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Ash's Pikachu: Male or Female?
Ok...I'm making this topic so I could talk with it with other people who have seen the anime (doesn't matter how long you have, but if youve been seeing it since Kanto you understand my point here).
If I'm not mistaken, this has NEVER been cleared up. I mean, nobody really knows what gender it is...Im of course talking about the yellow mouse we've all loved and cared for since it first shocked Ash waaaay back in the first episode. Most people, assume its a male. Yet I have friends who tell me Ash's Pikachu is a She....that's when it hit me: It has never been stated since Pikachu's debut if it was male or female. But strangely, for some of other Ash's Pokemon, it has been cleared yet some are Unknown. An example is Ash's Bayleef, which is a female. Another example, like most of Ash's pokemon (I assume), is Ash's Bulbasaur...who is a male. The pokemons personality comes into play, which Is way its obvious Ash's Bayleef is a male because of the way she acts around him or how Cool and Calm is Sceptile...which makes it obvious he's a Male. Pikachu's gender, alongside with many of Ash's pokemon, remain unknown except for very few. Another thing, in Gold, Silver and Crystal, when you face Champion Red...His Pikachu is a male. But this is the videogame, NOT the anime. So I wanted to know what you guys think....:3 |
Buneary is female and since Buneary likes Pikachu, and considering that Buneary isn't a lesbian, Pikachu is concluded to be male.
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Nah all pokemon are females... havent you noticed none of them have a.... candy cane or wang? Meaning theyre all lesbians. So to make eggs the alien grandma at the daycare multiplys them into unborn versions. :) Some same types and species are diffrent from each other because theyre the evil opposites! The opposites are evil twins! :o
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Ash's Pikachu is male; Buneary has been confirmed as a female, and has a crush on Pikachu, as Warped Reflection said.
Anyhow, I honestly can't picture his Pikachu as female, judging how similar it becomes personality-wise to him. EDIT: Pikachu is a confirmed male in the English dubs, as well as several other language dubs, but not in the Japanese version of the anime, but there have been many hints that it is male rather than female throughout the anime series, in all languages. Credits go to Bulbapedia for that piece of info~ |
I completely forgot about the fact that Dawn's Buneary has a crush on Pikachu....ha, but you have to admit...up to that point, most of us were clueless if he was male or not.
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im pretty shure that pikachus male if not
bunearys just a lesbian that would be funny " Buneary the first gay pokemon" |
Besides, Ash's Pikachu doesn't have the 'dent' at the end of its tail, which also means its male.
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the gender difference was only in the game not in the shows duh any way its probably not true but lets just say that pikachus a female and that buneary a lesbian k it makes it a lot more fun |
That could be because Pikachu was created before genders were included into the games.
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Anyhow, they're not going to be able to ignore the gender differences between male and female Snover(s). (o3o I'm not sure of the plural form...) |
why didnt jonhy590 make this a poll!!! somebody make this a poll
and i saw that episode i thought that two untill i really took a look a the shinx there was no difference and one ws male and the other was female |
Yeah. Did you forget about the buneary? I don't think she would like same-sex....bleh.
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I think that maybe this is starting to get off topic, anyhow. EDIT: This is a little late, so... Uh, look at the post above. |
Way back when in "Pikachu's Goodbye," wasn't Pikachu flirting with a blatantly female Pikachu with a flower on its head? Yet more evidence toward it being male if I remember correctly...
But yeah, Pikachu's obviously male. |
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pikachu is male buneary is female and the phione on hold the phione is also male
and if pikachu is a female phione must have been totally freaked out to lose buneary to another girl 0_o |
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i knw pikachus male, everybody shud, its like a no brainer |
My theory is way better... ):<
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As other people have said before; since Bunary is a girl and likes Pikachu; its obvious Pikachu is a boy, then again ever since the anime first started I've always believed that Pikachu was a boy; I mean its not really that hard to tell, well personally I don't think so anyway. You just have to watch how Pikachu acts and stuff. So yep Pikachu is a boy ^^.
