Josh Withey
indy100
Life can be a strange experience when you're a Pikachu dancer.
One minute you're minding your own business, synchronised dancing with 14 other identical Pikachus to 'You Can't Stop the Beat' from the 2002 musical Hairspray, and the next minute your being tackled by 9 men and carted off stage.
That's exactly what happened to one unfortunate dancer when their inflatable Pikachu suit started to deflate mid-performance.
Presumably to maintain the illusion for the kids in the audience the sad looking Pikachu was taken off sharpish.
About four minutes in, the Pikachu does return to the flock (gaggle? troupe? What is a collective noun for Pikachus?) but they the suit deflates again... Which is just as hilarious.
Naturally, people have developed an affinity with Pikachu in question, while others saw a slightly more sinister side. Here are some tweets:
@nonplayercat: Some days I, too, feel like a deflated pikachu being tackled by dudes in suits
@heylucyhey_: what we learn here sometimes life's hard but you just gotta keep going! #pikachu
@delmoi: Distopian nightmare as defective pikachu kinapped by secret agents in broad daylight!
@eveewing: Pikachu knew too much
Plot twist:
@GIRLposts tweeted: This Pikachu costume started to deflate and this happened
@mikebruce_94 replied: @GIRLposts Isn't anyone else concerned that maybe that's actually team rocket finally catching a pikachu??
In all honesty, the Pikachu handlers acted like a crack team of Secret Service agents.
@Neonie tweeted: RETRIEVE THE PACKAGE! PROTECT THE PRESIDENT! PACKAGE ACQUIRED, DISPERSE THE PREMISES! THREAT NEUTRALIZED!
This does sound like Team Rocket's doing.
