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Detective Pikachu
Detective Pikachu
"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!"
A talking but unintelligible Pikachu with an addiction to caffeine and Identity Amnesia, whose only lead on his past is the name and address of a missing detective named Harry Goodman in the deerstalker detective hat on his head.After realizing Harry's son Tim can understand him, Pikachu convinces Tim to let Pikachu help Tim find his father, and hopefully who he was at the same time.
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Detective Pikachu wears a nice deerstalker cap, and nothing else. As he notes, he doesn't have a Modest nature (It's probably Sassy or another Special Defense-boosting one, given his love for bitter-flavored coffee and snarky comments).
- Adaptational Badass: Once he figures out how to use his moves, he's able to Volt Tackle Mewtwo through a building. Needless to say, his game counterpart never quite did something so spectacular.
- Adaptation Personality Change:
- He is far more openly naive and childish in demeanor than his game counterpart, who usually tried to put on a front of maturity, albeit usually failing to maintain it.
- His interest in human females is also completely absent, the closest thing he does to a woman in the movie is calling her "adorable", which is framed as a simple compliment (and a response to her calling him "adorable"), rather than an attempt at flirting.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's not clear if his Fusion Dance with Harry Goodman was a case of Grand Theft Me or their individual personalities, preferences, and quirks combined.
- Amnesiac Dissonance: Pikachu doesn't have any memories of his past, so Tim is skeptical of how he just "knows" he's a world-class detective. Pikachu also doesn't remember how to use his powers. This is an early hint of his true nature.
- Amnesiac Hero: He doesn't remember anything about his past due to Mewtwo combining his human partner's soul with his body.
- Amnesiac Villain Joins the Heroes: Subverted. When Mewtwo shows up in the third act, Pikachu and Tim Goodman are lead to believe that Pikachu betrayed his father and released Mewtwo, who the audience is lead to believe is evil. It isn't long before it's revealed Mewtwo isn't evil, and by process of elimination neither is Pikachu.
- Badass Adorable: Even with that voice, he's a fluffy creature that gets into dangerous situations and survives. He even defeated a Charizard and uses Volt Tackle to launch a Mewtwo into a building!
- Beware the Silly Ones: Can be quite effective when he actually bothers to get it together. During the climax, he manages to fight head to head against a possessed Mewtwo, where near the end, he uses Volt Tackle to send him crashing through a building.
- Brought Down to Normal: After being separated from Harry, Tim is unable to hear him speak.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Both literal with his long Pikachu ears, and figurative as he's a bit of a Cloud Cuckoolander with a coffee addiction, but nevertheless he's a good detective.
- Cast from Hit Points: Volt Tackle is a powerful move, but does ruinous recoil damage. Using it once nearly knocks him out.
- Casting Gag: In the Latin Spanish dub, he's voiced by José Antonio Macías, who is best known for voicing James of the Team Rocket Trio in the main anime series.
- Character Catchphrase: "I can feel it in my jellies!"
- Civilized Animal: Compare to other Pokémon, this Pikachu has quite a few oddities in his behavior, including a love for human food, wearing clothes, demanding to ride on Tim's shoulder, and while Pokémon are intelligent, Pikachu seems to be more capable of critical thinking and abstract reasoning than most. This all builds towards The Reveal that he's not a normal Pikachu.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: He's a brilliant detective, but some of the things he says are out there.Pikachu: Okay, here it is: Harry faked his own death! OR... Somebody else faked Harry's death! OR... Harry faked somebody else's death! (Beat) That last one doesn't work at all.
- The Cloud Cuckoolander Was Right: None of his initial theories about why Harry vanished were right, but he was right about him being alive.
- Composite Character: The movie confirms Harry Goodman is inside him, while the game implied they were separate.
- Deadpan Snarker: Little guy's voiced by Ryan Reynolds, you expected anything less? He sarcastically ribs Tim about his attempts at romancing Lucy, points out various cliches like Ms. Norman's black SUV clearly being a bad guy car, and so on. It's to the point that it is legitimately hard to tell when and when not he's being serious about something due to nearly every sentence that forms out of his mouth being tainted with sarcasm.
- Death of Personality: The Pikachu that Tim has been bonding with all movie turns out to be a Fusion Dance of Harry and his Pokémon by Mewtwo to save the former's life. When the two are split, Pikachu is Brought Down to Normal and Tim can no longer understand him, so it's safe to assume Harry's Pikachu no longer has the same personality or mannerisms we've seen all movie. Likewise, Harry himself seems to have no memory of anything that occurred during the fusion. By all appearances, the "Detective Pikachu" personality seen in the rest of the film essentially ceases to exist after the split.
- Determinator: His reaction to Ryme City being flooded with R gas and the confused, scared civilians fused with their Pokémon, finding out that Howard is possessing Mewtwo? "I've gotta fix this."
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: In the third act, he's able to Volt Tackle Mewtwo through a building, though it soon gets back up. It's also implied Pikachu helped Harry track down and capture Mewtwo prior to the events of the movie.
- Drama-Preserving Handicap: Forgot how to use his electricity along with the amnesia, which makes it inconvenient when he faces off against a Charizard in an underground fight club.
- Establishing Character Moment: When Pikachu first meets Tim, he approaches it under the expectation that Tim isn't going to understand him, just like everyone else.Pikachu: Aw, jeez. Here we go.
- Fusion Dance: He is effectively Harry Goodman's soul driving around his partner Pikachu's body.
- Gasshole: He has an episode of this at one point as a consequence of all that coffee.
- Glass Smack and Slide: Fed up with Mr. Mime's taunting, Detective Pikachu attempts to attack it... only to ram face-first into Mr. Mime's invisible wall.
- Good Cop/Bad Cop: Pikachu tries to be the "bad cop" towards a Mr. Mime only to be stopped by the former's invisible barrier.
- Gut Feeling: He has a lot of things. He can feel it in his jellies!
- I Am a Monster: While he doesn't say it outright, he's clearly feeling like it when he believes he betrayed Harry.
- I Do Not Speak Nonverbal: Much to Mr. Mime's frustration.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: The electric-mouse detective has a particularly grating personality, to the point where he's alienated all his Pokémon friends and 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 straight away he's been lonely. The Pokémon is determined to make Tim his assistant.
- The Immune: Despite coming into contact with R gas at multiple points in the movie, he is seemingly unaffected by it, though the movie never draws attention to it. That's because it only affects the higher thought processes for Pokémon, whereas he is actually Harry trapped in his partner Pikachu's body. Pikachu is already affected.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: Does this for himself before Volt Tackling Mewtwo through a building:Pikachu: Let's do this Pokémon Battle thing right!
- Liar Revealed: The second act ends with Pikachu seemingly getting revealed to have been Mewtwo's accomplice before losing his memories. Inverted as Tim and Pikachu only saw a portion of the recreation of events before being cut off, and Pikachu believes himself to be the liar who should be shunned, while Tim reasonably believes that there must be more to the story because of that.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Turns out to be Harry Goodman fused with his Pikachu.