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I'm pretty sure its been confirmed that Pikachu is a male.
Still until I was told that I always though Pikachu was a girl. Anyways in the anime Pikachu is sometimes referred to as a he so thats a dead give away. |
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Male no real debate yes he has done som female things but without a doubt he is male
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There was an episode in the early anime that depicted Pikachu's short love with a trainer-owned female of his type (I believe that it knew Surf, and used it to rescue Ash or something like that). There's also that damned Buneary.
EDIT: Dominus Temporis has it down; check out that guy's post. |
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But even without Buneary crushing on Pikachu, you could tell it was male by its actions, just like you can tell Piplup is male and Pachirisu is.... well I think Pachirisu is male >_> |
Dawn's Buneary loves Pikachu, isn't she? I mean, Buneary is a female, right? Then Pikachu sould be male. Unless Buneary is a male. But I don't think so.
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I didn't think people still seriously had any doubts.
Ash calls him "buddy" all the time, and it's pretty much been implied to be male since the beginning. It's voice has been generally masculine, and.. it's just obviously male. |
Isn't it obvious that Pikachu's male... xD
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In the Pokemon diamond and pearl series, Dawns Buneary likes ash's Pikachu so most likely Pikachu has to be male unless Buneary swings the other way. lol.
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I'm pretty sure that Ash's Pikachu is a male.
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Even before Buneary came in, I always looked at Pikachu as being a male Pokemon. I don't know why... his personality just matches a guy's a guess. XD Plus whenever they went in those hot bath things, wouldn't Pikachu go with Misty/May/Dawn/whoever instead of going to the guy's side with Ash?
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Come to think of it, I think the same thing was in the Electric Tale of Pikachu comic. |
i really don't care what that fat rat is, but I think its a male, I've been thinking like that for years
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But, I think Pikachu has always been voiced by the same Japanese actress, both in English and Japanese. :X |
No. Pikachu was dubbed by an English voice actress durng certain episodes by Rachael Lillis, voice actress of Maylene, pre-PUSA Misty and Jessie, etc, when Ikue Ohtani's, Japanese voice actress of Pikachu, voice was overlapped. She voiced him in EP001: Pokémon- I Choose You! and in other episodes.
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Ash's pikachu is male in my opinion.
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I don't know I thought male but was just a mere assumption
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I think it's male.
Since Buneary has a crush on it and Buneary sounds more girly and Dawn dresses Buneary in dresses and such. |
According to D/P's gendered sprites, Female Pikachus have a small dent in their tails... which Ash's Pikachu (and all of the other Pikachus) do not have.
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i think Pikachu its male because on first temp he have a crush for a Clefairy on Mt.Moon :P because of this i have voted on male :cool:
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I think Pikachu is a male. My sis used to tell me it was a girl because we had stickers of Pikachu wearing ribbons or dresses, but I'm pretty sure those weren't official. Also I don't think they'd made Buneary lesbian...
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I've always considered Pikachu male.
Funny thing is, I'm not actually sure why. |
I think Ash's Pikachu is a male. It never occoured to me why.
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It is a male! LOL! XD Plus bunarys a girl and I think bunary fancies Pikachu! ^_~
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Neither, Pikachu is asexual, and reproduces through spores.
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Ash's Pikachu is a male, this has been known for way long back. There have been cases where Pikachu seems to like hanging around female trainers, as well as Buneary's crush on Pikachu. I also recall in the show Pikachu being referred to as "he" quite a few times as well.
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It's a male. My friend said "Pikachu is female? No, He is male! I think He is voiced by a male in English!". I think he is right.
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Yes, I watched video. I think you're right. |
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I think Pikachu is male, though...after all, they're not going to have buneary being a lesbian, are they? |
I'm assuming the male, female Pikachu difference doesn't count. Because it should! I'm pretty sure they put that in DPPT to show people that.
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Im with the rest.... Male :P
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But like most have said, only the dubs show more hints, yet the Japanese do too. Look at the many Pokemon Contest for Dawn, the other Pokemon be wearing cheerleading outfits why Pikachu still hasn't been caught dead in one. Why Piplup? I don't kno...T_T but thats off topic |
I'm sure in a few episodes it is referred to as 'He'.
