My favourite little details/easter eggs in Detective Pikachu
As a Pokemon fan since 1998, this is my kinda movie. I screencapped it a couplea months ago and finally remembered to stick all the freeze-frame details I discovered into a post.
“Suddenly my Pokemon was a stranger” is just the sort of headline you would expect in this world, I love it. (Also, the newspaper is named after Clifford, which should’ve been a hint he was a villain.)
Howard Clifford pops up on the TV in a way similar to the old “Who’s That Pokemon” segments from the show! See?
I love all the detail in this shot. Puff Palace! What’s that? A Jigglypuff-themed restaurant?
I love the Delivery Braviary, I love him so much. I like to think he works for a company called Deliviary.
This… this is the Gherkin.
(Also, I assume the “Throjo” on the left is named after Throh)
And there’s a red bus! Wait… is Ryme City London? How did I not twig that immediately?!
Ah! Puff Palace is a restaurant! And don’t forget Wynaut’s Donuts.
More Pokemon-related brands! Mediti (after Meditite) and a Combee logo.
I’m gonna go ahead and assume that “Mist” banner on the right is just something generic and not a reference to Misty, but you never know I guess.
The only Mew we see in the movie.
Heh, Stay More Street, Leaving Town… And 151 was the number of Pokemon there were originally, counting Mew.
Some of the place names on the posters (Cerulean, Johto) will no doubt be familiar to Pokemon fans… also why does someone have an Articuno in battle, they’re meant to be legendary
Tim has a binder full of Pokemon cards! I still have my one of those.
Maybe not quite a detail, but awww I never noticed Togepi in this movie before! Also shout out to the citizens of the Ryme City underbelly for rocking those ’90s-esque fashions.
Aww, look at the little cheering/bloodthirsty Charmander!
I LOVE the graphic design of the Pokemon world.
And I also really, really love the film noir tropes this movie utilizes, like Venetian blinds and seedy neon-lit cafes.
More Pokemon logos: Lunatone and Bidoof on the left, Cacnea on the right!
Wait! Mew makes TWO appearances! There he is as a balloon.
This has been pointed out before, but the Machamp-human checking out his new muscles approvingly is kinda funny.
And that’s about it, but if YOU found any easter eggs etc in this movie, lemme know!