- Mascot with Attitude: A fluffy, adorable wisecracker with an addiction to caffeine.
- Miles Gloriosus: When Pikachu steps into the cage arena, he's confident in his abilities, calling his would-be opponent — a Charizard! — a "putz", and saying that he's beaten them before, and will do so again. Once he realizes he's forgotten how to actually use any attacks, he's growling at Tim to get him out of there, and can only curl into a Troubled Fetal Position in defense.
- Must Have Caffeine: One scene has Tim accusing him of having a caffeine addiction, which Pikachu quickly denies, claiming he can choose not to drink coffee. His very next line is asking a Ludicolo barista for a (totally wired) refill. And another has Tim waking up to find the living room filled with half-empty coffee cups.Pikachu: [to the Ludicolo manning the bar] Another round, extra shot, black as night, thank you sweetie.
- No, You: It seems to be his go-to retort for anything.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
- Pikachu battled Sebastian's Charizard and not only won, but left visible electric burn scars on his face and chest! Charizard is definitely eager for a rematch when they are face to face again.
- It's also implied that Pikachu helped Harry capture Mewtwo the first time, since not only do we see Pikachu help Harry free Mewtwo in a flashback, but Pokémon are better at battling other Pokémon and on-screen we see Harry-as-Pikachu Volt Tackle Mewtwo through a building.
- Parrot Pet Position: He actually insists that Tim carries him this way. As he explains it, a single step for Tim is about a hundred steps for him. Other Pokémon are shown walking next to or behind their partners with no issue. This is actually a clue that he's not a normal Pikachu. While Tim initially refuses to play along, he gets used to Pikachu climbing onto him and later starts picking up the Pokémon and putting him on his shoulders willingly.
- Pokémon Speak: Pikachu can only speak to Tim; to anyone else, he is just a Pikachu wearing a hat that can say "Pika" and "Chu". This was hilariously lampshaded when a bystander just heard him being adorable.
- Precision F-Strike: During the cage fight, as he finds himself about to face an R-raging Charizard: "GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
- Related in the Adaptation: Turns out to be Tim's dad, unlike in the game.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's a big-eyed, short limbed, fluffy electric mouse with a constant cat-like smile wearing a tiny deerstalker cap.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: Pikachu lets out a high-pitched scream done by Ikue Otani rather than Ryan Reynolds as he's about to be chomped by a Charizard.
- Sherlock Homage: If nothing else, Pikachu wears a stereotypical Holmes deerstalker.
- Shipper on Deck: Frequently teases Tim over his growing attraction to Lucy.
- Signature Headgear: He wears a Sherlock Holmes-esque deerstalker with Harry’s name in it. It isn’t actually a hat Harry wears, however, as Pikachu had it before and after their time merged.
- Soul Jar: Turns out to be carrying Harry's soul and personality within him.
- Spanner in the Works: Whoever wants Harry dead/disappeared won't get away with it now that Pikachu is on the case! In the past, Pikachu also short-circuited the lab holding Mewtwo, allowing its escape, and Pikachu prevented Howard Clifford from succeeding in killing Harry by offering its body to Mewtwo to save his life.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: Pikachu is the wisecracking, larger-than-life foil to Tim's brooding cynicism.
- Talking Animal: A motormouth electric mouse, though only Tim can understand him.
- The Unintelligible: 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.
- Troubled Fetal Position: 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 realizes he doesn't remember how to use any attacks.
- Undying Loyalty: Harry's Pikachu was so loyal to him that it agreed to allow Mewtwo to implant him in its body to save his life.
- Vocal Dissonance: A fluffy yellow huggable rodent with the masculine voice of Ryan Reynolds. However, everyone other than Tim only hears him use Pokémon Speak in Ikue Otani's iconic cute, high-pitched voice that Pikachu as a whole are typically associated with. Once Harry is separated from Pikachu though, he can only be heard with Ikue's voice.
Tim Goodman
Tim Goodman
"Stop talking! You're a hallucination!"
"So you're a talking Pikachu with no memories who's addicted to caffeine?"
Played by: Justice Smith, Max Fincham (young) Foreign VAs
The son of a missing detective and a failed Pokémon trainer.
- Action Survivor: He's basically an ordinary guy who gets pulled into bizarre Pokémon shenanigans involving a conspiracy to control the most powerful Pokémon on Earth, and all because he wanted to put his father's affairs in order.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Here, Tim is a more jaded person and gives off the impression he doesn't really care about his father's disappearance, wanting to wrap up Harry's unfinished business so he can go home. He also doesn't seem to be too gung-ho on working with a talking Pikachu.
- Age Lift: Tim from the game was an 18-year-old, while this film's Tim is 21.
- Bad Liar: He insists he's happy with the insurance company, but looks miserable while saying it.
- Black and Nerdy: He was a huge fan of Pokémon, and now claims that he doesn't care for them anymore. However, if his Techno Babble speech to Pikachu about all the moves he has in the round house proves anything, he knows a lot more about Pokémon then he's willing to admit. In his room that his dad recreated to look like his childhood one, he had a folder filled to the brim with Pokémon trading cards and Pokémon posters plastered across the walls. Pikachu even pokes fun at how his childhood bed's headboard is in the shape of a Pikachu.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Male version. Tim starts off very adverse to the idea of going to Ryme City, working with Pikachu to investigate his father's death, or even associating with Pokémon at all. After a couple of misadventures, he starts opening up to Pikachu and they become close friends.
- Disappeared Dad: The driving force behind the plot is Tim's missing father.
- Dramatic Drop: Tim drops the stapler in his hand (that he was using as a weapon) when he hears Pikachu speak.
- Improvised Weapon: Tim prepares to use a stapler to defend himself when he comes across Pikachu.
- Jerkass Realization: When Lt. Yoshida shows him footage of his father's crash leaving him to believe his father is really dead, Tim realizes how unfair he'd been to his father after his mom's death, shutting him out and refusing to come live with him, then blaming his dad for not being there for him.
- Licked by the Dog: Almost literally - when on the train he's licked by a Lickitung, heavily implying his affinity with Pokémon never really left him.
- Loners Are Freaks: A human without a Pokémon Partner? What's wrong with him?!
- Missing Mom: She died from an illness, and this caused Harry to move to Ryme City. He'd been raised by his grandmother in his absence.
- My Greatest Failure: After Lt. Yoshida shows him footage of his father's crash, Tim reflects on his life and realizes that he regrets refusing to move in with his dad after his mother's death, cementing the rift between them. Specifically, the pivotal moment when his grandma brought him to the train station to send him off to Ryme City, but he refused to leave."I should have gotten on that train."
- The One Who Made It Out: Inverted. Tim is from a small town where all the young people leave for more exciting things (whether Pokémon training or college), but Tim's the only one who refuses to leave, settling for a boring cubicle job at an insurance company. His friends are all worried about him for this reason.
- Precision F-Strike: When confronted by a pack of mad Aipom, he screams, "Oh, SHIT!" This is just barely censored.
