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==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
[[File:Spiky eared Pichu trailer.png|thumb|left|220px| | [[File:Spiky eared Pichu trailer.png|thumb|left|220px|[[Ash's Pikachu]] with Spiky-eared Pichu]] | ||
Spiky-eared Pichu debuted in ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' as [[Damos]]'s friend. She helped {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} find the keys for {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, {{an|Brock}}, and Damos' jail cell after they were imprisoned by [[Marcus]]. | |||
In ''[[PK20|Pikachu's Big Sparking Search]]'', Spiky-eared Pichu and {{p|Smoochum}} were preparing a birthday party for {{p|Bellossom}}. | |||
She has an [[Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!|ending]] dedicated to her. This ending displays her love for [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]]. | She has an [[Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!|ending]] dedicated to her. This ending displays her love for [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]]. | ||
In ''[[PK24|Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade]]'', Spiky-eared Pichu was one of the Pokémon watching {{an|Meloetta}}'s concert. | |||
===Personality and characteristics=== | ===Personality and characteristics=== | ||
In the anime, | In the {{pkmn|anime}}, Spiky-eared Pichu was shown to be a helpful Pokémon, which can be seen when she freed {{p|Cyndaquil}} by using Iron Tail on the collar that was used to control it. In the ending dedicated to her, however, she was shown to be competitive, as evident when she raced the {{Shiny}} Pichu up a tree and lost, and when she had a eating contest with the Shiny Pichu to see who could eat the most [[Grepa Berry|Grepa Berries]] and won. In that ending theme, she was also shown to be very sensitive, as she was seen crying when she got lost. | ||
===Moves used=== | ===Moves used=== | ||
{{anmov/h|electric||Spiky-eared Pichu Iron Tail.png|Using Iron Tail}} | {{anmov/h|electric||Spiky-eared Pichu {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Thunder Shock|1=Iron Tail}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=Thunder Shock|1=Iron Tail}}}} | ||
{{anmov|electric|Thunder Shock|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}} | {{anmov|electric|Thunder Shock|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}} | ||
{{anmov|steel|Iron Tail|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}} | {{anmov|steel|Iron Tail|M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life}} | ||
{{anmov/f|electric}} | {{anmov/f|electric}} | ||
==In the games== | ==In the core series games== | ||
[[File:HGSS Prerelease Double Pichu battle.png|thumb|Spiky-eared Pichu and [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] in a Double Battle]] | [[File:HGSS Prerelease Double Pichu battle.png|thumb|Spiky-eared Pichu and [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] in a Double Battle]] | ||
She appears in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} as an event Pokémon obtained in [[Ilex Forest]]. She will appear and join the player's party if the [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] (or one of its evolutions) is brought to the shrine as the first Pokémon in the party. She has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is nearly identical to a normal Pichu in that her base stats are the same as a normal Pichu's. However, her maximum stats for the [[Pokéathlon]] are different.<!-- The same trend occurs with other Pokémon that share base stats throughout multiple forms, such as {{p|Rotom}} and {{p|Arceus}}.--> If a Pokémon uses {{m|Transform}} on | She appears in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} as an event Pokémon obtained in [[Ilex Forest]]. She will appear and join the player's party if the [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]] (or one of its evolutions) is brought to the shrine as the first Pokémon in the party. She has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is nearly identical to a normal Pichu in that her base stats are the same as a normal Pichu's. However, her maximum stats for the [[Pokéathlon]] are different.<!-- The same trend occurs with other Pokémon that share base stats throughout multiple forms, such as {{p|Rotom}} and {{p|Arceus}}.--> If a Pokémon uses {{m|Transform}} on her, it will have a spiky ear. | ||
{{Shiny}} sprites for Spiky-eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it is impossible to obtain due to the game assigning the Spiky-eared Pichu a fixed [[personality value]] that is predetermined according to the [[Trainer ID number]] and [[secret ID]]. This ensures that the [[personality value]] will never result in a Shiny nor a male Spiky-eared Pichu. | {{Shiny}} sprites for Spiky-eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it is impossible one to obtain due to the game assigning the Spiky-eared Pichu a fixed [[personality value]] that is predetermined according to the [[Trainer ID number]] and [[secret ID]]. This ensures that the [[personality value]] will never result in a Shiny nor a male Spiky-eared Pichu. | ||
