Thread: Pikachu! Fat or Skinny?

The change happened so fast that the fat one was gone before the first season if memory serves thus I feel no nostalgia for it. :P

Fat Ketchup Loving Pikachu for me. It was more adorable. X3

Originally Posted by Kameinu

Fat Ketchup Loving Pikachu for me. It was more adorable. X3

Hahaha! I second that. Fat, ketchup loving, treadmill kicking, Pikachu! :)

slim because well i dont want to see a fat staticy ball of yellow riding on ashs shoulder and i mean look at fat pikachu! it has no shoulders!

I don't think it's fat nor skinning but chubby chunky cuddily.

Since this isn't really a debate thread but a preference/contest thread, I've moved it to the Grand Festival.

Both, they both look cuter but even though the big one looks cuter, I've got used to the skinny one. So yeah, the skinny one.

I'm glad Pikachu went on Jenny Craig and all, but I think we should've seen the episode where it lost all the weight. :P Imagine Pikachu when he got a weight check up, I think that's when things changed. :D

Originally Posted by The Puppetmaster

Pikachu had more of a personality back in Kanto

Agreed. Personally I think Pikachu looks and acts a bit too anthropomorphic nowadays, whereas back in Kanto, he still looked essentially like a wild creature. And even though Ash eventually gained his loyalty and trust, there still remained something animal-like about Pikachu.

Just a reminder guys, since this thread is now in the Grand Festival, that you have to state the reason for your preference lest you get hit for pointless posting :p

Slim, makes all those acrobatic fighting techniques look more believable.

Old no-neck obviously had a stunt double for all those battles back in Kanto :P

Overall, I think I prefer the slim Pika just because it looks faster and more appropriate.

Yet... at the same time I grew up on Phatchu. He's adorable and nostalgic.

I just can't get away from the basics. Phatchu it is.

While the fat Pikachu has a place in my heart for nostalgia's sake, I love the look of the slimmer Pikachu, so I'd settle for the current design for now. =)

Fat Pika was cute XDD Slim Pika looks more true to its high-speed nature.