There are people who think Pikachu is a mouse

>>28160576
What uh, what is it then?

>>28160778
it's a pika

>>28160778
a pikachu

>>28160576

Its species is literally "mouse pokemon"

Yes, because the Pokedex clearly doesn't say "Mouse Pokemon".

>>28160801
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>>28160801

>>28160809
Yeah, I mean Blastoise is clearly a shellfish, how can pokedex be wrong?

>>28160843
Have I claimed otherwise?

>>28160801
Sandshrew being blatantly a pangolin, Bidoof a beaver.
It's basically just using mouse to describe any small mammal.
Hell even Ratatta, rats and mice are not the same animal

Pikpika is the Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkling/glitering
Pikachu is pronounced pee-kuh-choo
Pika is pronounced pie-kuh

>the electric mouse pokemon

>>28160801
>>28160809
>>28160915
how do they know what a mouse is?

Everyone calm down.

You want to know what Pikachu is? Pikachu is a Pokemon

>>28160889
Some stupid weeaboo bullshit to justify a misconception

>>28160915
This is not it's species, and the pokedex frequently uses the wrong animal as the category.

>>28160889
"Pi" in Japanese is not pronounced pie, it's pee. Pai is pie.

>>28160997
The animal "Pika", as in OPs image, is pronounced pie-kuh
Sorry if I didn't make that clear

>>28160992
its not weeaboo bullshit, the series is fucking japanese, you're fucking retarded

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pika isn't even pronounced the same and its not like it greatly resembles a pika anymore than any other thing.

>>28160889
>>28160997
Pikachu literally means Sparklesqueak.

That's how I refer to it in my head.

>ITT: Pokemon are based on only one thing

>>28161206
>The japanese are so self absorbed they never use outside words
I bet you call it "Rucario" when it's a pun on Oracle

>>28161353
Not in Japanese, where its the same

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>it's a /vp/ thinks the pokedex is wrong episode

>>28162628
It's not. Pika (as in the animal) in katakana is パイカ. Taken straight from wikipedia.jp.

>>28160576
"Pikachu" is a portmanteau of "peek at you", referring to its large eyes and excellent sight.

There are people who think Pokémon designs cannot draw inspiration from multiple ideas.

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>>28162786
kys Richard

>>28162692
Sorry but no, the spelling uses ゲ which is ga. What you're looking for is ゼ.