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Pikarla (Japanese: ピカーラ Pikarla) is a character of the day who appeared in A Plethora of Pikachu!. She is a Pokémon Trainer who lives in Pikachu Valley with all of her Pikachu.

Pikarla is a slightly eccentric woman who loves Pikachu. She even dresses up in a Pikachu outfit and puts "Pika" into all of her sentences, referring to this manner of speech as "Pika-speak". She also has the ability to know which region a Pikachu comes from by touching their fur.

Pikarla met Ash, Kiawe, and Mimo when they visited Pikachu Valley. She gave them Pikachu ears and tails to wear and called them Pikash (Japanese: サトピ Satopi), Pikawe (Japanese: カピ Kapi), and Pikamo (Japanese: ホピ Hopi), respectively. Later, when Team Rocket attempted to steal all of the Pikachu, Pikarla, with the help of her Shiny Pikachu, nicknamed Banchō, sent the trio blasting off using Catastropika.

Pokémon

At Pikachu Valley

		Pikachu (multiple)
		All of the Pikachu living in Pikachu Valley belong to Pikarla. Each individual Pikachu has their own nickname, such as (Japanese: カコ Kako) and (Japanese: カ Ka). When the Pikachu first encountered Ash's Pikachu, they were initially cautious of him, as he was from Kanto. However, they soon warmed up to him and shared their electricity with him. They later got caught by Team Rocket, but were saved by Banchō's Catastropika. None of the Pikachu's moves are known.
Debut	A Plethora of Pikachu!
Voice actors
Japanese	Mika Kanai Chika Fujimura Kei Shindō Hitomi Kikuchi

		Curly ♀
		This Pikachu, known as Curly (Japanese: クリン Kurin), is one of Pikarla's Pokémon. According to Pikarla, Curly received her nickname due to her curly bangs. In Japanese, it is instead because her hair resembles chestnuts. Curly was the first of Pikarla's Pikachu to approach Ash's Pikachu and act friendly with him, much to Banchō's dismay. She and the other Pikachu were later caught by Team Rocket, but were saved by Banchō's Catastropika. None of Curly's moves are known.
Debut	A Plethora of Pikachu!
Voice actors
Japanese	Nicole Fujita

		Boss ♂
		This Shiny Pikachu, known as the Boss (Japanese: バンチョー Banchō), is one of Pikarla's Pokémon. He is highly regarded amongst the other Pikachu in Pikachu Valley and appears to be Pikarla's main battling Pokémon. Upon seeing Curly act friendly with Ash's Pikachu, the Boss became jealous and fired bolts of electricity at Pikachu. The two Pikachu then engaged in a battle, which the Boss lost, causing him gain respect for Pikachu. Afterwards, the valley was attacked by Team Rocket, who caught all other Pikachu. However, the Boss was able to sent the trio blasting off using his Z-Move, Catastropika. The Boss's known moves are Thunderbolt and Volt Tackle. The Boss can also perform the Z-Move Catastropika.
Debut	A Plethora of Pikachu!
Voice actors
Japanese	Akio Suyama

Voice actors

Trivia

• The Boss, Curly, and Pikarla's other Pikachu wear hairstyles similar to the ones that can be given to the partner Pikachu and Eevee in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
• Pikarla's way of adding "Pika" to her sentences mimics the mannerisms of Frank, another character of the day from the XY series who is also a big Pikachu fan.

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