That should clarify that it is male, surely. |
It has always been my general belief that Pikachu is a boy... I think it was referred to as "he" like someone else has said above. But, I guess it could be left up to interpretation.
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I believe Pikachu is a male 100%. I'm still unsure about Ash's gender though. That's still a mystery to me.
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Okay, I have undenyable proof that pikachu is a girl, that involves buneary AND phione. THink about it, wouldn't phione stop liking buneary if he found out that she liked a girl. Most guys I know would find that pretty wierd.
Also cerulean 15, the answer about piplup can also be found in the phione episode. Piplup went up to phione and started acting friendly... too friendly. It's possible that piplup is a girl. Duh! XD |
I think Pikachu is a male when though I am not 100% convince he is I have my doubts
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I think Pikachu is a male.
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theyve shown the gender differences before aswell |
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Well, anyways, I'd say Pikachu's male. For instance, we've already had Pikachu willingly wearing boy clothing (or Japanese equivalent of boy clothing) all the time (Barring Misty's fantasy of it wearing a dress.), the few times it wore girls dresses (like the maid outfit), it was clearly embarassed, Buneary had a crush on it, it was seen carrying packages in "Princess vs. Princess" (This one is a very BIG hint at it's gender, as the narrator said that the males at the Princess Festival are absolutely required to carry the packages.). There were also a few times in Pikachu's goodbye where some of the Pikachu had niks on their tails that were extremely similar to the gender differences to Pikachu. I'd supply a screenshot, but sadly, Serebii.net doesn't seem to allow people to take screenshots from the episode pictures section. |
It's kinda sexist for you people to say these different Pokemon are "male" or "female" based off of personality. Ever heard of transgenderism? And besides... This is an Eastern cartoon dubbed in the West. Our cultures are vastly different with certain things acceptable there and not here and vice versa.
For example: James is gay in the Japanese anime. Yet in our dub, he's simply effeminate with the occasional gay implication slipped past the censors. So does anyone really think it unlikely a Pokemon couldn't also be gay/lesbian, or have a non-gender specific personality? |
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And I didn't even bring up gender based on personality traits. |
I'm just going with the fact that Pikachu was groping Ash's momma. Nah, I've always thought Pikachu was a boy. I can't explain it, though. It's just a hunch.
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I really don't know, but if Dawn's buneary is a female, then pikachu is probably a male.
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I wasn't referring specifically to you, but to pretty much everyone that's posted in here. |
Most pokemon are non-masculine in appearance, but you can generally tell by the character what they are.
If it was my world, Pikachu might end up a girl (hehe- I mean, eeeww! XD), but canon implies, if not states that he's a he. |
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Pikachu is pretty obviously male.
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I've been watching it for a loooong time now and Pikachu is a male. In many episodes there are many references that Pikachu is a %100.0 Pure MALE.
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Well if we use the game logic, it is male sense it tail is a full diamond shape.
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There actually has been a few eps that pikachu is refered to as a he, one main one is the ep where it's princess day.There is of course the game differences with the tail but that was long after the fact of the anime and with that would also mean pikachu's were never pichu's cause in pikachu's goodbye you clearly see baby sized pikachu's compared to the adult sized pika's in that ep and no pichu's were present.
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I've got TV information.
Phione was a female ad had a crush on buneary, which makes buneary a dude, and he liked ash's pikachu, which must mean pikachu a girl! |
Male.
Acts like a boy. Looks like a boy. Kinda talks like a male Pikachu. |
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To be honest, I really believe that Ash's Pikachu is a male. Dawn's Buneary proves much to be a female and has a crush on Pikachu since the start. The reasons to support this is because Buneary enjoys dressing up and has female characteristics in its behavior. Though, besides the crush, Pikachu has always seemed to be more a male Pokémon than female. So, whether it was a female I would probably still end up referring to it as a "he" for habital reasons and the sense that it seems more portayed as a male.
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