Ash's Pikachu: Boy or Girl?

[STEELIXMANIAC]

In fact, Ash is not based on any game/manga character. XD

I've seen the majority of Pokémon fans state that they think Pikachu is male, but there're some out there believe Pikachu is female (which I think is kinda ridiculous anyway). I lean towards the belief that Pikachu is male, but I'm staying pretty much neutral on this subject so far. (Although if this was two years back, I would've not been neutral and gone for Pikachu being male instead.)

 

[Jorah]

Anyone who uses the tail argument would be foolish. Firstly, gender differences were only in Sinnoh. Where did Pikachu come from? Kanto. All the other Pikachu we've seen before in the anime have no indent on their tails. Does that mean all Pikachu that have been seen are male then? No. Since, the group hasn't seen a Pikachu with an obvious gender difference so far, no, this argument is totally useless. Surely you're not going to see Pikachu suddenly develop an indented tail just because it's in Sinnoh. >_>

No, it isn't. Pikachu is the mascot of Pokemon. The game designers wouldn't ignore whether Ash's Pikachu is a boy or girl and then make male and female sprites for it. The anime is an advertisement for the games so I think that means Pikachu is male. They could have made this one the girl *pokemonelite2000 image removed* but they didn't. Although not everything in the anime is the same as the games, the bare bones of it are kept the same: gym leaders, cities, the Pokemon.

There probably were female Pikachu's in the past, but they can't go back and change that now

Ash's design is based on Red.

 

[destinedjagold]

A friend of mine, Haruka(not from this forum, btw)(it's her penname), said that in the Japanese episodes, Team Rocket's Meowth called Ash's Pikachu a 'he'... So I guess this clears all.

She said it was in the episode where Dawn finnaly caught a Buneary (and where Buneary had a 'MAD' crush on Ash's Pikachu)... ;)

 

[Umanouski]

it's a boy. It has to be, look at the tail, Buneary, the Tuxedos in the origional episodes, all evidence points to male. Besides, i don't think HE is a girl for one reason, he is too willing to fight. Girls would try to TALK it out anyway.

 

[STEELIXMANIAC]

No, it isn't. Pikachu is the mascot of Pokemon. The game designers wouldn't ignore whether Ash's Pikachu is a boy or girl and then make male and female sprites for it. The anime is an advertisement for the games so I think that means Pikachu is male. They could have made this one the girl *pokemonelite2000 image removed* but they didn't. Although not everything in the anime is the same as the games, the bare bones of it are kept the same: gym leaders, cities, the Pokemon.

There probably were female Pikachu's in the past, but they can't go back and change that now

Ash's design is based on Red.

I feel ya'. I also thought the game designers could've used the original sprite for female (no indents), and the indents could've been implemented for male ones instead, but since they didn't... Gender argument goes on.

Also, you'd think Buneary knows what gender Pikachu is, but what if Buneary was mistaken? That'd be absolutely hilarious. XD

As of now, I still lean towards Pikachu being male. Since this means I pretty much stay neutral, my vote won't be in the poll. Besides, Pikachu being genderless is impossible. =/

 

[Azumi]

Now, in "Tanks for Memories", Pikachu blushed when it was wearing the maid suit. Also, instead of wearing a cheerleader suit, it wore those... (What are they anyway?)

I am so ******* sure he's a boy.

 

[Euphoric Magikarp]

Either he's a male or Buneary is a lesbian.

 

[Twero]

Obvious it's male [x infinity]
Or it, or Buneary is Gay. ii'
Make your choices. =P

 

[Unown_]

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