The Detective Pikachu movie finally has a trailer and it’s some pretty wild stuff. There’s tons of hairy Pokémon, and also Ryan Reynolds.
I don’t have many strong feelings about Pokémon, but I felt a strange chill come over me as I watched a hyper-realistic looking Pikachu speak with Deadpool’s voice. OK, I thought, we’re doing this. We’re actually doing this. Which is apparently how the rest of the internet felt, torn between amusement and existential dread. Also, fan art!
First off, Pikachu is a cop:
Pikachu is back! And this time *record scratch* he’s a fucking cop
— bob dolezal (@alexqarbuckle) November 12, 2018
DETECTIVE PIKACHU: Yup. Same as the last one. Pulled all the teeth and chopped off the fingers to slow down the ID. This guy’s good
TIM, DETECTIVE PIKACHU’S HUMAN FRIEND: [puking a lot]— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) November 12, 2018
Detective Pikachu, vaping inside a 97 Camry that is parked outside a Marriott suites, where he hopes to document an insurance executive banging his mistress. he writes and deletes three different texts to his daughter.
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) November 12, 2018
Detective Pikachu: Port of Call: New Orleans. I’m not even gonna look to see if someone else tweeted this, it’s 2018 and we live in weird hell, who gives a shit
— Antoine Linguine (@aklingus) November 12, 2018
“The kids call it Ass Koffing. They catch poison-type Pokemon and huff the gas out of them to get high. Too bad the morgue says the comedown ain’t pretty.” pic.twitter.com/E1Xzig1Kpb
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) November 12, 2018
New Grinch and Detective Pikachu teaming up to prosecute Grimblewand (for crimes)
— chris person (@Papapishu) November 12, 2018
What if Detective Pikachu investigated the crimes of Grindelwald. Lmao. I bet he’d find that prick and gun him down
— bob dolezal (@alexqarbuckle) November 12, 2018
friendly reminder that detective pikachu gets a gun pic.twitter.com/62Kpjk43Wj
— Herohom Mel ( • `ω´ • ) @ PLS PLAY DETECTIVE PIKA (@triplegcecil) November 12, 2018
detective pikachu pic.twitter.com/CCMgk14vzB
— SungWon Cho (ProZD) (@prozdkp) November 12, 2018
Folks can’t deal with these real-looking Pokémon:
If you don’t then you don’t
love me deserve me
at my at my pic.twitter.com/boezIVNye1— Bree Lundberg ✨ (@BreeLundberg) November 12, 2018
???? Tell me something girl ????#DetectivePikachu #AStarIsBorn pic.twitter.com/GjlWJJmBXs
— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) November 12, 2018
seth everman pic.twitter.com/0rhh26o4DK
— ????????Cerise!????????????Pumpkaboo Master???? (@bakaccha) November 12, 2018
Mr. Mimes shoulders are just kickballs. Freakin’ kickballs! Freaky pokemon… #Pokemon #DetectivePikachuMovie #DetectivePikachu #mrmime pic.twitter.com/SukVmu7MJi
— Ryan Haft (@haftydoesit) November 12, 2018
who wore it better pic.twitter.com/2vc0PCVrI4
— karen han (@karenyhan) November 12, 2018
Just read a full rant about how Detective Pikachu’s Jigglypuff shouldn’t be ‘furry’, and now all I can think about is the terrifying alternative…
Jigglypuff with hairless cat flesh.
Jigglypuff, the singing testicle.
— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) November 12, 2018
FYI if jigglypuff didn’t have fur in Detective Pikachu it would look like this pic.twitter.com/fuX6h8AeDY
— Adam Moussa (@adamjmoussa) November 12, 2018
me looking at the pokemon designs in detective pikachu pic.twitter.com/gGnorYVd1O
— ptoioen 😉 (@PotionBag) November 12, 2018
— Whitney McIntosh (@WhitneyM02) November 12, 2018
do Not test me I Will protect this lad #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/h17SLaxRDZ
— ????️ Nat ????️ (@Deer_Head_Xiris) November 12, 2018
big mood™ #DetectivePikachuMovie pic.twitter.com/Q1yCfwyysf
— piros (@itsthelou) November 12, 2018
Has this been done yet? #DetectivePikachu #jigglypuff pic.twitter.com/t5860mc0J1
— Tater Puffs (@Toasty_nerd) November 12, 2018
The 90’s Are Back:
I’m glad that with Detective Pikachu we’re somehow back in this aesthetic zone for movie adaptations. pic.twitter.com/0I6AGkzEPC
— Jake Rodkin (@ja2ke) November 12, 2018
I like Mr Mime’s design in #DetectivePikachu . pic.twitter.com/MvGUG5IPGx
— BGBW (@ChucklingIdiot) November 12, 2018
If it smells like a duck #DetectivePikachuMovie pic.twitter.com/4Bgcfvn7UG
— Raph J. (@digiraph) November 12, 2018
True Detective Pikachu
I dunno guys, the tone of this new Detective Pikachu movie seems kind of weird to me… pic.twitter.com/ng4GeqFOS9
— Jay Baylis (@SamuriFerret) November 12, 2018
Squirtle is Missing!?
