Show ContentEq0@literature.cafeEnglish28·6 months agoI didn’t know that Pikachu was a pika… I thought it was the only starter whose name was really random! My life has been a lie
Show Contentotacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish15·6 months agoYeah, why did I always hear him referred to as an “electric mouse”?
Show Contentschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish5·6 months agoI think it is supposed to be a mouse (Meowth of Team Rocket being a cat chasing a mouse btw), but I’m pretty sure its name is still a reference to pikas.
Show Contenttroybot [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish41·6 months agoPikas don’t have tails so that doesn’t really fit for an origin of Pikachu’s design. I think the name is a coincidence.
Show ContentTachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish4·6 months agoThe tail just shows what element it is. That probably just added it cuz it’s cute
I didn’t know that Pikachu was a pika… I thought it was the only starter whose name was really random! My life has been a lie
Yeah, why did I always hear him referred to as an “electric mouse”?
Pika is also the Japanese onomatopoeia for spark
I think it is supposed to be a mouse (Meowth of Team Rocket being a cat chasing a mouse btw), but I’m pretty sure its name is still a reference to pikas.
Pikas don’t have tails so that doesn’t really fit for an origin of Pikachu’s design. I think the name is a coincidence.
The tail just shows what element it is. That probably just added it cuz it’s cute