Pikachu in a fist fight: every matchup
“The Mouse Pokémon” · Pokémon · 1996 · 1′4″ (40 cm), 13 lb (6 kg)
Electric-type Pokémon and the face of the franchise. Stores electricity in its red cheeks and releases it as lightning. Fighting well below any recognised weight class.
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Did you know?
- Its name comes from “pika”, the Japanese sound for an electric crackle, and “chu”, the sound a mouse makes.
- Designer Atsuko Nishida says her first idea for it was based on a daifuku, a soft round rice cake.
- Clefairy was reportedly first picked as the main Pokémon for the anime. Pikachu got the job instead.
- Ikue Ōtani has voiced Pikachu in the anime for over 25 years, in every language.
- Pikachu’s tail has never had a black tip, even though many people remember one.
- Since Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006), female Pikachu have a heart-shaped notch at the end of their tail.
- Scientists in Japan named a protein in the eye “pikachurin” because of its lightning-fast signals.
- Ryan Reynolds voiced a talking, coffee-loving Pikachu in the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.
- The Japanese airline ANA has flown jumbo jets painted with Pikachu.
- In the anime, Ash’s Pikachu refuses to go inside its Poké Ball.
Every fight (34)
- Pikachu vs Idi Amin · The AI: Amin by TKO
- Pikachu vs Samus Aran · The AI: Samus by TKO
- Pikachu vs Napoléon Bonaparte · The AI: Napoleon by TKO
- Pikachu vs Fidel Castro · The AI: Castro by TKO
- Pikachu vs Master Chief · The AI: Master Chief by TKO
- Pikachu vs Chun-Li · The AI: Chun-Li by TKO
- Pikachu vs Winston Churchill · The AI: Churchill by Decision
- Pikachu vs Ulysses S. Grant · The AI: Grant by DQ
- Pikachu vs Adolf Hitler · The AI: Pikachu by Decision
- Pikachu vs Hitmonchan · The AI: Hitmonchan by TKO
- Pikachu vs Saddam Hussein · The AI: Hussein by TKO
- Pikachu vs Genghis Khan · The AI: Genghis by TKO
- Pikachu vs Kirby · The AI: Pikachu by Decision
- Pikachu vs Knuckles · The AI: Knuckles by TKO
- Pikachu vs Abraham Lincoln · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Little Mac · The AI: Little Mac by TKO
- Pikachu vs Machamp · The AI: Machamp by TKO
- Pikachu vs Mario · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Audie Murphy · The AI: Murphy by TKO
- Pikachu vs Miyamoto Musashi · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Pikachu vs Benito Mussolini · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Horatio Nelson · The AI: Nelson by TKO
- Pikachu vs Barack Obama · The AI: Obama by DQ
- Pikachu vs George S. Patton · The AI: Patton by TKO
- Pikachu vs Theodore Roosevelt · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Ryu · The AI: Ryu by TKO
- Pikachu vs Solid Snake · The AI: Snake by TKO
- Pikachu vs Snorlax · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Sonic · The AI: Sonic by TKO
- Pikachu vs Joseph Stalin · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Alexander the Great · The AI: Alexander by TKO
- Pikachu vs George Washington · The AI: Washington by TKO
- Pikachu vs Yoshi · The AI: Pikachu by DQ
- Pikachu vs Zangief · The AI: Pikachu by DQ