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* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim; to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
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* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim; to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika".say "Pika" and "Chu". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon, similar to ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon, similar to the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series.
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A talking but [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] Pikachu with an addiction to caffeine and IdentityAmnesia, whose only lead on his past is the name and address of a missing detective named Henry Goodman in the deerstalker detective hat on his head.\\
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A talking but [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] Pikachu with an [[MustHaveCaffeine addiction to caffeine caffeine]] and IdentityAmnesia, whose only lead on his past is the name and address of a missing detective named Henry Goodman in the deerstalker detective hat on his head.\\
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A talking Pikachu that helps Tim find his father.
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A talking but [[TheUnintelligible unintelligible]] Pikachu that helps with an addiction to caffeine and IdentityAmnesia, whose only lead on his past is the name and address of a missing detective named Henry Goodman in the deerstalker detective hat on his head.\\
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After realizing Henry's son Tim can understand him, Pikachu convinces Tim to let Pikachu help Tim find hisfather.father, and hopefully who he was at the same time.
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After realizing Henry's son Tim can understand him, Pikachu convinces Tim to let Pikachu help Tim find his
* TheUnintelligible: Every human other than Tim just hears him saying different mixtures of the two syllables "pika" and "chu" over and over again, no matter what he's actually saying.
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->''"So you're a talking pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffeine?"''
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->''"So you're a talking pikachu Pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffeine?"''
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->''"So you're a talking pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffine?"''
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->''"So you're a talking pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffine?"''
caffeine?"''
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Emilia Christie from the games, who is more or less similar to Lucy, except for the fact Emilia doesn't have a Pokémon companion.
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->''"So you're a talking pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffine?"''
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Pikachu lets out a high-pitched scream as he's about to be chomped by a Charizard at the end of the trailer.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Pikachu lets out a high-pitched scream as he's about to be chomped by a Charizard at the end of the first trailer.
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* TroubledFetalPosition: In the cage match battle scene, Detective Pikachu goes from boasting and calling his opponent a "putz" to being huddled in a terrified ball when he sees the Charizard he's up against.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: One scene has Tim accusing him of having a caffeine addiction, which Pikachu quickly denies, claiming he can choose not to drink coffee. But another scene shows Pikachu softly asking a Ludicolo for a refill.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: One scene has Tim accusing him of having a caffeine addiction, which Pikachu quickly denies, claiming he can choose not to drink coffee. But another scene shows Pikachu softly asking a Ludicolo for a refill. And another has Tim return home to find the living room filled with empty coffee cups.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I know you can't understand me, but put down the stapler or '''I''' will electrocute '''you.'''"'']]
->''"There’s magic that brought us together, and that magic is called hope!"''
->''"There’s magic that brought us together, and that magic is called hope!"''
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* PrecisionFStrike: In the second official trailer, as he finds himself being curb-stomped by a Charizard: "GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
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* RealityEnsues: As a kid, someone said that Tim wanted to be a Pokémon trainer and go to the leagues like many other kids. When asked what happened to that dream, Tim replies somberly that things just didn't work out for him as his current job is working in a cubicle.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: One scene has Tim accusing him of having a caffeine addiction, which Pikachu quickly denies, claiming he can choose not to drink coffee. But another scene shows Pikachu softly asking a Ludicolo for a refill.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Unlike his game counterpart, who only uses one electric attack in the course of the game, Detective Pikachu is shown using multiple electric type attacks including Volt Tackle. Getting him to use them is another matter, [[StageFright as he apparently can't do it when people are watching]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Unlike his game counterpart, who only uses one electric attack in the course of the game, Detective Pikachu is shown using multiple electric type attacks Electric-type attacks, including Volt Tackle. Getting him to use them is another matter, [[StageFright as he apparently can't do it when people are watching]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Unlike his game counterpart, who only uses one electric attack in the course of the game, Detective Pikachu is shown using multiple electric type attacks including Volt Tackle. Getting him to use them is another matter, [[StageFright as he apparently can't do it when people are watching]].
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon.Pokémon, similar to ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series.
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* BerserkButton: If you tell him to go fuck himself in the middle of an interrogation, you had better hope you know Barrier.
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* BerserkButton: If you tell him to [[PrecisionFStrike go fuck himself in the middle of an interrogation, himself]] when he's interrogating you, you had better hope you know Barrier.Barrier, because he ''will'' get physical.