- Race Lift: Tim was a Caucasian young man in the original video game. Here he is played by a mixed white/African-American actor, Justice Smith.
- Raised by Grandparents: Has been raised by his grandmother ever since his mother died and his dad moved into Ryme City.
- The Reveal: As a kid, 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 as an insurance salesman. It is later explained that the day his mom was going to take him to watch a Pokémon League tournament she fell ill and had to be taken to the hospital. She later died of her illness and this, combined with his dad coping with the tragedy by moving to Ryme City and "spending more time with Pokémon than his own son", led to Tim giving up on his dream to be a trainer and sparked a resentment towards Pokémon for taking his father away from him.
- Ship Tease: With Lucy.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: For some unknown reason, Tim can talk to Pikachu and only this specific Pikachu, and it's a relief to the poor rodent, who felt lonely, as no-one could understand him. It is later explained that Mewtwo merged the mind of Harry with his Pikachu's body, and instructed him to bring his son back so he could fix them. Mewtwo's psychic powers and their family link is what allows them to communicate with each other.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: Tim is the serious, cynical foil to Pikachu's larger-than-life and joking personality.
- Stunned Silence: He's stunned when he hears Pikachu speak for the first time.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: His father was a Workaholic who moved to Ryme City when he was a kid shortly after his mom's death, widening the gap.
- White Collar Worker: He starts the film as an insurance appraiser, which his friend Jack can't help mocking.
- Would Hit a Girl: Played for laughs. When Ditto takes on Lucy's form, albeit with its signature Black Bead Eyes Tim claims that he has no qualm hitting the form of the woman who he's very attracted to, only for Ditto to easily kick his butt.
Humans
Lucy Stevens
Lucy Stevens
Played by: Kathryn Newton Foreign VAs
An unpaid intern investigating Harry Goodman’s disappearance. She has a Psyduck as a companion.
- Acting Unnatural: Her attempts to "act casual" when trying to slip Tim classified information in public is anything but.
- Animal Companion: Her Psyduck.
- Bound and Gagged: She and Psyduck are being wrapped and silenced by the Greninjas.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: An unpaid intern who wants to be a reporter, and the only one chasing the leads Harry left behind before Tim arrived in Ryme City. She's also a goofy Large Ham who keeps bolt cutters in her car on the off chance she'll need to break in somewhere.
- Composite Character: She's a combination of Emilia Christie and Meiko Okamoto, the two reporter characters from the original game.
- Cool Car: Subverted. The car Lucy drives is a REV Ai, AKA the G-Whiz, which is known as an absolutely garbage car...but also one she'd likely buy due to her being an intern.
- Friend to All Living Things: Lucy is implied to be one, as she's annoyed by the fact that she has to do a "Top 10 Cutest Pokémon" listicle when she finds all of them cute. Keep in mind the multitudes of poison-types that are based on pollutants, the dark-types that are just downright mean-looking, the ghost-types that delight in scaring people and Mr. Mime, whose semi-human appearance is eerie to say the least.
- Fusion Dance: Gets merged with her Psyduck when Mewtwo attacks the city.
- Going for the Big Scoop: Although an unpaid intern at CNM, she's looking to find her one big break, and will go as far as to break into the high-security lab where they were doing experiments on Pokémon.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Has blond hair, and tries desperately to get the scoops on the dangers of the R gas, but is constantly turned away. Near the end of the movie, she tries to warn others about the R gas and to avoid having their Pokémon inhale it even if it is futile.
- Intrepid Reporter: She gets into dangerous situations while investigating.
- Large Ham: In her introductory scene, she tries very hard to sound like the hard-hitting reporters you see on TV. Instead, it comes off as embarrassing.
- Odd Friendship: Psyduck gets notoriously bad headaches and explode when under stress or pressure. Lucy is an aspiring Intrepid Reporter who does a lot of dangerous and stressful things to get the Hot Scoop. Yet, they're obviously very close.
- Precision F-Strike: At one point in the film, she gets an "Oh, shit!" that's barely censored by Tim talking over her.
- Ship Tease: With Tim.
- Sunglasses at Night: Lampshaded by Pikachu when she walks into the Hi-Hat Café (already a pretty dimly-lit establishment) with her shades on.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Emilia Christie from the original game, who is more or less similar to Lucy, except for the fact that Emilia doesn't have a Pokémon companion.
Harry Goodman (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Harry Goodman
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Played by: Ryan Reynolds Foreign VAs
Tim's dad, one of the best investigators in Ryme City, his mysterious disappearance is what kick-starts the story.
- The Ace: By all accounts, he was one of the best detectives the RCPD ever had, and his Pikachu appears to have been incredibly well trained in battle before he got amnesia, able to not only defeat a Charizard in battle but doing enough damage to leave physical scars. The film also never goes into detail on how Harry captured Mewtwo, but later on Harry-as-Pikachu is able to Volt Tackle it through a building, suggesting an Offscreen Moment of Awesome of ridiculous proportions.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's not clear how much of his situation with his Pikachu is a case of Grand Theft Me or a complete Fusion Dance of their individual personalities, preferences, or quirks. Although it's strongly implied that Tim bonded with his father by bonding with Pikachu, so that has to count for something.
- Ascended Extra: In the 3DS game, Harry only appears in the opening cutscene, and you never meet him within the game proper. The film reveals that Harry was Detective Pikachu the entire time, and he finally appears in his human form at the end of the film. Simply put, the movie upgrades him from The Ghost to the main character of the story.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: As seen while his mind is inhabiting Detective Pikachu, he's a Motor Mouth Manchild with a tendency to snark at everything and everyone in sight and an almost crippling addiction to coffee. Doesn't change the fact he's undeniably one of the best investigators in all of Ryme City. That's not even getting into the fact that he tracked down and capture a Mewtwo of all things sometime before the events of the movie.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: When Lt. Yoshida praises Harry as a good man who did so much to help the humans and Pokémon of Ryme City, Tim bitterly replies that his dad spent so much time helping strangers that he didn't have much time for his own son. Turns out Harry did try to make time for Tim, but Tim wouldn't give him a chance.
- Death Faked for You: One of Detective Pikachu's theories as to what happened to him. Ultimately turns out to be the case, as Mewtwo sealed him within his own Pikachu to save him.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Somehow tracked down Mewtwo, resulting in its capture prior to the events of the movie taking place.
- Disappeared Dad: He last saw Tim when his son was 11, at least 10 years ago. His death/disappearance is what triggers the entire story.
- The Faceless: He does have a face, but in all the flashbacks or holographic reveals where he was involved, his back is always turned or his face is hidden. This is to hide the fact that Harry is being played by Ryan Reynolds.
- Faking the Dead: One of Detective Pikachu's theories as to what happened to him. Ultimately averted, since he was too badly injured after the car crash to do much of anything on his own.
- Fusion Dance: After being attacked by Greninja and flying off a bridge, Mewtwo merged him with Pikachu to save his life.
