Detective Pikachu is almost here, and Pokémon fans are being treated to a feature-length meme.
A spiking dancing Pikachu meme began on Tuesday when a Twitter account named @InspectrPikachu advertised “POKÉMON Detective Pikachu -- FULL MOVIE.” That account was retweeted by Detective Pikachu star Ryan Reynolds, who tagged the official Detective Pikachu account.
Um.... Attn @DetPikachuMovie @warnerbros https://t.co/UF7qYtKOYV
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) May 7, 2019
It turns out the “leak” was just a cleverly done marketing stunt by Warner Bros. and the Detective Pikachu team. The video starts off convincingly enough with a short montage of actor Justice Smith walking around the pokémon-filled Ryme City but quickly segues into an hour-and-a-half of Pikachu dancing his heart out to an '80s-esque synth beat.
It’s a fun little homage to that infamous 1988 Crystal Light National Aerobics Championship dance, but now folks are applying it to darn near anything with a 4/4 beat.
The hero the world needs..... I'm impressed how well this song works with Pikachu dancing.
— Dark Trainer Joe (@RoseAbsolGX) May 8, 2019
Excellent job trolling the internet #DetectivePikachu that was very impressive and I loved every second of it pic.twitter.com/sOlTAA8n2k
https://twitter.com/CoderColin/status/1125922571529146369
https://twitter.com/loudestdork/status/1125959733733539840
Of course, there's this gem that riffs on another '80s classic: "Take on Me" by A-ha.
I hate that this is the music I hear when I see pikachu dancing pic.twitter.com/sZYQ3Zq9An
— KAYCEE (@zigstripes) May 8, 2019
There's also just a ton of western and Korean pop music being layered over Pikachu, and we're not complaining.
Oh man the Detective Pikachu movie is looking really good already pic.twitter.com/PZvdgRXjhD
— Coco ? (@cocokiitie) May 8, 2019
In case you're having a bad day, here's Detective Pikachu dancing to DAY6's 혼잣말 (Talking To) pic.twitter.com/0mQhmxfcn5
— Tiffany? (@betterbettersix) May 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/dpikachudancing/status/1126063626513555456
The clip of Detective Pikachu dancing can literally go well with any 80's pop song and I love it. pic.twitter.com/XgUPYRKIPr
— DejaBoo (@imdejaboo) May 8, 2019
the leak video of Detective Pikachu shows the most exciting scene of the movie pic.twitter.com/RfYSMEo5Xv
— かめりあ (Camellia) (@cametek) May 8, 2019
I hate that this is the music I hear when I see pikachu dancing pic.twitter.com/SvoJXkAZo0
— Film Feed (@FiImFeed) May 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/atzhjoong/status/1126085393487556608
Pikachu dancing to SHINee’s ‘321’ passing through your tl ?
— ??????????? ? ???? ? (@DiamondTaem) May 8, 2019
(Cr: 6v6team) #샤이니 #シャイニー #SHINee https://t.co/zVgVQ92P5X
Here's Pikachu dancing to the theme song from Devil May Cry 5.
Pikachu pulled his Devil Trigger. pic.twitter.com/0h9lIofL54
— Pablo (@Pauvlychenko) May 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/heathdwilliams/status/1126134699414511618
https://twitter.com/se_ungyouns/status/1126105738739249153
the music i heard when i see pikachu dancing pic.twitter.com/89ckh0O0Kb
— yoondoo (@jaljayobaby) May 8, 2019
Dancing Pikachu Taking over for the 99 and the 2000. pic.twitter.com/WqD7piWVPC
— Josh Cajun Samurai (@KhakiBlueSocks) May 8, 2019
Detective Pikachu is out on Thursday so make sure to check out Daily Dot’s review, plus our favorite Pokémon memes. If you're a Pokémon Go fan, you also won't want to miss out on the movie tie-in event.
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