाचू Ditektiv Pikaachoo
Hungary Flag.png Hungarian Pikachu detektív
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Detective Pikachu
Italy Flag.png Italian Detective Pikachu
South Korea Flag.png Korean 명탐정 피카츄 Myeongtamjeong Pikachu
Latvia Flag.png Latvian Detektīvs Pikaču
Lithuania Flag.png Lithuanian Detektyvas Pikachu
Macedonia Flag.png Macedonian Детективот Пикачу Detektibot Pikachu
Mongolia Flag.png Mongolian Мөрдөгч Пикачу Mördögch Pikachu
Poland Flag.png Polish Detektyw Pikachu
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Detetive Pikachu
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Detetive Pikachu
Romania Flag.png Romanian Detectiv Pikachu
Russia Flag.png Russian Детектив Пикачу Detektiv Pikachu
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Detektiv Pikaču
Slovakia Flag.png Slovak Detektív Pikachu
Slovenia Flag.png Slovene Detektiv Pikachu
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Detective Pikachu
Spain Flag.png Spain Detective Pikachu
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Detective Pikachu
Thailand Flag.png Thai ยอดนักสืบพิคาชู Yxdnạks̄ụ̄b phikhāchū
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Dedektif Pikachu
Ukraine Flag.png Ukrainian Детектив Пікачу Detektyv Pikachu
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Thám Tử Pikachu

Trivia

A 3DS theme featuring Detective Pikachu
  • Detective Pikachu was featured in a 3DS theme.

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Detective Pikachu Tim GoodmanDetective PikachuEmilia ChristieMike BakerFrank HolidayAmanda BlackstoneMeiko OkamotoPablo MillanDorothy FisherFrederick HartfieldCarlos HernandoWallace CarrollRita PartridgeNina O'HaraEthan GrahamRoger CliffordJohn WaalsRose MiltonLouise MulliganMax WarholOlga EllisonHiro MorganBrad McMasterGino FarinaAlexander WildeSimon YenMilo GreenWalter EckhartKeith NormanCarina MitchellMewtwoHarry Goodman
Detective Pikachu Returns Tim GoodmanDetective PikachuHarry GoodmanIrene GoodmanSophia GoodmanRachel MyersHoward MyersEmma MyersWill ButlerFrank HolidayBrad McMasterSanjeev DenisClaudia DenisBrandon BarnesLarry TurnerPablo MillanJessica MillerCharles MerlochQuiz professorChris HonorTrevor GordonEmilia ChristieKeith NormanGrowlitheDarmanitanLuxrayPangoroMewtwo
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu Tim GoodmanDetective PikachuLucy StevensLieutenant Hide YoshidaHoward CliffordRoger CliffordDr. Ann LaurentSebastianJackMewtwoHarry Goodman
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