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* BerserkButton: If you tell him to go fuck himself in the middle of an interrogation, you had better hope you know Barrier.
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* {{Gasshole}}: He has an episode of this at one point as a consequence of all that coffee.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to the point where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and clients. When he encounters Tim, a human that can understand his every word, Pikachu can hardly believe his luck, confessing straightaway he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to the point where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and clients.clients given how he interprets Mr. Mime's "Shove it" as "I push people away and hate them for leaving me". When he encounters Tim, a human that can understand his every word, Pikachu can hardly believe his luck, confessing straightaway he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and clients away. When he encounters Tim, a human that can understand his every word, Pikachu can hardly believe his luck, confessing straightaway he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to the point where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and clients away.clients. When he encounters Tim, a human that can understand his every word, Pikachu can hardly believe his luck, confessing straightaway he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and clients away. When he encounters Tim, a human that can understand his every word, Pikachu can hardly believe his luck, confessing straightaway he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
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* YouCanTalk: Tim and Detective Pikachu's first meeting:
-->'''Tim:''' Did you... just talk?\\
'''Pikachu:''' Whoa. Did you just understand me? [[SuddenlyShouting OH, MY GOD! YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME!]]\\
'''Tim:''' STOP!\\
'''Pikachu:''' I have been ''so'' lonely!
-->'''Tim:''' Did you... just talk?\\
'''Pikachu:''' Whoa. Did you just understand me? [[SuddenlyShouting OH, MY GOD! YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME!]]\\
'''Tim:''' STOP!\\
'''Pikachu:''' I have been ''so'' lonely!
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Detective Pikachu wears a nice deerstalker cap.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Pikachu first meets Tim, he approaches it under the expectation that Tim isn't going to understand him, just like everyone else.
-->'''Pikachu:''' [[HereWeGoAgain Aw, jeez. Here we go]].
* GlassSmackAndSlide: Fed up with Mr. Mime's taunting, Detective Pikachu attempts to attack it...only to ram face-first into Mr. Mime's invisible wall.
-->'''Pikachu:''' [[HereWeGoAgain Aw, jeez. Here we go]].
* GlassSmackAndSlide: Fed up with Mr. Mime's taunting, Detective Pikachu attempts to attack it...only to ram face-first into Mr. Mime's invisible wall.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Pikachu lets out a high-pitched scream as he's about to be chomped by a Charizard at the end of the trailer.
* SherlockHomage: If nothing else, Pikachu wears a stereotypical Holmes deerstalker.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon.
* SherlockHomage: If nothing else, Pikachu wears a stereotypical Holmes deerstalker.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Being a Pikachu, Detective Pikachu can talk to other Pokémon.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Here, Tim is more depressed about his father's disappearance and doesn't seem to be too gung-ho on working with a talking Pikachu.
* AgeLift: Tim from the game was an 18 year old, while this film's Tim is 21.
* AgeLift: Tim from the game was an 18 year old, while this film's Tim is 21.
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* DramaticDrop: Tim drops the stapler in his hand (that he was using as a weapon) when he hears Pikachu speak.
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* YouCanTalk: Tim and Detective Pikachu's first meeting:
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'''Pikachu:''' Whoa. Did you just understand me? [[SuddenlyShouting OH, MY GOD! YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME!]]\\
'''Tim:''' STOP!\\
'''Pikachu:''' I have been ''so'' lonely!
-->'''Tim:''' Did you... just talk?\\
'''Pikachu:''' Whoa. Did you just understand me? [[SuddenlyShouting OH, MY GOD! YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ME!]]\\
'''Tim:''' STOP!\\
'''Pikachu:''' I have been ''so'' lonely!
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This character sheet is for the film. If you're looking for [[VideoGame/DetectivePikachu the video game's]] character sheet, click [[Characters/DetectivePikachu here]].
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* RaceLift: Tim was a Caucasian young man in the original videogame. Here he is played by Afro-American actor Justice Smith.
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* RaceLift: Tim was a Caucasian young man in the original videogame.video game. Here he is played by Afro-American actor Justice Smith.
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* BadassAdorable: Still with that voice, he is a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survives.
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* BadassAdorable: Still Even with that voice, he is he's a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survives.
* NiceHat: Wears a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker.