- Heartbroken Badass: Lost his wife years ago and has thrown himself into his work ever since, losing touch with his son in the process.
- He Knows Too Much: One of Pikachu and Tim's many theories of Harry's death/disappearance is he Dug Too Deep and someone wanted him silenced. The Big Bad admits as much in the third act.
- Meaningful Name: Goodman, shared with his son. Despite his rocky relationship with his son, he always tried to do what was best for them and always tried to fix his mistakes.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Once Harry finds out about Howard's plans, he chooses to break Mewtwo out.
- My Greatest Failure: Not being there for his son especially shortly after his wife's death. When Tim comes to his apartment to wrap things up, he finds a "Happy 21st Birthday" card with a note apologizing for not being a good father, but wanting another chance to make it up to him.
- Never Found the Body: Detective Pikachu's insistence that he is still alive hinges on the fact that no corpse was ever recovered. It's eventually revealed that Mewtwo fused him with his own Pikachu.
- Nice Guy: By all accounts, Harry is a decent and kind, albeit flawed man who deeply loves his son and has a strong moral center.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He somehow managed to capture and bring back Mewtwo, one of the strongest Pokémon in existence, to Clifford's lab.
- Papa Wolf: Within Detective Pikachu, he turns on Volt Tackle on seeing Tim in danger and Howard taunting him about it.
- Parents as People: By all accounts, he was a good man, but a distant father who spent more time at work than with his own son. It turns out to be a little more complicated than that: after his wife's death he did indeed move to Ryme City and throw himself into his work, but later tried to reach out and have Tim come live with him. But Tim was so hurt by his absence that he refused to try to meet his dad halfway or give him a chance.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: The other reason for the attempt on his life — he refused to take the money he was offered.
- Spanner in the Works: Upon discovering the truth behind R Gas and capturing Mewtwo for Howard Clifford, he realizes the truth behind everything. In a final act of defiance, he orders Pikachu to cause a short-circuit to Mewtwo's stasis pod and free him from captivity, only to nearly get killed by the Greninja sent after him.
- Unwitting Pawn: Harry was the one whom captured Mewtwo for Howard. But it's clear Howard deceived him as once Harry uncovers the real reason, he breaks Mewtwo out.
- The Voiceless: During flashbacks or holographic reveals where he was involved, he never talks. This is to hide the fact he's being played by Ryan Reynolds.
- Walking Spoiler: His role in the plot is absolutely vital, both as himself and his Pokémon. It's so spoileriffic that even his face and voice aren't revealed until the final scene.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: Being Married to the Job and moving to Ryme City shortly after his wife's death created a huge rift between Harry and his son.
- Workaholic: Threw himself into his detective work after his wife's death, creating a rift between him and his son.
- Your Favorite: When Tim shows up to his dad's apartment to wrap things up, he finds a bedroom filled with Pokémon League stuff, as his dad had hoped he'd come live with him (or at least visit) and filled his room with things he thought he'd love. It's later revealed that Tim had already soured on the Pokémon League by that point, since his mom had to go to the hospital during a League Tournament she was supposed to take him to, and died of her illness later.
Howard Clifford
Howard Clifford
Played by: Bill Nighy Foreign VAs
The founder of Ryme City, and father to Roger Clifford. He wants everyone to evolve into their best selves.
- Anti-Villain: His whole plan to put human minds into Pokémon was born out of an attempt to make humanity more durable. At some point this vision went bad and he now wants world domination.
- Big Bad: Who would have believed the kindly handicapped creator of a paradise where both human and Pokémon co-exist side by side was secretly creating an Assimilation Plot in order to fuse the two types together to become part of a new world with him at the helm?
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Once he gains control of Mewtwo's body, he leaves his original body unprotected with Ditto being there as his backup and plain sight instead of gaining control of the Legendary Pokémon's body remotely. Once Tim takes care of Ditto, he removes the neural link from his head which allows Mewtwo to regain control of himself.
- Decomposite Character: He's Roger's Canon Foreigner father who takes his son's role as the main villain.
- Emerging from the Shadows: When meeting Tim and Pikachu in his office, he is first shrouded in darkness before he turns on a light. This, however, is not the first time the audience is introduced to him.
- Evil Cripple: Being in a wheelchair is at least part of his motivation to track down Mewtwo and fuse with his body.
- Expy: He is written very similarly to Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- They both frame a mean character for the death of someone important in order to hide their plan.
- They both set up a character close to them as a Red Herring.
- They both plan to spread a special chemical across the land in order for one race of creature to thrive and the other to die out.
- In the end, they both go through a One-Winged Angel transformation in order to prevent the main character from stopping their plan.
- Foil: Like Harry Goodman, Howard has a very strained relationship with his son due to work involving Pokémon and inhabits the body of a Pokémon. Unlike Harry, who was unknowingly put into the body of his Pikachu, Howard forcefully puts his mind into Mewtwo. Also, while Harry has made efforts to reach out to his estranged son, Howard has no qualms about getting rid of his kid when he stands in the way of his Evil Plan. This also extends to his personality beyond his actions: while Harry and Tim suffer from their damaged relationship, the result of Harry's dedication to his work towards helping others, Howard is considered a visionary and savior by the inhabitants of Ryme City, yet all his work with Pokémon was self-serving to the core despite appearing altruistic. Plus, while Harry was desperate to fix his relationship with Tim, Howard actually frames his own son for his crimes.
- Foreshadowing: The fact that his penthouse is filled with statues of the Pokémon that created the world is, in hindsight, a clear reference to his god complex. The only Pokemon statue he suspiciously doesn't have? Giratina.
- A God Am I: His son accuses him of having a god complex, especially after an interview where Howard refers to himself as the "visionary" responsible for Ryme City; Roger sarcastically asks if "savior of the world" was already taken (Howard claims that Roger's own employees wrote the script). It's worth noting that Howard's office surrounds him with statues of godlike Pokémon like Arceus, a visual hint that he sees himself as an equal to them. His villainous plot just further proves this; he uses a combination of R gas and Mewtwo's powers to fuse humans and Pokémon together, declaring this to be the cure to all of humanity's ills while not bothering to ask for permission or even opinions before deciding for the people. To cap it all off, in his fight with Detective Pikachu, Howard arrogantly proclaims that he is the future.
- Grand Theft Me: He uses a harness to put his mind into Mewtwo's body, so that he can control the powerful Pokémon.
- Hypocrite: If Harry's and Howard's fusions with Pokémon are any indication, the Pokémon have little to no control over the merged bodies. Some unity.
- Large Ham: Once he hijacks Mewtwo, he clearly gets drunk on his new found power, descending into Evil Is Hammy.
- One-Winged Angel: He hijacks Mewtwo during the climax of the film.
