And Pikachu—visible in the bottom right corner of the screen—is seen making the face from the meme. Within the context of the episode of course, he’s meant to be experiencing genuine shock.

Surprised Pikachu was a very common meme ... we have compiled a list of some of the most popular memes using this format to put a smile on your face hopefully. The concept of poorly animated ...

But a closer look at the data would draw my attention to another, more surprising meme instead. Number four, the Surprised Pikachu ... tries to better emulate the human brain, in hopes of creating ...

But that’s not the only evidence of obsessive devotion to this meme. At least one TikToker got a tattoo of Surprised Pikachu on their left arm, and another person created a series of ...

Now, Pokemon TCG Pocket fans want to pretend to be surprised when this meme makes an appearance on a Promo Card. Not everyone is on board for making the Pikachu face meme DeNA’s first joke promo ...

As spotted by @msdanifernandez on Twitter, one shot from the debut trailer of Detective Pikachu ... a meme over the last week. Fans can quickly see Ryan Reynolds’ Pikachu slightly shocked face ...

It also sparked loads and loads of memes. There was something about these very real-looking Pokémon that just leant itself perfectly to real-life comparisons. It wasn’t just Pikachu who people ...

Shortly after the trailer posted online, images of Pikachu with its itty-bitty face-framers flooded Twitter ... this hairstyle as “TERF bangs,” a meme-y insult thrown at trans-exclusionary ...

In Antalya, Turkey, in the early hours of March 27, 2025, Pikachu was spotted fleeing the ... deploying generative AI to infuse famous memes, family portraits and movie scenes with a patina ...

Well, that’s not bad. There’s a bit of prop help to recreate Pikachu’s body and ears—but the transformation from human face to Pikachu is all done with makeup applied on the fly by Chrisspy.