15 Pikachu Facts You Didn't Need to Know

1.

Pikachu is spelled ピカチュウ in Japanese.

2.

When translated into English - Pikachu means Electricity-Crackling-Mice.

3.

Pikachu will attack anyone who tugs on it's tail no matter who it is.

4.

Pikachu does amazing impressions of other Pokémon.

5.

Pikachu used to be fat.

6.

Ash's Pikachu pretended to be a girl in the show. Female Pikachus have a heart shaped tail.

7.

Pikachu was not originally the mascot for Pokémon, that was supposed to be Clefairy.

8.

Time ranked Pikachu as the 'Second Best Person of the Year' in 1999.

9.

Pikachu's favorite food is ketchup and berries. Probably not together though.

10.

In the manga, Ash's Pikachu was named Jean-Luc.

11.

There is a protein called Pikachurin that is found in the human body and its job is to transmit electrical impulses from the eyes to the brain. Japanese scientists discovered the protein and named it after the Pokémon Pikachu.

12.

Detective Pikachu was a game before it was a movie and is poised to be the biggest videogame movie of all time.

13.

Pikachu can get anxiety in the new Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu.

14.

Has no religion.

15.

Pikachu creates an electromagnetic field which science has proven can give you cancer. Pikachu is basically radioactive.

16.

In the TV show Pikachu joined a Pikachu cult.