- Slasher Smile: Delivers a pretty menacing one when he hijacks Mewtwo's body.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Renowned as a benevolent cultural visionary seeking to foster greater harmony between humans and Pokémon, who founded Ryme City for that purpose. He's not so morally-laudable as he's made out to be.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He hides R in the parade balloons and uses that to drive all the Pokémon crazy so that he in Mewtwo's body can merge everyone with their partners, believing this is humanity's best chance to "evolve" into something greater. On the other hand, he does try to put himself on top the moment he does force everybody into the bodies of Pokémon as stated in A God Am I, so it's possible he was only thinking of himself.
Roger Clifford
Roger Clifford
Played by: Chris Geere Foreign VAs
The head of CNM, the news network for Ryme City.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the original game, he was the one responsible for the R Gas. Here he's not just not taking part in his father's plan, his father is framing him as the ringleader.
- Adaptational Nationality: He's British (Galarian?) in the movie, while the English dub of the game portrays him with an American (Unovan?) accent.
- Adaptation Personality Change: In the game, he's a friendly character who's revealed to be the Big Bad. In the film, he's the inverse: a smug Jerkass who's assumed to be the Big Bad, but turns out to be Good All Along.
- Antagonistic Offspring: His father paints him in this light and tells Tim that he's after Mewtwo so he can produce the R Gas to destroy his foundation in Ryme City. The opposite is true as Howard is Roger's Archnemesis Dad who had him tied up, having Ditto in his place.
- Big Bad: He's the one who masterminded the R Gas incident as a way of getting back at his absent father. Except not; he actually spends most of the movie tied up in his father's closet while his father's Ditto assumes his form and frames him for his father's crimes.
- Bound and Gagged: The real Roger is introduced tied up and gagged in Howard's closet.
- Calling the Old Man Out: When the cameras stopped rolling, one of the first things he did was call out his father for how self congratulatory the bit they just filmed was. Howard claims that Roger's people are the ones who wrote it, but that seems suspect considering what is discovered later on.
- The Cavalry: He smacks his father's Ditto away from Tim as he's dangling out of the building window, then pulls the boy in to safety.
- Combat Pragmatist: Knowing he can't win a straight fight with Ditto, he attacks it from behind and knocks it far enough away to pull Tim to safety.
- Decomposite Character: His video game role as the mastermind behind the R Formula is transferred to a new character, his father Howard.
- The Dog Bites Back: After being kidnapped, Bound and Gagged, and locked in a closet by the Ditto impersonating him, he manages to knock a hit on the impostor to save Tim.
- Evil Counterpart: He appears to act like one to Tim: They are heavily estranged from their fathers which eventually grew into resentment when they are focused on their careers (Harry being a detective and Howard being a corporate and founder of the city) to the point that they believed they failed them as a father. This turns out to not be true, as it is Roger who wanted to bond with his father while Tim, despite his issues, still has some lost love for Harry until they eventually reconciled.
- Foil: Like Tim, he has a strained relationship with his father, both stemming from their parents prioritizing their Pokémon-related occupation to spending time with their children. This is part of his set-up as a Red Herring though, as it later turns out he had some pretty good reasons to hate his Dad. This turns up again later near the end, when Roger blames himself for how his father turned out, just as Tim earlier blamed himself for his strained relationship with his father. The difference is Roger did everything he could but there was just no helping Howard, while Tim has a second chance to make things right with his own dad.
- Good All Along: While still something of a jerk, he attacks his evil father in the climax and gives Lucy a chance to break the story. His earlier The Dragon-like appearances were by Howard's Ditto.
- Jerkass Has a Point:
- His Establishing Character Moment has him drop the cheerful facade when the cameras stop rolling to call his dad out for calling himself the "visionary founder" for Ryme City, snarkily asking if "savior of the world" was taken? Though Howard Clifford quickly points out that it was Roger's own people who wrote the script. Roger turns out to be right, as his father really does have a God Complex.
- When Lucy comes to him with the rumors she heard about R he states that he can't just run a story without sources. While how he says it is rather rude (with him also casually insulting her clothing) he does have a point that reporters need to have evidence and sources before they run a story.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is abrasive and not particularly nice, but he's a decent person underneath, as he saves Tim and immediately after the climax puts Lucy on prime-time to report on it (remembering that she was the first person to know about it), and promises to do all he can to return the various genetically modified Pokémon to normal.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Although he didn't listen to Lucy's story at the start, that was because she had zero credible sources. After the crisis is over, he gives her full credit for recognizing that she knew about it before anyone else did, and allows her to report it on the news.
- Red Herring: The viewers are led to believe he is the Big Bad due to being completely against his father's dreams and of what Howard says of him. After it is shown that Howard is the Big Bad, it makes it look like he is The Dragon to his father. However, in the end, it was discovered that the majority of the evil actions done by Roger was really due to Howard's Ditto impersonating him and Howard himself is the true villain.
- Sinister Shades: Wears large dark sunglasses when chasing down Lucy and Tim at the PCL, because that was actually the Ditto impersonating him.
- Stepford Smiler: When doing promos with his father, Roger is able to act like an upbeat and approachable son. As soon as the cameras go off, his smile flips into a scowl and he can't get away from his father quick enough.
Ms. Norman
Ms. Norman
Click here to see her eyes (MASSIVE SPOILERS)
Played by: Suki Waterhouse
Howard Clifford's personal assistant.
- Canon Character All Along: Of sorts. Despite being introduced as a character created for the movie, she turns out to be a Ditto in disguise.
- Continuity Nod: Not the only character named "Norman" in the franchise. The other is the Normal-type gym leader from Emerald, fitting given Ditto's type is Normal.
- The Dragon: Howard's most loyal assistant and Pokémon partner.
- Eye-Dentity Giveaway: She's revealed revealed to be a genetically-enhanced Ditto when she takes off her sunglasses, revealing Ditto's signature Black Bead Eyes.
- Eyeless Face: Well, almost. Ditto do have eyes, but much smaller and beadier than a human's. The area around its real eyes is just blank skin.
- Foreshadowing: To "her" true nature as a Ditto. During the first newscast with the Cliffords, there is a Ditto watching over them who transforms into a human in the background to wheel Howard away from the set. Other clues are her pink-purple gloves and hair, and her solid black, round sunglasses helpfully mimic a Ditto's eyes.
- Gender Flip: Of the character Keith Norman from the original Detective Pikachu game, being a secondary antagonist assisting the Big Bad.
- Inhuman Eye Concealers: She wears opaque sunglasses at all times to hide the fact that she's actually a Ditto and sports the Pokémon's distinctive Black Bead Eyes — apparently the only thing that a Ditto can't change.
- Meaningful Name: Ms. Norman is a pseudonym for a Ditto that pretends to be a normal human, it is also a reference to Ditto's Pokémon type: Normal.
- Morphic Resonance: Black Bead Eyes aside, Ditto's default appearance wears pink gloves and has pink, wavy hair, referencing its natural appearance.
- Right-Hand Hottie: An attractive woman who serves Howard Clifford as his most loyal hench-Pokémon.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: She wears a nice three-piece suit.
- Sinister Shades: She wears a pair of them to hide its black beady Ditto eyes. Also makes it easy for it to morph into Roger, as he wears shades as well.