If taken to [[Professor Elm]], it is revealed that she has traveled through time with {{p|Celebi}}. Elm claims that he and [[Professor Oak]] were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason | If taken to [[Professor Elm]], it is revealed that she has traveled through time with {{p|Celebi}}. Elm claims that he and [[Professor Oak]] were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason she cannot evolve is because she has been time traveling for so long. He then calls all the [[Pokémon Center]] attendants to prevent Spiky-eared Pichu from being used in trades; however, the attendants do not permit her into a trading facility prior to this either. Spiky-eared Pichu is also unable to be transferred through the [[Poké Transfer]] into a [[Generation V]] game due to her past time traveling. | ||
Spiky-eared Pichu's inability to be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver can be explained as being preventative of trading | Spiky-eared Pichu's inability to be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver can be explained as being preventative of trading any alternate form to a game in which the form does not appear, as happens in Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver when entering the trade center with {{p|Rotom}} in an appliance, {{p|Giratina}} in its Origin Forme, or {{p|Shaymin}} in its Sky Forme, by returning them to the forms they appeared in Diamond and Pearl. As Spiky-eared Pichu cannot freely change between forms, this explains the need to make her untradeable within Generation IV. | ||
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==In [[Spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off games]]== | |||
===[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]=== | |||
[[File:SSBU Spiky Pichu.png|150px|thumb|Spiky-eared Pichu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]] | |||
Spiky-eared Pichu acts as an alternate skin for {{OBP|Pichu|Super Smash Bros.}} in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. | |||
==Artwork== | ==Artwork== | ||
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| Shiny sprite and back sprite | | Shiny sprite and back sprite | ||
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[[File:Spiky-eared Pichu Adventures.png|thumb|right|200px|The Spiky-eared Pichu in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]] | [[File:Spiky-eared Pichu Adventures.png|thumb|right|200px|The Spiky-eared Pichu in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]] | ||
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga=== | ===In the Pokémon Adventures manga=== | ||
Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in ''[[PS460|All About Arceus IX]]'', where she is seen accompanying {{adv|Gold}}'s [[Pibu]] as they help {{adv|Celebi}} find the herbs needed to cure {{adv|Giovanni}}'s disease. When several {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s try to stop [[Team Rocket Elite Trio|Ken, Al, and Harry]] from helping | Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in ''[[PS460|All About Arceus IX]]'', where she is seen accompanying {{adv|Gold}}'s [[Pibu]] as they help {{adv|Celebi}} find the herbs needed to cure {{adv|Giovanni}}'s disease. When several {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s try to stop [[Team Rocket Elite Trio|Ken, Al, and Harry]] from helping Celebi under Giovanni's orders, they accidentally trample over the Pichu duo, which causes them to retaliate by shocking the Grunts with a combined {{t|Electric}} attack. When they meet up with Gold, Gold sees Spiky-eared Pichu and teases Pibu about finding a date. | ||
===In the Arceus and the Jewel of Life manga=== | ===In the Arceus and the Jewel of Life manga=== | ||
In the {{ma|Arceus and the Jewel of Life|manga adaptation}} of the movie, Spiky-eared Pichu is a wild Pokémon | In the {{ma|Arceus and the Jewel of Life|manga adaptation}} of the movie, Spiky-eared Pichu is a [[wild Pokémon]] who the characters meet in the distant past. She assists the characters in escaping from the movie's main antagonist, [[Marcus]]. | ||
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==In the TCG== | ==In the TCG== | ||
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-eared Pichu in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. | This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-eared Pichu in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. | ||
{{cardlist/header|Spiky-eared Pichu|Lightning|char=yes}} | {{cardlist/header|Spiky-eared Pichu|Lightning|char=yes}} | ||
{{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Spiky-eared Pichu M (Movie Random Pack | {{cardlist/entry|cardname=[[Spiky-eared Pichu M (Movie Random Pack 9)|Spiky-eared Pichu]] {{SP|M}}|type=Lightning|jpset=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum=009/022|jpset2=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum2=010/022|jpset3=Movie Commemoration Random Pack|jpnum3=011/022|jpset4=DPt-P Promotional cards|jpnum4=042/DPt-P|jpset5=Unnumbered Promotional cards}} | ||
{{cardlist/footer|Lightning}} | {{cardlist/footer|Lightning}} | ||
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* A picture of a [[Pikachu short]] poster that featured Spiky-eared Pichu alongside {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed. | * A picture of a [[Pikachu short]] poster that featured Spiky-eared Pichu alongside {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed. | ||
