09-08-2007, 03:58 PM
09-08-2007, 06:15 PM
09-08-2007, 06:33 PM
off the ipods and apple, back to the yellow rat.
i dont like him simply because of his name. it didn't match anything about it. diglet and dugtrio - they dig through the earth. mew and meowth - cats (although one's "alien-esque"). nintetails - had nine tails. haunter, ghastly - ghostly names. charmander, charizard - they char things. squirtle - squirts things. pikachu - uuh, pika?
i dont like him simply because of his name. it didn't match anything about it. diglet and dugtrio - they dig through the earth. mew and meowth - cats (although one's "alien-esque"). nintetails - had nine tails. haunter, ghastly - ghostly names. charmander, charizard - they char things. squirtle - squirts things. pikachu - uuh, pika?
09-08-2007, 08:29 PM
It's japanese LZ....
wikipedia Wrote:
The name Pikachu is a portmanteau of the Japanese words pikapika, an onomatopoeia for electric sparkling, and chū, which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouse's squeak.
09-08-2007, 08:44 PM
well i dont like to read into the names...its gotta be simplistic for me d:
he just wasnt simple enough.
he just wasnt simple enough.
09-08-2007, 09:02 PM
*open mouth* *insert foot*
You mean you like names like "ketchum" and towns named for colors? LOL
Japanese people need some lovin' too.

You mean you like names like "ketchum" and towns named for colors? LOL
Japanese people need some lovin' too.

09-08-2007, 09:29 PM
why yes, yes i do :3
09-08-2007, 09:42 PM
Oooooof course you do....
It originated in Japan, you don't think their mascot deserves a Japanese name?
I wonder what the japanese think about every other freaking pokemon they have. lol. All of them are English/latin - rooted.
It originated in Japan, you don't think their mascot deserves a Japanese name?

I wonder what the japanese think about every other freaking pokemon they have. lol. All of them are English/latin - rooted.
09-08-2007, 09:56 PM
well why'd they make everyone else like that, and just keep pikachu?
jiggs is a lot more popular over there, i thought? and her name is perfectly simplistic.
jiggs is a lot more popular over there, i thought? and her name is perfectly simplistic.
09-08-2007, 10:01 PM
Maybe because Asian people think western things are cool. (kinda like how we get chinese tattoos and stuff).
They just wanted to keep ONE pokemon theirs, and the other 500 as English-derived? I dunno if Jiggs is more popular though.
They just wanted to keep ONE pokemon theirs, and the other 500 as English-derived? I dunno if Jiggs is more popular though.
09-09-2007, 11:24 AM
Pikachu owns you all, nubs.
09-09-2007, 11:54 AM
Jiggly would wipe the floor with Pikachu...or not. Jiggs is probably my most loved pokemon.
If you want simple they should of just called Pikachu yellow rat, but then that would suck even more.
If you want simple they should of just called Pikachu yellow rat, but then that would suck even more.
09-09-2007, 01:04 PM
Thanks for making this thread such a hit. I was just wondering why it was moved to off topia. It's about Pikachu and your love and hatred of him, not about banning the user above you or what's inside your butt. It's also about i-pods, but that should be in technology and gadgets. This thread belongs in Pokemon!!! Don't you agree? (Either answer my questions or continue chatting about Pikachu and I-pods)
09-09-2007, 01:06 PM
linkszelda Wrote:
well i dont like to read into the names...its gotta be simplistic for me d:
he just wasnt simple enough.
he just wasnt simple enough.
thats a horrible reason to dislike pikachu
LemonManX Wrote:
Pikachu owns you all, nubs.
couldnt say it any better.
09-09-2007, 01:26 PM
Its in off-topic because the majority of the posts were almost guarenteed to have something off-topic. Atleast we dont get post counts for hating. 

09-09-2007, 01:48 PM
I had a feeling it would go well, but not this well...My friend Wiiwillrockyou made a similar thread, but he locked it after the PLF (Pikachu Liberation Front) attacked him. Thanks again for the success of this thread.
09-09-2007, 02:32 PM
someone had to defend Pikcahu


09-09-2007, 06:23 PM
FELX, we will defend Pika's honor.
I'm sure Pikachu could handle Jigglypuff.
I'm sure Pikachu could handle Jigglypuff.
09-09-2007, 06:38 PM
FELX Wrote:
thats a horrible reason to dislike pikachu
its not my only reason for disliking him...there are others as well, but thats the only one i could put into words. but he did seem out of place with the pokemon.
not only did i not like his attitude at first, nor did i like his unacceptance of being caught and acting like any other pokemon. seriously, at least have the dignity to lose a battle and be caught and put in a pokeball. it would have prevented a lot of the problems with him being captured and taken away, dont you think?
09-09-2007, 06:59 PM
I wouldn't want to be put in a Pokeball if I were a Pokemon...