- The Speechless: She doesn't talk in any of her appearances. Since all it can say is "Ditto". She does text when she spots Tim and Pikachu at the arena.
- Sunglasses at Night: She wears large sunglasses all the time, even at night. They are meant to hide its Ditto eyes.
- Terminator Impersonator: She's stoic, silent, usually functions as a tracker, and wears a pair of sunglasses to cover her conspicuous eyes.
- Uncanny Valley Girl: She's far too quiet and aloof for someone who has pink hair and matching gloves.
- Younger Than They Look: As her true form is a Ditto, and a genetically altered one at that, it's safe to say she's a lot younger than the 27 year old Suki Waterhouse who portrays her as Ms. Norman.
Dr. Ann Laurent
Dr. Ann Laurent
Played by: Rita Ora Foreign VAs
A brilliant but disgraced scientist whose research grants were rescinded when her experiments into Pokémon took an unethical turn.
- Asshole Victim: Mewtwo killed her when he escaped from her lab, even though we only see her flying backwards with multiple glass shards coming her way after the explosion; considering what she was doing to Pokémon, she had it coming.
- Evil Brit: She has a very distinct British (Galarian) accent and a chilling lack of morality.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: Implied - she is blown backward by an explosion and multiple pointy shards of glass are flying straight toward her in the process. If this wasn't enough, it seems like the metal door she was flying toward collapsed on her as well.
- For Science!: Her motivation for her experiments.
- Mad Scientist: She's essentially a neuroscientist for Pokémon... who wants to learn how to mind control them.
- Not Enough to Bury: As heavily implied as you can get in a PG movie. She is last seen flying toward the bank vault style door after a psychic blast from Mewtwo's attempt to escape. It's on its hinges when the hologram ends. The next second we see that the door, which must weigh several tons, has been ripped out of its frame and knocked back several feet, and since Mewtwo escaped the lab through the ceiling, he didn't do that. Ouch.
- Posthumous Character: Pretty much only seen during her holographic logs.
- Red Herring: We're initially led to believe she created Mewtwo. In fact, she's just experimenting on the one created in Kanto to produce the R Gas.
Lt. Hideo Yoshida
Lieutenant Hideo Yoshida
Played by: Ken Watanabe Foreign VAs
A detective working for the Ryme City Police and a good friend to Harry. His partner is Snubbull.
- Advertised Extra: His Snubbull is featured prominently in the film's merchandising despite being a minor character with very little screentime.
- Bearer of Bad News: Not just informs Tim about Harry's death, but, at the second time Tim comes with the idea that he could still be alive, shows a surveillance tape of the accident itself, claiming he didn't want to upset Tim any further than he already was.
- Canine Companion: Has a Snubbull as his partner.
- Nice Guy: When Tim gets to Rhyme City, Lt. Yoshida is very nice and generous to help him cope with the loss of his father. When he shows Tim footage of the crash later on, it's only done because he doesn't want the young man to have the false hope that his father is still alive.
- Police Are Useless: Despite being a helpful individual, he just doesn't believe Harry could still be alive or that Howard Clifford was planning a big Assimilation Plot at the Pokémon Parade. By then, he along with the rest of the Ryme City's citizens were fused to their Pokémon when it was too late to stop him.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Managed to get Tim out of incarceration after the bust at the Roundhouse.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Chief Mike Baker from the game, as being good friends with Harry Goodman. However, unlike Mike, he has a Snubbull instead of an Accelgor and doesn't help Tim and Pikachu a lot.
Sebastian
Sebastian
Played by: Omar Chaparro Foreign VAs
Owner of the Roundhouse, a Pokémon arena operating illicitly within Ryme City.
- The Aggressive Drug Dealer: Sells and uses R as a "Pokémon enhancer" with Dr. Laurent as his "supplier".
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While he's not majorly evil, you don't often see drug dealers drug their own Pokémon and still call them their babies. He panicked when he saw his Charizard in danger.
- Fight Clubbing: Owns a highly-secret Pokémon battle arena as such battles are illegal within Ryme City.
- Getting High on Their Own Supply: Not he himself, but he uses R on his Charizard to make him extra-aggressive against his opponents.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: After he subjects his Charizard to the R compound, that same Charizard knocks him down and shatters all his other vials, which ends up wrecking the entire establishment when the audience's pokémon go berserk.
- It's Personal: Has a major grudge against Harry for beating his Charizard with only a Pikachu. Upon seeing the same Pikachu again, he offers to tell Tim everything he knows about "R" in exchange for a rematch.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being quite hot-tempered and antagonistic towards Tim and Pikachu, his desire for a rematch stems more out of personal pride for his Charizard (whom he refers to as his 'baby') getting injured in their previous fight, and he reacts with immediate panic and concern that Tim will get hurt when he climbs into the arena to help Pikachu against the R crazed Charizard.
- No Shirt, Long Jacket: Pikachu lampshades how he doesn't wear a shirt under his long coat, an overall sketchy look for a drug dealer who runs a fight club.Pikachu: All I hear are consonants and all I see are nipples.
- Oh, Crap!: When his own rampaging Charizard knocks him to the ground with a tail swipe, the dozens of vials he keeps hidden inside his coat all shatter, releasing a thick cloud of R into an audience full of Pokémon.Sebastian: Uh-oh. That's not good. (screams)
Pokémon
Psyduck
Psyduck
Lucy's Psyduck companion. She is rarely seen without him.
- Adaptational Badass: At least in comparison to the games, where Psyduck, as a pre-evolution, has mediocre stats (its best being a none-too-stellar 65 Special Attack) and no bonus on Psychic-type moves since it's a pure Water-type. In this movie, it manages to knock out multiple Greninja (admittedly a bit of a Glass Cannon, but its worst stat is still above Psyduck's best in the games) in one attack (and supposedly having Type immunity over Psychic as part Dark-types). It is, however, mostly consistent with Psyduck's portrayal in the anime.
- Forbidden Chekhov's Gun: His explosive psychic headaches. It's mentioned more than once that if his headaches get too painful, his psychic powers will explode and cause a lot of damage. When the group is being pursued by several Greninja, the stress of being chased (and from Pikachu's deliberate trolling) gives Psyduck a headache so massive that he releases a powerful psychic wave that blows the Greninja away.
- Odd Friendship: Psyduck gets massive headaches and explodes if under stress or pressure, while Lucy is an aspiring Intrepid Reporter who does a lot of dangerous and stressful things to get the Hot Scoop. Yet, they're very close.
- Opportunistic Bastard: Takes advantage of Pikachu's fear of his head exploding to milk a foot massage out of him.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Lucy has to spend all of her time trying to keep him calm lest he get a headache and let loose a psychic wave he can't control.
- Pokémon Speak: One of the Pokémon in the movie to play this trope completely straight. Unlike most Pokémon who just make animalistic sounds, Psyduck does have speech but can only say his own name. It's justified: Psyduck's "Psy" is considered definitive of it, and part of its Anti-Humor nature.
