Meme lore
What is the Shocked Pikachu meme?
Shocked Pikachu (also Surprised Pikachu) is a Pokémon anime still of Pikachu with an open mouth and wide eyes, sitting under a white caption bar. The joke is performative shock at a consequence anyone could see coming — not genuine surprise.
Origin & history
Still: Pokémon anime EP010 “Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village,” ~3:05 (JP 1997-06-03). Meme: Tumblr user popokko, 2018-09-26 (Know Your Meme: Surprised Pikachu). This PNG is a 250×249 JPEG of the white-bar crop, not a full-episode frame.
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