* She was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview of ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'' when movie director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world." | * She was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview of ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'' when movie director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world." | ||
* Spiky-eared Pichu's sprite in HeartGold and SoulSilver is in a different pose than that of a normal Pichu, but she retains the two frames that a normal Pichu uses in her animation; thus, she is the only Pokémon to have three frames | * Spiky-eared Pichu's sprite in HeartGold and SoulSilver is in a different pose than that of a normal Pichu, but she retains the two frames that a normal Pichu uses in her animation; thus, she is the only Pokémon to have three animation frames in [[Generation IV]]. | ||
* According to [[Shōko Nakagawa]]'s autobiography, the Spiky-eared Pichu was originally going to be a '''White Pichu''' (Japanese: '''ホワイトピチュー'''). | * According to [[Shōko Nakagawa]]'s autobiography, the Spiky-eared Pichu was originally going to be a '''White Pichu''' (Japanese: '''ホワイトピチュー'''). | ||
* Spiky-eared Pichu shares several similarities with {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}'s [[Cosplay Pikachu]]. Both are female-only variants of the {{p|Pikachu}} evolution line who were introduced in [[remake]]s. They are both incapable of evolving, breeding, being traded, or being transferred to later games. They also both cannot be obtained {{Shiny}}, though Shiny variants exist in the game code for them. | * Spiky-eared Pichu shares several similarities with {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}'s [[Cosplay Pikachu]]. Both are female-only variants of the {{p|Pikachu}} evolution line who were introduced in [[remake]]s. They are both incapable of evolving, breeding, being traded, or being transferred to later games. They also both cannot be obtained {{Shiny}}, though Shiny variants exist in the game code for them. They are also both a palette swap in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]. | ||
* Spiky-eared Pichu is currently the only Pokémon without a 3D model in the [[core series]] games. | |||
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[[Category:Variant Pokémon]] | [[Category:Variant Pokémon]] | ||
[[Category:Female characters (Pokémon)]] | |||
[[de:Pichu#Strubbelohr-Pichu]] | [[de:Pichu#Strubbelohr-Pichu]] | ||
[[es:Pichu picoreja]] | |||
[[fr:Pichu Troizépi]] | [[fr:Pichu Troizépi]] | ||
[[it:Pichu Spunzorek]] | [[it:Pichu Spunzorek]] | ||
[[ja:ギザみみピチュー]] | [[ja:ギザみみピチュー]] | ||
[[zh:刺刺耳皮丘]] | [[zh:刺刺耳皮丘]] |
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Spiky-eared Pichu (Japanese: ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu) is a female Pichu. Her form is different from the one of an ordinary Pichu, as she has three spikes at the tip of her left ear, hence her name.
In the anime
Spiky-eared Pichu debuted in Arceus and the Jewel of Life as Damos's friend. She helped Pikachu and Piplup find the keys for Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Damos' jail cell after they were imprisoned by Marcus.
In Pikachu's Big Sparking Search, Spiky-eared Pichu and Smoochum were preparing a birthday party for Bellossom.
She has an ending dedicated to her. This ending displays her love for Grepa Berries.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, Spiky-eared Pichu was one of the Pokémon watching Meloetta's concert.
Personality and characteristics
In the anime, Spiky-eared Pichu was shown to be a helpful Pokémon, which can be seen when she freed Cyndaquil by using Iron Tail on the collar that was used to control it. In the ending dedicated to her, however, she was shown to be competitive, as evident when she raced the Shiny Pichu up a tree and lost, and when she had a eating contest with the Shiny Pichu to see who could eat the most Grepa Berries and won. In that ending theme, she was also shown to be very sensitive, as she was seen crying when she got lost.
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In the core series games
She appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver as an event Pokémon obtained in Ilex Forest. She will appear and join the player's party if the Pikachu-colored Pichu (or one of its evolutions) is brought to the shrine as the first Pokémon in the party. She has her own unique in-battle and overworld sprites and cannot evolve or be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver. Aside from her unique sprite, moves, and inability to be traded or evolve, she is nearly identical to a normal Pichu in that her base stats are the same as a normal Pichu's. However, her maximum stats for the Pokéathlon are different. If a Pokémon uses Transform on her, it will have a spiky ear.
Shiny sprites for Spiky-eared Pichu exist in the coding of the games, although it is impossible one to obtain due to the game assigning the Spiky-eared Pichu a fixed personality value that is predetermined according to the Trainer ID number and secret ID. This ensures that the personality value will never result in a Shiny nor a male Spiky-eared Pichu.