…If you let my Squirtle go now, that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you. #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/ue6YQNRRrI
— Brad Weston ???? (@TheWesty_) November 12, 2018
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON SQUIRTLE? #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/ar44LaOGnO
— Jay Heart (@KalexBD) November 12, 2018
My biggest issue with the Detective Pikachu trailer…
WHO LOST THEIR SQUIRTLE?
WHY IS THIS PANCHAM STILL MISSING?
WAS IT TEAM ROCKET?!
I WILL PUNCH THROUGH WHOMEVER TO MAKE SURE THESE POKEMON FIND THEIR OWNERS AGAIN#DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/0AivrGDOOK— Marshall @ Hyperbolic Time Chamber (@Marsh_BoyWonder) November 12, 2018
???????????? FREE SQUIRTLE pic.twitter.com/B88kBzR2iO
— aaron washington (@theaaronwash) November 12, 2018
And, of course, there’s fan art!
Even though some designs scared me at first, I’m already warming up to the Detective Pikachu trailer. I think I like it? #detectivepikachu pic.twitter.com/DVG74fQ2vG
— Junaid Chundrigar (@ImaJunation) November 12, 2018
he fluffy. I like him #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/54IIXUs9Jg
— doodlelotl (@Doodlelot) November 12, 2018
this one frame got me i pic.twitter.com/u7zvyG5Xod
— breadborne???? (@kyaatu) November 12, 2018
asgahsgahsa LET PIKACHU SAY FUCK pic.twitter.com/y9CF5WUaaR
— ???????????????????????? (@porkironandwine) November 12, 2018
Can you blame me after watching this. https://t.co/RbanmoBxuh#Deadpool #DetectivePikachuMovie pic.twitter.com/LfmK8B4s8I
— Mitch C. (@MitchtheCoyote) November 12, 2018
Floof!#DetectivePikachu #DetectivePikachuMovie #Pikachu #sketch #art #fanart pic.twitter.com/TCBOvxZJuH
— ???????? The Hambutt in Person ???????? (@ar_ameth) November 12, 2018
Oh god, American detective Pikachu Is 2spoopy #DetectivePikachuMovie #DetectivePikachu #detectivepikachu pic.twitter.com/F9uzjGkpm3
— SPOOPYNicky (@NicholasDraws) November 12, 2018
Finally, the version we’ll never get:
Here’s Detective Pikachu but with Danny DeVito voicing him pic.twitter.com/nRmS3aaXGI
— Plathanos ???????????? (@SavinTheBees) November 12, 2018
Comments
11 responses to “The Internet Reacts To The Detective Pikachu Trailer”
Pikachu with IceT in a law and order type buddy cop series could be awesome…at least for a few eps.
That was my exact same reaction.
I need that in my life.
Do we know the likely rating on this?
10/10
Thank you for you prompt and extremely helpful comment
Since you are now the leading authority on the movie do you know the classification board rating for the movie?
Pretty Good?
Google says it’s too early (the film comes out May next year), but I think its a fairly safe guess for a huge budget pokemon movie they’re going to aim for PG/G
No idea, but it’s Pokemon, and there was an explosion, so I’d guess it’s PG.
I doubt they’d release a pokemon movie with a higher rating than that.
… Then again, if we can get a PG version of Deadpool, perhaps Ryan Renolds can swing us an R Rated cut of Detective Pikachu in the future?
Probably the only reason they are furry is the merchandising. Plush toys. Or some kind of deal with Build a Bear workshop.
Build a bear has been making pokemon for a while. And they are amazing quality.
Mr Mime looks like one moment he’d be in a park miming pulling something with a rope and the next he’s strangling you in the bushes with that rope.