Q 01/05

Which actor did 40,000 Detective Pikachu fans petition to voice the gruff hero of the game in English?

A) Jack Black

B) Steve Buscemi

C) Danny DeVito

D) Nicolas Cage

Answer · why

C) Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito declined to audition, saying he had never even heard of Pokémon. The campaign began after the game's 2016 release in Japan.

Q 02/05

Which Canadian actor supplied both the voice and the motion capture for Detective Pikachu in the 2019 film?

A) Ryan Reynolds

B) Nathan Fillion

C) Jim Carrey

D) Will Arnett

Answer · why

A) Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds wore a head-mounted camera while running through dozens of facial expressions, and animators used that library to shape Pikachu's face.

Q 03/05

Which headache-plagued Pokémon is the partner of junior reporter Lucy Stevens in Detective Pikachu?

A) Slowpoke

B) Psyduck

C) Togepi

D) Piplup

Answer · why

B) Psyduck

Psyduck made the film because two of its screenwriters called it their favourite Pokémon. One said that, as a neurotic writer, he related to its habit...

Q 04/05

Which Pokémon from the franchise's first animated film appears to cause the car crash in Detective Pikachu?

A) Lugia

B) Entei

C) Mewtwo

D) Celebi

Answer · why

C) Mewtwo

Mewtwo only seems guilty: it was shielding the missing detective from attackers, and its DNA had been used to make the gas that drives Pokémon wild.

Q 05/05

Which Pokémon is interrogated in a Detective Pikachu scene modelled on the thriller Seven?

A) Kadabra

B) Hypno

C) Lickitung

D) Mr. Mime

Answer · why

D) Mr. Mime

Mr. Mime stayed in only after the director pitched the scene to The Pokémon Company's president, who laughed and agreed. A real mime helped the cast r...