If taken to Professor Elm, it is revealed that she has traveled through time with Celebi. Elm claims that he and Professor Oak were researching the time travel abilities of Celebi, and claims that this Pichu proves his main theory. He adds that the reason she cannot evolve is because she has been time traveling for so long. He then calls all the Pokémon Center attendants to prevent Spiky-eared Pichu from being used in trades; however, the attendants do not permit her into a trading facility prior to this either. Spiky-eared Pichu is also unable to be transferred through the Poké Transfer into a Generation V game due to her past time traveling.
Spiky-eared Pichu's inability to be traded outside of HeartGold and SoulSilver can be explained as being preventative of trading any alternate form to a game in which the form does not appear, as happens in Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver when entering the trade center with Rotom in an appliance, Giratina in its Origin Forme, or Shaymin in its Sky Forme, by returning them to the forms they appeared in Diamond and Pearl. As Spiky-eared Pichu cannot freely change between forms, this explains the need to make her untradeable within Generation IV.
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In spin-off games
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Spiky-eared Pichu acts as an alternate skin for Pichu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Artwork
Artwork from Arceus and the Jewel of Life | In the Ilex Forest with the Pikachu-colored Pichu | With the Pikachu-colored Pichu |
Sprites
Sprite and back sprite | Shiny sprite and back sprite | Overworld sprite |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Spiky-eared Pichu first appears in All About Arceus IX, where she is seen accompanying Gold's Pibu as they help Celebi find the herbs needed to cure Giovanni's disease. When several Team Rocket Grunts try to stop Ken, Al, and Harry from helping Celebi under Giovanni's orders, they accidentally trample over the Pichu duo, which causes them to retaliate by shocking the Grunts with a combined Electric attack. When they meet up with Gold, Gold sees Spiky-eared Pichu and teases Pibu about finding a date.
In the Arceus and the Jewel of Life manga
In the manga adaptation of the movie, Spiky-eared Pichu is a wild Pokémon who the characters meet in the distant past. She assists the characters in escaping from the movie's main antagonist, Marcus.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Spiky-eared Pichu in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Spiky-eared Pichu 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. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Spiky-eared Pichu | Movie Commemoration Random Pack | 009/022 | |||||
Movie Commemoration Random Pack | 010/022 | ||||||
Movie Commemoration Random Pack | 011/022 | ||||||
DPt-P Promotional cards | 042/DPt-P | ||||||
Unnumbered Promotional cards | |||||||
Trivia
- A picture of a Pikachu short poster that featured Spiky-eared Pichu alongside Pikachu and Piplup was leaked several days before this Pokémon was officially revealed.
- She was first mentioned at the end of a movie preview of Arceus and the Jewel of Life when movie director Kunihiko Yuyama talked about a "small, yellow Electric-type that would save the world."
- Spiky-eared Pichu's sprite in HeartGold and SoulSilver is in a different pose than that of a normal Pichu, but she retains the two frames that a normal Pichu uses in her animation; thus, she is the only Pokémon to have three animation frames in Generation IV.
- According to Shōko Nakagawa's autobiography, the Spiky-eared Pichu was originally going to be a White Pichu (Japanese: ホワイトピチュー).
- Spiky-eared Pichu shares several similarities with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's Cosplay Pikachu. Both are female-only variants of the Pikachu evolution line who were introduced in remakes. They are both incapable of evolving, breeding, being traded, or being transferred to later games. They also both cannot be obtained Shiny, though Shiny variants exist in the game code for them. They are also both a palette swap in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Spiky-eared Pichu is currently the only Pokémon without a 3D model in the core series games.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ギザみみピチュー Gizamimi Pichu | Literally "Notched-Ear Pichu". |
French | Pichu Troizépi | From trois (three) and épine (spike). |
German | Strubbelohr-Pichu | From strubbelig (tousled) and Ohr (ear). |
Italian | Pichu Spunzorek | From spuntone (spike) and orecchio (ear). |
Brazilian Portuguese | Pichu de orelha cortada | Literally "Sliced-Ear Pichu". |
Portuguese | Pichu de orelha talhada | Literally "Sliced-Ear Pichu". |
Spanish | Pichu Picoreja | From pico (spiky tip) and oreja (ear). |
Korean | 삐쭉귀 피츄 Ppijjukgwi Pichyu | Literally "Sharp-Ear Pichu". |
Chinese (Taiwan) | 刺刺耳皮丘 Cìcì'ěr Píqiū | Literally "Spiky-Ear Pichu". |
See also
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pichu.
This article is part of both Project Pokédex and Project Anime, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species and cover all aspects of the Pokémon anime, respectively. |