Do you think Ash's Pikachu is Male or Female?

I got really bored today, and I started reading a topic on Serebii’s forum today, and the topic was from 2009, however it will still really good topic, and had me reading all the way until the end. What topic is it you ask? The question was actually a poll called, “Is Pikachu a Male or Female?”

I’ve always wondered this while watching Pokemon’s anime when I was younger, which gender is our infamous mascot? Alot of us have come to conclusion that it is either female or male, though there is not actually proof, just our own fandom opinions among the Pokemon anime series.

Many of you may notice one of Pikachu’s most important trait, is that he or she does not have a notch in their tail. So does that make Pikachu a male? Absolutely not. As present, I noticed how none of the Pikachu in the episode about a forest full of Pikachu had no notches at all, they were all identical.

Some of you may debate that Pikachu is male, primarily because of the tail, or because of how Dawn’s Buneary had a crush on Ash’s Pikachu. However, was it ever mentioned that Buneary was a female? Pikachu could also be female, seeing how if any of you remember to the Johto episode called, “Chikorita’s big upset” where Pikachu had gotten jealous of how much attention Chikorita was getting.

While I don’t actually know which gender Pikachu is, I would love to hear your opinions, it would most certainly be interesting. Please do show curtesy to your fellow Forum users and be kind, don’t disrespect someone else’s opinion. And try to present proof on your opinion.

Debate on!

I think that Ash’s Pikachu is male since a female togepi used attract in one the episodes and made Ash’s Pikachu fall in love (with piplup and crogunk too) xD

always thought it was male…

i always thought of it to be male

Really? I always thought of Pikachu as a female. I always pictured as Pikachu having a crush on Ash for some reason. Not to mention the kimono or cheerleading often you see Pikachu sometimes wearing in the Diamond and Pearl series.

I would say it’s a male since Buneary, which I’m sure is a female likes him. I don’t think I have any other proof… owo

EDIT: Plus his tail could be a little sign.

Bulbapedia states it’s male too
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash’s_Pikachu

"In Where No Togepi Has Gone Before! it was confirmed that Pikachu is male. Voice actress Ikue Ohtani stated prior to this episode that the writers had intended to keep Pikachu’s gender ambiguous so the fanbase can connect with him more easily. "

Most of the people here have all stated the major “clues” to Pikachu being male, such as the crush on buneary, attract from the togepi and of course, his tail (during D/P, I actually took this as the biggest clue, since I figured Nintendo wouldn’t have changed how the tail of the female pikachu looks if Ash’s was intended to be female).

To be honest, I think it’s been confirmed straight out in the anime, actually - rather recently in fact. Don’t know if it’s a spoiler or not (not sure how many have seen Best Wishes yet), but I’ll put it in one to be safe. xD

In the episode when Ash catches snivy, the genders of Ash"s pokemon are all pretty much confirmed off the bat. Snivy uses attract on Pikachu, and Iris mentions straight out that snivy has to be female; implying Pikachu is male (http://www.megavideo.com/?v=J2CCR8IY < Mention is somewhere around 4:50). They also later commented on how Ash"s pidove wasn"t affected by attract like Pikachu and the others, so it had to be female.
I actually found this rather interesting, being able to learn about the genders of Ash"s pokemon for once; though it does kind of take away the mystery of it, in a way. x3

Anyway, though I think it’s pretty much been confirmed at this point that his pikachu is male in the canon as far as I know, it is still admittedly fun to make guesses (I still debate the genders of most of the pokemon on the show xD).

He was always referred to as “he” so I figure… male.

I think the writers should have left Pikachu’s gender ambiguous to be honest. It would have added the mystery to the series, giving Pikachu this odd appearance of no gender. While Pikachu is still confirmed as Male as this point, I still think they are signs of Pikachu being female, while their is a huge list of male traits as well. What female traits you may ask?

Some of them appear in the earlier series in episodes like, “Chikorita’s Big Upset” which is similar to a couple of other episodes in the Hoenn series as well as to when Pikachu got jealous of atttention from some of the “newer” Pokemomn added to the group, I always took this as Pikachu having a crush on Ash for some reason.

But that is just me.

And I totally agree with Wolfy, because if they semi-confirm it ( or just flat out confirm it.) It makes it not fun for people like us to debate!

I think the writers should have left Pikachu’s gender ambiguous to be honest. It would have added the mystery to the series, giving Pikachu this odd appearance of no gender. While Pikachu is still confirmed as Male as this point, I still think they are signs of Pikachu being female, while their is a huge list of male traits as well. What female traits you may ask?

Some of them appear in the earlier series in episodes like, “Chikorita’s Big Upset” which is similar to a couple of other episodes in the Hoenn series as well as to when Pikachu got jealous of atttention from some of the “newer” Pokemomn added to the group, I always took this as Pikachu having a crush on Ash for some reason.

But that is just me.

And I totally agree with Wolfy, because if they semi-confirm it ( or just flat out confirm it.) It makes it not fun for people like us to debate![/quote]
In your first post you mentioned 'Chikorita’s big upset" You made a mistake, It’s Chikorita who had a crush on ash and got jealous of the attention Pikachu was getting. Just clearing that Up I have seen that episode my self a few weeks ago.

I remember episode when Snivy attracted everyone of Ash’s Pokemon except Pidove. That means that Pikachu is Male.

NAH- the togepi could’ve been a male, you might never know :P :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:
i wuv spamming pointless smilies :3

But that is correct- so thje togepi muts’ve been a female, but it was funny to see Cilan’s and Iris’s reaction when ash finally realized that his pidove is girl xD :lol: :lol: :lol: :D
i wuv spamming pointless smilies :P

You know there’s an edit button… Instead of posting twice right after the other; It’s fine if someone posts then you post again…
Anyways, I’m sure that Pikachu is a guy, look at It’s tail ._.;

Yes, i totally agree and that’s what i was thinking when reading this topic.

Not to mention, Jessies Yanmega is a female…

Pikachu is male because in one episode a togepi used attract on pikachu and piplup and it was effective, meaning they are both male.
It’s attract worked on meowth too who we all know is male.

It also used it on Yanmega, it had no effect. The yanmega was female, meaning the Togepi was female so pikachu and the others were male.
deep breath

And that concludes my evidence, good night.
xD
Go yanmega!!

I never even considered it being a female growing up, always a male.

i don’t know if this is coming off subject but Clefairy was originally going to be the mascot for the pokemon series but they decided pikachu because Clefairy is considered a girls pokemon ^-^ and pikachu was prefered by both male and female fans!
and also… wasn’t it true that pokemon didn’t have genders in the first pokemon game? that may be why all the pikachu in the forest were exactly the same? pikachu must be male i think cos Buneary has a crush on him and also the fact that pikachu wears kimono’s/cheerleading stuff doesn’t affect it as i think Piplup is Male (o.o i THINK) and i have seen it in a pink cheerleading uniform