Osler's Razor

Pikachu is strange
Even his nameI cannot
Really figure out.

Does he chew on things?
And what is the "Pika" for?
Prob'ly Japanese

("Prob'ly" is two syllables)
 

Got my girls to stop
Sucking their thumbs with photos
of E. Roosevelt.
 

#25
Pikachu Electric Mouse
Attack law school now!
 

Pikachu is weird
He has Puffalump eyeballs
But he is no 'lump.
 

Metal Folding Chairs
Terrible places to sit
Ideal wrestling props
 

Pikachu statue
Would give law school symmetry
To the Gummi Bear
 

Froot-Loops: Satan's spawn
Flavored with PVC
Sliced light sabers.
 

Miami Beach spring--
No, summer--perfect escape
From everything.

Don't know Pikachu
Never got those Asian 'toons
They must think ours weird . . .
 

I cannot believe it.
75 Minute Interview
for job to answer phone.


My family is
insane. My son thinks he is
a lumberjack. TIMBERS!!!!
 

That's a mouse? Huh.

Also, a "pika" is a small rabbit-like animal. I don't know if that's the same in Japanese. I know "pika" is not a word I know in Japanese.
 

pika means "flash of light" and chu is the squeak of a mouse. so the pokemon name Pikachu litterally means "flashing mouse squeak".
 

he is cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
:0 :)
 

Prolly this is an old subject but I shall explain; the name "Pikachu" comes directly from the Japanese folklore and it was one of the few names kept in their original status due to its positive impact (most names of the Pokémon were changed when the franchise arrived to America). Ah well, the name is conformed by the following words:

"Pika" which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a spark or electricity (in English it is something like bzzt or so).
And "chu" which is the cry of mice in Japanese (for example, in English a cat cries "meow" and mice, something like “eek”).

So, with a little of imagination, Pikachu means “sparkling mice”

That's it~
 

Pikachu is awesome. His name is Japanese and I think it means Electric rodent they just kept his name pikachu but they changed the names of the other pokemon when they made it american. Have you ever played any of the games or the original shows??? Then that's probably why you can't figure it out.

PS: If you're on the internet and can't figure something out that's as simple as PIKACHU, then just look him up!