When did you start hating Pikachu?

>>28500584
In a month from now

>>28500584
But I haven't.
I just try to stay away from it. It will always have a special place in my heart though.

>>28500584
When the anime started. I really detested how he was a complete asshole, yet we were supposed to love him for some reason?

>>28500584
I don't hate Pikachu. It's just not one of my favorites.

I don't hate it, I just hate when people think it's good.

I just prefer Mareep

>>28500584
i dont hate picklachu, it's cute. CUTE!

>>28500584
I think... right off the bat. In 1999 or whatever, I was 11 or 12. All my friends talked about how "gay" Pikachu was. It was also en vogue to make parodies of it, or to make jokes about it getting hurt/dying, etc.

Even though I would laugh at a lot of these jokes (because I was fucking 11 and you did stuff to fit in in order to "survive"), I didn't engage in them myself. But still, I mostly saw Pikachu as dumb, or worthless, or boring.

My mind changed when I met a buddy on /vp/ a few years back. He loved cute Pikas, and even did some cool stuff with them in battles. I began to accept Pikas for their cuteness because of this kind stranger.

When I watched Ash in the Kalos League (XY and the Z continuation was the first time I ever saw anything in the anime I liked), I found myself rooting for Pikachu. As a kid, I'd groan about Pikachu winning or desire for it to lose. Now as a man, I find myself rooting for it.

Really makes you think.

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>>28500584
Hard to hate myself.

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>>28500584

>>28501432 here. I forgot this: >>28500651 Pikachu used to be a real asshole to everyone in the anime! It also started out pretty smug in Yellow. I think this didn't help its case any.

When i played pokemon blue back in the day i was always hyped when i found a pikachu because i liked it.
But better pokemon came and pikachu wasnt that amazing anymore so i lost interest.
I started hating it when every retard who doesnt know shit about pokemon said "pikachu is still the best pokemon XD"

Never
Only people mad at the anime hate him

True fans know he is the thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85duFrcw7o

You mean you haven't run a Pikachu on your super serious teams? Fuckin' pleb secondaries.

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I don't. He helps me get my pika bro

In Pokémon Yellow where it became more and more clear how shit it was.

>>28501648
Ah, good old days.

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I want to bully Pikachu!

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>>28501682
Alola form is better.

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>>28501842
It would be extremely painful,for him

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>>28500584
I don't hate Pikachu. I'm neutral concerning him, but I love Raichu to pieces.

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>>28500584

I don't.

I don't hate pikachu, but I certainly don't understand its appeal. There are much cuter pokemon (like eevee, or fennekin) and I don't understand why pikachu is the go-to one. I mean, I get the brand recognition stuff, but even way back when pikachu was chosen, there were much better options.

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>>28502600
because pikachu is kissable

>>28500584
Never really hated pikachu, it's overrated but I've always loved it.

Raichu is still better

>>28500584
ever since I saw Raichu.

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>>28500584
when get got down syndrome

>>28502791
*he got
autocorrect why

>>28500584
Used to hate him. Started really liking it in the past few weeks and now it's in my top 5.

Don't know why, nothing changed.

>>28500584
I like him not one of my favs but nothing against him either

>>28502791
He just got fit m8

>>28501493
this

>>28501947
>Alola form
>better
Not even a little bit. >>28502492

>>28500714
This, pure autism when people think Pikachu can outperform Raichu

>>28500584
I never liked it to begin with. I remember finding one in Viridian forest way back in blue and thinking "Electric type? Nah, I want some ice types. I'll catch it for the dex, but I don't plan to use it."

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Best chu. People who can't like Raichu without sperging out about how much they hate Pikachu in the same sentence are the absolute worst.

i miss gen 1 fat pikachu

>>28500584
I used to love it when I had shit taste.
But then there are so many new good Pokemon that it fell to the bottom of the pile and each generation it got pushed so hard that it was shit. The adding lovehearts to the tails of the female pikachu was the final nail in the coffin. Also the stats on that thing are forever always shit.

I start every single gen by boxing my starter and trading in a Pikachu.

>>28501493
this 100%

i only hate pikachu in yellow though, outside of that it's fine

>>28500584
I don't hate it, but Raichu is just better.

I love Pikachu, even have one on my trombone case

>>28500584
I never cared to be frank

>>28500584
Never. I just want Raichu to have more relevance, that's all.

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When I was a 9 year old and I just got pokemon yellow I liked Pikachu a lot. It wa my first starter and I grew really attached to the little guy.

I think by the time gen 3 came along I had become pretty neutral towards pikachu. Didn't mind it but wasn't enthused about it anymore. About 6 years ago I became more aware of gaming culture, and the concepts of "casuals" and "hardcores". I became aware of gen wunners, and those who claimed to be huge pokemon fans, but hadn't even played up to gen 2, let alone gen 4, nor heard of gen 5. It was a frustrating experience for me and I felt estranged. It was also during this time period when I started buying figures, looking at fan art, ect. For videogames in general but specifically pokemon.

It was at this moment I noticed the pikachu pandering. The gen 1 pandering. My personal favorites like Flygon, Drapion, hitmonlee, they all seemed to be scorned compared to the onslaught of pikachu pandering. The art, the figures, the favoritism, it all sickened me. I thought, "Pikachu isn't even a strong pokemon. Its not even fully evolved. The design isn't even that great. Why is this guy the face of a franchise I love? Why does it get all the attention". It wasn't like some edgy faggot rampage or anything but I developed a strong distaste for Pikachu and how it's bright light obscured the other pokemon.

Whenever someone brought up Pikachu, whenever some rando casually claimed Pikachu as their favorite pokemon I got irritated. I thought about all the other pokemon they could have possibly chosen. I thought about how they probably didn't know about any other pokemon. I thought about how it was insulting for someone like them to proclaim how big of a fan they were when much bigger fans existed. I thought, how can you claim to love pokemon when all you know is pikachu.

And now I don't really mind Pikachu. It is cute and I know I was just being a faggot shitter

But gen wunnersners are still awful

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>>28502419
Have you seen the size of those eggs? Female pikachus are more than capable of taking a man!

Pikachu is a cutie and a decent electric mon when it evolves.
Screw the contrarians

>>28500584
Mostly I hate the way I don't hate it, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

I hate that they made is gen 6 cry the anime 'pika pika'. It's so fucking out of place with all the other Gen 1 'remade' cries