Ever since the birth of Pikachu back in 1996, the little yellow rabbit-mouse has become as much of a mascot of the Pokémon series as Kermit is for The Muppets, the fat cow is for Harvest Moon, and Missile is for Ace Attorney.
It's Pikachu's recognisable form that makes it so easy to deduce when something isn't... quite... right. Much like that horrifying Sonic ice cream with the bleeding green eyes, the uncanny valley effect of a Pikachu-that-isn't-Pikachu could be scary - but instead, the Pika incarnations that depict the little guy as a chunky, bug-eyed, over-stuffed monster are actually our favourites.
We all remember when Fat Pikachu was the canonical one, right? The large boi was so popular, and so well-loved, that the "Fat Pikachu card" from the trading card game sells for far above its original asking price, and Sword and Shield even featured him as a terrifying Gigantamax version that yells "PEE".
As reported by Polygon, Twitter is currently having a wonderful time, with people from all over the world sharing their deformed, lovely Pikachus bought from less-than-reputable sources. It all began with the Twitter account Out of Context Pokémon, which shared screenshots from "Miss Shapen's Electric Home for Misfit Pikachus", which appears to be an eBay page that no longer exists, asking people to identify which one they were.
Here's a gallery of our favourites:
We have a history with less-than-perfect Pikachus, having spotted this one below - which we lovingly nicknamed "Defective Pikachu" - in a shop in England. He was six feet tall, and they would not let us buy him.
As we said in the title: EVERYONE has one of these. Tell us about (or better yet, show us) the ones that you still have in your home.
[source twitter.com, via polygon.com]
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I think the LARGE Boi would crush weedy sherlock holmes in one fell swoop of his LARGE Boi pika body
HE IS SUFFERING
That detective pikachu looks like a really bad fursuit lol
Yes but do consider this official Detective Pikachu mask.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07Y9YHZV2
This made me laugh way too hard. I have a Pikachu plushie somewhere in my attic which is deformed. The ears are tiny and the body is huge. It looks like a tick about to pop. It's hilarious.
I can always tell it’s a Kate article based on the sub-headline.
@jump I know, right? She is a master at snarky headlines.
Jesus this is terrifying
I won a giant bootleg "Pikachu" circa 2001/2002 playing the climbing monkey game at the Sydney Royal Easter Show (there are about 20 or so players). I was stunned as I never seem to win anything. I played again immediately after... and won again, and the second one went to my aunty. She paid for me to win a third time, but I choked, and we didn't proceed further.
Gotta love them all
AW HELL NO Yall never going to get me to love any of them you guys are freaking me out.@RupeeClock LORD WHY????
Kate, you are talented.
@RupeeClock no thank you
Mine had little hearts instead of circles for the cheeks
I have a little figurine of one with no tail
@jump Me too. Lots of time I see a title of an article and I hope she wrote it.
I have a giant Pikachu pillow. It has his head, legs and arms but no body. Not that creepy though.
I had one in my house, then shortly after things started happening in my house. Door slamming, plates falling from shelves and at last my blanket started to move...
Then i turned on the lights........
Oh it was my wife 🤣
that detective pikachu is fat🤪 I actually don't have any curse pikachus in my collection but wow l didn't know there was this much mistakes.
I have a Pikachu plushie I won for free coming in through a mobile app I used. I’m hoping it’s not horrid looking lol.
the whole left side of my pikachu is bigger then the other, buut I can really remember got to go check it out.
i gave away my Pikachu plush years ago. it was either that or leave it in a pokeball to never see the light of day again.
This was a fun read. I had a plushy Pikachu sometime during college. Don't remember how I got it. Maybe a carnival or something. I just know during the end of the year move out, when you've realized you collected way more stuff than you started with, it got tossed.
Laughing once again, Kate, but whether it’s humor or horror I’m not sure. 😅
Pachi-mon fails like these are a special kind of hilarious.
That huge Defective Pikachuu you found has got to be a repurposed Totoro. Poor, pitiful creature.
I still have that exact one that's captioned "has big plans" haha. It's the oldest plush I know and he's traveled all around the world with me.
That one plushy on the top left, looks like its going to shake you down for money.
I don't like the creepies in the next bunch.
@AggressiveCucco Pikachu learned body slam
All of these are actually Mimikyu plushies.
I have this pikachu plush that I won at the state fair. A little plastic sugery should make him look like the real one. https://www.google.com/search?surl=1&q=pokemon+memes&rlz=1CAJJUF_enUS947&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOj53B1vvwAhXSrZ4KHT6DBrwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=wg02ZeucOqEkVM
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