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* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim but to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
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* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim but Tim; to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
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* TalkingAnimal: A motormouth electric mouse though only Tim can understand him.
* VocalDissonance: A fluffy yellow and huggable rodent with the masculine voice of Ryan Reynolds.
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* TalkingAnimal: A motormouth electric mouse mouse, though only Tim can understand him.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu and it's a relief to the poor rodent who felt lonely as no one could understand him.
* StraightManWiseGuy: Tim is the serious, cynical foil to Pikachu's larger-than-life and joking personality.
* StraightManWiseGuy: Tim is the serious, cynical foil to Pikachu's larger-than-life and joking personality.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu Pikachu, and it's a relief to the poor rodent rodent, who felt lonely as no one could understand him.
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A reporter investigating Goodman's disappearance.
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A reporter investigating Goodman's disappearance.Goodman senior's disappearance. She has a Psyduck as a companion.
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* IntrepidReporter: She gets into dangerous situations while dragging into investigation.
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* IntrepidReporter: She gets into dangerous situations while dragging into investigation.investigating.
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* BadassAdorable: Still with that voice, he is a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survive.
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* BadassAdorable: Still with that voice, he is a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survive.survives.
* ParrotPetPosition: He's briefly seen sitting on Tim's shoulder in one scene of the trailer.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Pikachu is the wisecracking, larger-than-life foil to Tim's brooding cynicism.
* DisappearedDad: The driving force behind the plot is Tim's missing father.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Tim prepares to use a stapler to defend himself when he comes across Pikachu.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Tim prepares to use a stapler to defend himself when he comes across Pikachu.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu and it's a relieve to the poor rodent who felt lonely as no one could understand him.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu and it's a relieve relief to the poor rodent who felt lonely as no one could understand him.him.
* StraightManWiseGuy: Tim is the serious, cynical foil to Pikachu's larger-than-life and joking personality.
* StunnedSilence: He's stunned when he hears Pikachu speak for the first time.
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* StunnedSilence: He's stunned when he hears Pikachu speak for the first time.
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A reporter investigating Goodman's dissappearance.
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A reporter investigating Goodman's dissappearance.disappearance.
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!!Detective Pikachu
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/IkueOtani (vocals)
A talking Pikachu that helps Tim find his father.
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* BadassAdorable: Still with that voice, he is a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survive.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* GoodCopBadCop: Pikachu tries to be the "bad cop" towards a Mr. Mime only to be stopped by the former's invisible barrier.
* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim but to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
* TalkingAnimal: A motormouth electric mouse though only Tim can understand him.
* VocalDissonance: A fluffy yellow and huggable rodent with the masculine voice of Ryan Reynolds.
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[[folder:Tim Goodman]]
!!Tim Goodman
->'''Played by:''' Justice Smith
The son of a missing detective and a failed Pokémon trainer.
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* RaceLift: Tim was a Caucasian young man in the original videogame. Here he is played by Afro-American actor Justice Smith.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu and it's a relieve to the poor rodent who felt lonely as no one could understand him.
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[[folder:Lucy Stevens]]
!!Lucy Stevens
->'''Played by:''' Kathryn Newton
A reporter investigating Goodman's dissappearance.
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* IntrepidReporter: She gets into dangerous situations while dragging into investigation.
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[[folder:Detective Pikachu]]
!!Detective Pikachu
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/IkueOtani (vocals)
A talking Pikachu that helps Tim find his father.
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* BadassAdorable: Still with that voice, he is a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survive.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* GoodCopBadCop: Pikachu tries to be the "bad cop" towards a Mr. Mime only to be stopped by the former's invisible barrier.
* PokemonSpeak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim but to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can "Pika-Pika". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
* TalkingAnimal: A motormouth electric mouse though only Tim can understand him.
* VocalDissonance: A fluffy yellow and huggable rodent with the masculine voice of Ryan Reynolds.
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[[folder:Tim Goodman]]
!!Tim Goodman
->'''Played by:''' Justice Smith
The son of a missing detective and a failed Pokémon trainer.
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* RaceLift: Tim was a Caucasian young man in the original videogame. Here he is played by Afro-American actor Justice Smith.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to a Pikachu and it's a relieve to the poor rodent who felt lonely as no one could understand him.
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[[folder:Lucy Stevens]]
!!Lucy Stevens
->'''Played by:''' Kathryn Newton
A reporter investigating Goodman's dissappearance.
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