- Power Incontinence: Psyduck has great psychic powers but the trouble is he can't control them.
- Power-Strain Blackout: Passes out briefly after using its psychic powers to stop the Greninja chasing the group.
- Psychic Powers: Technically he's a Water-type Pokémon, but there's more emphasis on his psychic abilities here. Specifically, he releases powerful psychic waves that can be very dangerous if he has too much of a headache.
Charizard
Charizard
Sebastian's prized Pokémon.
- Always a Bigger Fish: As terrifying as it was, it's nothing compared to Gyarados.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Considering its powers are breathing fire and flying, a cage match probably isn't the best place for it to fight. At one point all it could do was chase Pikachu around in a circle, allowing to Tim to get the drop on Charizard with little effort.
- Ax-Crazy: As a result of being exposed to the R-chemical. Its usual mood is more Tranquil Fury.
- Dinosaurs Are Dragons: While Charizard is inspired by dragons, its live-action design here resembles real-life dinosaurs even more closely than its traditional design.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Is the Pokémon partner of an illegal fight club battler and bears a nasty electric burn scar on its face.
- Oh, Crap!: Elicits this response from Pikachu after inhaling R and going berserk. When it sees Gyarados, it whimpers.
- Our Dragons Are Different: It's inspired by Western dragons (albeit as a Fire/Flying type), and the live-action artstyle here makes it look more like other CGI live-action dragons like Smaug the Magnificent and Drogon.
- Revenge: Pikachu scarred its face last time they met and it wants to settle the score.
Ditto
Ditto
Howard Clifford's partner.
- Adaptational Badass: Ditto in the main series has never been as badass as Ms. Norman, who can shapeshift into many different Pokémon at will and do so in seconds, gaining all their powers for it. It's fairly obvious when it fights Tim during the climax that it's just playing with him and could easily end the fight any time it wanted. Justified, as it's genetically modified.
- Black Bead Eyes: A standard for its species. It's also a Fatal Flaw when transforming since it's incapable of changing out of its normal Ditto eyes when morphed, and when disguised as a human it uses sunglasses to hide them.
- Chekhov's Skill: Is shown to be able to transform into humans early on.
- Cute Is Evil: It's a cute little blob with an adorable high-pitched voice... and also probably the most malevolent Pokémon in the entire film.
- Discard and Draw: Thanks to the experiments performed on it, this Ditto can transform into Pokémon without needing the Pokémon to be physically present, and it can even transform into humans. However, it can't change its eyes like other Ditto.
- The Dragon: Serves as Howard's right-hand Pokémon.
- Fights Like a Normal: Pun not intended. When morphed into Lucy, it demonstrates some boxing ability, suggesting it's been taught how to fight like a human in addition to being able to fight as Pokémon.
- Final-Exam Boss: It transforms into multiple characters from the movie when it fights Tim, even human characters like Lucy.
- Glamour Failure: Its inability to change its eyes leads to it having to wear sunglasses whenever impersonating a human.
- Just Between You and Me: Silent version. When Tim finds the real Roger, the impostor reveals herself as a Ditto. Then proceeds to try to kill him.
- Master of Disguise: Is capable of transforming into not just other Pokémon, but also other human beings, specifically Roger, Lucy, and its default human female Ms. Norman.
- Magic Genetics: According to Roger, "Norman" was one of Howard's genetic experiments, explaining its various abnormalities.
- Morphic Resonance: No matter what form it takes on, its beady eyes remain the same.
- Nightmare Face: Ditto's signature Black Bead Eyes and blank expression become this whenever it transforms into a human. Ditto's face on a live-action human is definitely not natural and the movie likely intended this effect to make the character and battle scene with it way more unnerving.
- Sadist: A rarity in this franchise, likely due to its genetic alterations making it vastly more intelligent than the average Pokémon. Just to show it's not a Mook or an Unwitting Pawn, Ditto transforms into Lucy just to mess with Tim, and later transforms into Cubone when Tim is hanging from the window to tap on his fingers one at a time to make him fall, instead of just throwing him off with one of its larger, stronger forms.
- Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Downplayed; it briefly takes on Lucy's form during its fight with Tim, which unnerves him long enough for Ditto to get a hit in.
- Shapeshifter Swan Song: When Tim douses it with a large spray of R serum, it starts to turn into different forms uncontrollably before fainting into a pile of unconscious goo.
- Signature Mon: To Howard Clifford. Pretty fitting that the blame-shifting, many-faced Villain with Good Publicity would use the Mon that can take any form. The fact that Howard's plan involves hijacking Mewtwo makes it doubly fitting, since Ditto is commonly thought to be the result of failed attempts to create a Mewtwo.
- Terminator Impersonator: Like the T-1000, its natural form is liquid, it can shapeshift and it is very tough in battle.
- Uplifted Animal: Or Uplifted Pokémon. A point is made throughout the story that Pokémon typically can't understand human language and are more along the lines of The Empath, with a few rare exceptions, such as Detective Pikachu (being a human mind in a Pokémon's body) and Mewtwo (an extremely powerful Psychic Pokémon that has also been extensively genetically modified). This Ditto was extensively genetically modified to be able to mimic humans, but also clearly is of near-human intelligence as well - while she can't speak, she's able to text coherent, articulate messages, and is mostly seen acting independently. She's also a rare example of a Pokémon that is intentionally malicious, as most antagonistic Pokémon are so simply out of self-defense or loyalty to their trainer, and while she is loyal to Howard, her smug attitude and independent behavior paints her actions as very much her own.
- Walking Spoiler: Yeah. Everything about this Pokémon's existence spoils several major plot points.
Mr. Mime
Mr. Mime
A particularly smug Mr. Mime who was helping Harry with a case before he disappeared.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Played with. Tim and Pikachu accidentally mime lighting him on fire, which Mr. Mime takes entirely seriously.
- Helpful Mook: A rare Pokémon example. When Tim is clearly dousing him with gas through pantomime, Pikachu keeps getting Tim's answers wrong to the point that he briefly drops character and has to help explain what Tim is doing.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He had a chance to run away, but since he takes miming so seriously he instead ran in place, pretended to ride a motorcycle, then "ran into" the "wall" Tim inadvertently made by putting his hands up. He then cracks when Tim employs a Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique by dousing him in gasoline and threatening to set him on fire...through pantomime.
- Hope Spot: Tim and Pikachu threaten to set him on fire (through mime, of course) if he doesn't fess up. Tim manages to figure out that the R came from the round house, getting all they need out of him, leaving Mr. Mime to breathe a sigh of relief. Then Tim drops the match over the gasoline.
- Jerkass: Insufferably smug and rude just because.
- Silent Snarker: Tells Detective Pikachu to "shove it" through mime.
- Smug Smiler: He's always insufferably smug.
- The Voiceless: Well he is Mr. Mime after all.
