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''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'' (''Pocket Monsters Dengeki Pikachu'' in Japan) is a [[Hotter and Sexier]] [[Manga]] adaptation of the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime. Written by Toshishiro Ono, who... well, usually [[Hentai|writes something else entirely]]. It's known for having a more mature art style and a more serious, linear tone and plotting than other ''Pokémon'' manga or its anime counterpart, but is notorious among the fanbase for its [[Fan Service]] of [[Jail Bait|questionable legality]] and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|because Jessie and James]] [[Official Couple|got together in its epilogue]].
''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'' (''Pocket Monsters Dengeki Pikachu'' in Japan) is a [[Hotter and Sexier]] [[Manga]] adaptation of the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime. Written by Toshishiro Ono, who... well, usually [[Hentai|writes something else entirely]]. It's known for having a more mature art style and a more serious, linear tone and plotting than other ''Pokémon'' manga or its anime counterpart, but is notorious among the fanbase for its [[Fan Service]] of [[Jail Bait|questionable legality]] and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|because Jessie and James]] [[Official Couple|got together in its epilogue]].
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=== This manga contains examples of: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Misty
* [[Action Girl]]: Misty
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Scenes that are not cut short dramatically.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Scenes that are not cut short dramatically.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: While hard to tell with most characters this is apparent. Most obviously Misty has brown hair instead of red, and Ritchie has a completely different design.
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: While hard to tell with most characters this is apparent. Most obviously Misty has brown hair instead of red, and Ritchie has a completely different design.
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Not all, but including the [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Shotas]] already enough.
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: Not all, but including the [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Shotas]] already enough.
{{quote| [[Likes Older Women|Ash]] & [[Chivalrous Pervert|Brock]]: DUDE! }}
{{quote|[[Likes Older Women|Ash]] & [[Chivalrous Pervert|Brock]]: DUDE! }}
* [[Art Evolution]]: Misty had a redesign at the end of volume 2, to be less Stipperific and more like her anime design. Ash and Brock had slightly different clothing too.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Misty had a redesign at the end of volume 2, to be less Stipperific and more like her anime design. Ash and Brock had slightly different clothing too.
* [[Babies Ever After]]: The epilogue shows Jessie and James of Team Rocket as a couple, with Jessie pregnant.
* [[Babies Ever After]]: The epilogue shows Jessie and James of Team Rocket as a couple, with Jessie pregnant.
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* [[Bowdlerize]]: Viz took out almost all of the fanservice from the American release.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: Viz took out almost all of the fanservice from the American release.
** And it ''still'' wasn't tame enough for ''[[Pokémon]]'' standard (see [[Animation Age Ghetto]] above).
** And it ''still'' wasn't tame enough for ''[[Pokémon]]'' standard (see [[Animation Age Ghetto]] above).
*** Bizarrely, the Viz translation [[Zig Zagging Trope|had someone shout "Damn!" at one point]].
*** Bizarrely, the Viz translation [[Zig-Zagging Trope|had someone shout "Damn!" at one point]].
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Ash, when he's not being [[Badass]].
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Ash, when he's not being [[Badass]].
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Quite a few characters, but noticeably Gary's sister. His game counterpart has a sister, but Gary does not appear to in the anime.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Quite a few characters, but noticeably Gary's sister. His game counterpart has a sister, but Gary does not appear to in the anime.
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* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: More so than ''[[Pokémon Special]]''.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: More so than ''[[Pokémon Special]]''.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: [http://mangafox.me/manga/dengeki_pikachu/v01/c003/10.html The nicknames] Ash decides to give to his Pokemon.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: [http://mangafox.me/manga/dengeki_pikachu/v01/c003/10.html The nicknames] Ash decides to give to his Pokemon.
* [[Kissing in A Tree]]: Brock starts to say this about Ash and Misty in one issue.
* [[Kissing in a Tree]]: Brock starts to say this about Ash and Misty in one issue.
* [[Minion Shipping]]: [[Team Rocket]] anyone?
* [[Minion Shipping]]: [[Team Rocket]] anyone?
* [[Missing Episode]]: Several chapters and bonus pages appear to be completely absent from most online scans of the manga.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Several chapters and bonus pages appear to be completely absent from most online scans of the manga.
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 19 January 2019

The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Pocket Monsters Dengeki Pikachu in Japan) is a Hotter and Sexier Manga adaptation of the Pokémon anime. Written by Toshishiro Ono, who... well, usually writes something else entirely. It's known for having a more mature art style and a more serious, linear tone and plotting than other Pokémon manga or its anime counterpart, but is notorious among the fanbase for its Fan Service of questionable legality and because Jessie and James got together in its epilogue.

Tropes used in The Electric Tale of Pikachu include:

Ash & Brock: DUDE!

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