History Headscratchers / DetectivePikachu

How can Detective Pikachu speak to ONLY Tim, of all humans? Team Rocket's Meowth can speak and everyone can understand it.

** Educated guess? It's not weird to assume, for example, an electric pokemon can do an electric attack.
* The ordinary Pikachu that Tim and Detective Pikachu talk to is heavily implied to be [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum's Pikachu]]. But the two are usually inseparable. Where was Ash?
** Ash and Pikachu have been seperate from time to time. They may usually be together, but they're still capable of leaving each others sight.

* The ordinary Pikachu that Tim and Detective Pikachu talk to is heavily implied to be [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum's Pikachu]]. But the two are usually inseparable. Where was Ash?

** Educated guess? It's not weird to assume, for example, an electric pokemon can do an electric attack.

* How could Tim know what moves Pikachu is capable of just by looking at him?

** I sincerely doubt that the accident was intended to kill Tim. Most likely, he just wanted to put him out of commission for a while. Excluding the obvious out of universe reasons (those being the fact that it's a E for Everyone/3 ages+ rated game), the characters only ever refer to it as an "accident" set up by Keith. Plus, although Keith/Roger may have been evil enough to try and outright kill someone, I sincerely doubt that Max would have gone along with the plan for his own benefits if he figured it was intended to ''kill'' someone (he would've figured it was aimed at Carina, rather then Tim, though).

* Was there not some other way to explain Roger's knowledge that Pikachu can't use moves without instantly jumping to him being the mastermind? Keith had plenty of time to casually gossip about that to literally any one of his co-workers at GNN. It certainly does cast suspicion on Roger, but Roger could've easily just claimed that Keith ran into him during the GNN incident and drop it to him during conversation. Instead he comes in and starts immediately evil monologuing.

* How can Detective Pikachu speak to ONLY Tim, of all humans? Team Rocket's Meowth can speak and everyone can understand it.

** I sincerely doubt that the accident was intended to kill Tim. Most like, he just wanted to put him out of commission for a while. Excluding the obvious out of universe reasons (those being the fact that it's a E for Everyone/3 ages+ rated game), the characters only ever refer to it as an "accident" set up by Keith. Plus, although Keith/Roger may have been evil enough to try and outright someone, I sincerely doubt that Max would have gone along with the plan for his own benefits if he figured it was intended to ''kill'' someone (he would've figured it was aimed at Carina, rather then Tim, though).

** Even losing a day would have completely derailed Tim's investigation. He was JustInTime for so many things, there was never a moment to lose. And the police certainly weren't able to pick up any slack.

** Death or severe brain damage from an object falling on your head is actually more realistic than simply being knocked out. See TapOnTheHead.

* How would falling cameras have killed Tim? Injured him, definitely, but at worst, that accident would've just caused him an overnight stay at the hospital. Serious, but still far from fatal.

** It is noted by other characters that Pikachu didn't start drinking coffee and eating sweets until after the accident, both of which are traits Harry had. While Pikachu himself is unlikely to ''be'' Harry since he has flashes of memories as a Pikachu pre-accident (that he keeps flirting with women despite Harry's married status is also something to consider), he keeps remembering more and more throughout the game and Mewtwo specifically states he made the promise with Pikachu, he may have somehow inherited Harry's personality, either via Mewtwo's psychic powers or due to whomever or whatever caused Harry to disappear after the accident.

** It is noted by other characters that Pikachu didn't start drinking coffee and eating sweets until after the accident, both of which are traits Harry had. While Pikachu himself is unlikely to ''be'' Harry since he has flashes of memories as a Pikachu pre-accident, he keeps remembering more and more throughout the game and Mewtwo specifically states he made the promise with Pikachu, he may have somehow inherited Harry's personality, either via Mewtwo's psychic powers or due to whomever or whatever caused Harry to disappear after the accident.

** I have a weird thought that somehow, someway, Detective Pikachu IS Tim's father. That probably won't be seen until a sequel, if one is ever made.

* How can Detective Pikachu understand Tim [[spoiler: and ONLY Tim, of all humans? He can understand each Pokemon well, but to make matters more confusing, Team Rocket's Meowth can speak and everyone can understand it.]]

* Moreover, in the opening cutscene, we see that Tim's father's Pikachu has no irises around his eyes. After Pikachu's flashback finishes, we see him with brown irises. Is there any form of connection between Pikachu and his father?

* How can Detective Pikachu understand Tim [[spoiler: and ONLY Tim, of all humans? He can understand each Pokemon well, but to make matters more confusing, Team Rocket's Meowth can speak and everyone can understand it.]]