- Your Mime Makes It Real: Not only can he create actual invisible walls, he takes all forms of miming seriously, to the point Tim threatens him by miming getting ready to light him on fire. He only breaks character once, as if to say You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!, when Pikachu is unable to follow what Tim is miming (twice if you count him getting incredibly offended at Detective Pikachu's angry shouts to "Talk you stupid mime!").
Greninja
Greninja
The Ninja Pokémon, Greninja is a Water/Dark-type humanoid frog that attacks with ninja weapons made from water. A trio of Greninja appears late in the movie to guard the PCL lab from Tim, Pikachu, and Lucy.
- Adaptational Villainy: While not truly "evil", this movie depicts Greninja as an antagonistic force, to the point that they were responsible for the car crash that nearly killed Harry Goodman. There's also the fact that they were experimented on to become hyper-aggressive.
- Adaptational Wimp: Despite being part Dark-type, which are normally immune to Psychic-type moves, they're blown away by Lucy's Psyduck's Psychic.
- Dark Is Evil: Notable for playing this straight, whereas most other Greninja in media are depicted as neutral or heroic.
- Making a Splash: Their signature Water Shuriken, which they used to cause Harry's fatal car crash.
- No-Sell: Subverted. Despite being Dark-type, they don't exhibit immunity to Psychic-type attacks, a far cry from canon.
- The Voiceless: The Greninja here are completely silent and don't utter Pokémon Speak despite its existence in the movie's universe.
Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur
A wandering herd of Bulbasaur that Tim and Lucy meet after escaping from the Greninja and the Torterra Garden.
- Bystander Syndrome: Subverted. At first, the Bulbasaur that Tim asked for help and for guiding him to a healer Pokémon to save a badly injured Pikachu seemingly walks off after some pondering. It turns out it was just calling its herd to help them, although they don’t allow Lucy and her Psyduck to come with them - perfectly understandable, since they're half-Poison Type, which is weak to Psychic.
- Green Thumb: They are Grass-Type Pokémon after all.
- It Can Think: Discussed and then played straight. When they first see a lone Bulbasaur, Lucy believes that, as a wild Pokémon, it doesn’t understand their pleads for help to save Pikachu, but Tim says that it can understand their feelings. He is correct.
Mewtwo
Mewtwo
Voiced by: Rina Hoshino and Kotaro Watanabe (simultaneously) Foreign VAs
The world's strongest Pokémon, genetically engineered from the fossilized remains of an ancient Mew.
- Ambiguous Gender: Unlike previous incarnations who have either have a male or female voice, this incarnation speaks with both at the same time, befitting of its ungendered status in the games. That said, other characters ironically refer to it with male pronouns in a franchise that usually takes special care to use "it/its" to refer to Pokémon as much as possible.
- Adaptational Heroism: It's much more mellow and benevolent than any previous incarnations seen in the anime (initially) or any games. It's grateful to Harry and Pikachu for setting it free and goes out of its way to protect and save them. It isn't driven by rage or all-consuming hatred of humans, it simply wants to be free and left alone. However, it still retains some degree of misanthropy and distrust towards humans comparable to anime Mewtwo's appearance in Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Its whole motivation for helping Harry, Pikachu, and later Tim is that Harry and Pikachu risked their lives to free it after they handed it over to the bad guys.
- Big Good: Of all things. Even though we're led to assume the opposite, it actually acts as the greatest source of good in the movie - it saves the life of Harry and his Pikachu on different occasions, and pushes the direly-needed Reset Button in the aftermath of Howard's evil plan.
- Canon Character All Along: We're originally led to believe it's a Mewtwo unique to the film's universe. In fact, it's the Generation I Mewtwo that escaped from Kanto. The writers have even said they intended it to be the very same Mewtwo as the one in Pokémon: The First Movie.
- Composite Character: Has elements from its anime and game incarnations; it was cloned from the remains of a Mew like in the anime instead of being the result of a tampered embryo of a Mew but the rest of its backstory seems consistent with the games.
- Good All Along: We're led to believe that Mewtwo, like in other media, hates humanity for their mistreatment towards it and the movie opens with it seemingly attacking Harry. In the end, Mewtwo actually defended Harry from a trio of Greninja and transferred his body into his Pikachu in order to treat his injuries.
- Grand Theft Me: Turns out Mewtwo can do this to people at will, provided that the Pokémon that's going to give up its body agrees to it or is under the influence of R gas. It's actually a rare case where it's used benevolently to save the lives of others, but Clifford uses the power to hijack Mewtwo's body for himself.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Howard Clifford uses Mewtwo's own power to steal the latter's body.
- Humans Are Bastards: Mewtwo's never exactly been a huge fan of humans, and one of its first lines in the film is "Humanity is evil." Though late in the movie, we find that it's more of the opinion "SOME Humans Are Bastards" as it's willing to help Harry and his Pikachu multiple times through the story. Even its less-than-ideal opinion on humanity is understandable given the film portrays it as minding its own business before getting abducted and experimented by humans.
- Knight of Cerebus: Downplayed: while not a villain, the plot does get more serious once it shows up. After meeting it, Pikachu believes that he betrayed Harry and leaves Tim. Mewtwo being recaptured also kicks off the movie's climax. It's later subverted once the truth behind its involvement in Harry's disappearance comes out.
- Lightning Bruiser: Like its game counterpart, it is very strong, very fast, and very tough. When Howard hijacks its body, he tanks every attack Pikachu throws at him and is beaten when Mewtwo is freed.
- Mysterious Past: All we know is it was created twenty years ago in Kanto before it went missing. It's never revealed whether it was created by Team Rocket as in the anime, or by an independent research group on Cinnabar Island like in the games.
- Open Secret: Zig-zagged: His existence is unknown to most of the population but in the more shadier echelons of society his existence is well-known — at the very least Howard and Dr. Laurent knew about its existence.
- Psychic Powers: Obviously, considering it's the strongest and most famous Psychic type Pokémon. It is telepathic and telekinetic and can fire some sort of Energy Ball (likely Psystrike). It is also capable of healing the injuries of others and somehow converting humans to energy and combining them with Pokémon. This last ability, however, requires that the higher cognitive functions of the Pokémon's brain be suppressed first (leaving them with no memory for the duration of the merger). Mewtwo can do this on its own to some extent (as it does with Harry's Pikachu), but using the R drug to enrage them first allows the human to retain their memories.
- Red Herring: Mewtwo, with its rampage at the movie's opening and intimidating presence, is initially made out to be the Big Bad of the movie. The truth is that it's just a victim of Howard Clifford's machinations, and quite benign when left to its own devices.
- Single Specimen Species: There's only one Mewtwo created under mysterious circumstances in the Kanto region. Hints that there might be another are just a Red Herring.
- Voice of the Legion: Its voice consists of a male voice and a female voice layered on top of each other, which adds to its androgynous nature.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Its final fate is never revealed, but presumably, it went back into hiding.
- World's Strongest Man: Described as the most powerful Pokémon in the world by Pikachu. It's interesting to note that this is a setting that acknowledges Arceus. Justified because it can still be the most powerful in the world, but not the universe.
