MAC and I visited the Barrie ON Farmers Market and Air Show
A Pikachu:
Pikachu[a] is a fictional species of the Pokémon media franchise. Designed by Atsuko Nishida and Ken Sugimori, Pikachu first appeared in the 1996 Japanese video games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green created by Game Freak and Nintendo, which were released outside of Japan in 1998 as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. Pikachu is a yellow, mouse-like creature with electrical abilities. It is a major character in the Pokémon franchise, serving as its mascot.
Pikachu is widely considered to be the most popular and well-known Pokémon species, largely due to its appearance in the Pokémon anime television series as the companion of protagonist Ash Ketchum. In most vocalized appearances Pikachu is voiced by Ikue Ōtani, though it has been portrayed by other actors, notably Ryan Reynolds in the live-action animated film Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Pikachu has been well-received by critics, with particular praise given for to its cute design, and it has been regarded as an icon of both regarded as an icon of both the Pokémon franchise and Japanese pop culture as a whole.
Concept and design
Pikachu is a fictional species of Pokémon created for the Pokémon franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the series began in Japan in 1996 with the release of the video games Pokémon Red and Blue for the Game Boy.[6] In these games, the player assumes the role of a Pokémon Trainer whose goal is to capture and train creatures called Pokémon. Players use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon, and some can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution.[7]
During Red and Blue's development, lead designer Ken Sugimori felt that the game needed more "cute" designs and sought the input of female Game Freak staff such as Atsuko Nishida to join the development team. Nishida was tasked with developing the Pikachu species and its evolutionary line with specific gameplay guidelines in mind: its role as an Electric-type, that it evolved twice, and that the final form "look strong". Nishida stated that the initial concept, done in sprite form resembled a "daifuku with ears sticking out of it." Its yellow coloring was also selected in order to emphasize the electricity motif in its design.[8] Originally Pikachu was intended to evolve into Raichu, and then Raichu into a Pokémon called "Gorochu."[9][10] However, Gorochu was cut due to cartridge space concerns, leaving Raichu to be Pikachu's sole evolution through use of the game's "Thunder Stone" item.[11]
Pikachu as depicted in promotional artwork for Pokémon Red and Blue, its first appearance. It had a notably pudgier build, which would later evolve into a thinner design.
Nishida additionally stated that she was fond of squirrels at the time, and so designed several elements of Pikachu to resemble squirrels. She stated that its tail was chosen because she liked squirrel tails, with the tail being shaped like a lightning bolt due to wanting a lightning motif. Pikachu's cheek pouches were added to reference how squirrels stored food in their cheeks, making Pikachu do the same with electricity. Satoshi Tajiri named the creature, giving it its mouse-like qualities.[12] According to him, the name is derived from a combination of two Japanese onomatopoeia: ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkling sound, and チューチュー (chūchū), a sound a mouse makes.[13] Developer Junichi Masuda noted Pikachu's name as one of the most difficult to create, due to an effort of wanting to make it appealing to both Japanese and American audiences.[14] Koji Nishino worked with Nishida in the development process, and grew fond of Pikachu as a result. He thus made it more difficult to find in-game. However, its rarity only made it more popular with players.[8]
Pikachu was designed around the concept of electricity.[15] They attack primarily by projecting electricity from their bodies at their targets.[16] Within the context of the franchise, Pikachu can transform, or "evolve," into a Raichu when exposed to a "Thunder Stone."[17] In Pokémon Gold and Silver, "Pichu" was introduced as an evolutionary predecessor to Pikachu.[18] In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, gender differences were introduced; since those games, female Pikachu have an indent at the end of their tails, giving the tail a heart-shaped appearance.[19] Pikachu's design was initially pudgier in build, but changed overtime to have a slimmer waist, straighter spine, and more defined face and neck; Sugimori has stated these design changes originated in the anime, making Pikachu easier to animate, and were adopted to the games for consistency.[20] The design, nicknamed "Fat Pikachu," was revisited in Pokémon Sword and Shield, where Pikachu received a Gigantamax Form resembling its original design.[21][22][23]
Initially considered alongside Clefairy as lead characters for franchise merchandising, Pikachu emerged as the mascot of the animated series due to its popularity amongst schoolchildren and appeal to both boys and girls.[24][13] It was also selected for the role due to the fact that picking one of Pokémon Red and Blue's three starter Pokémon- Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle- would've created a "gap" with children who did not select the one used in the anime.[8]
Detective Pikachu's design in the film involved finding a fine line between its normal depiction and a more realistic appearance. A skeletal and muscular system were fully modeled in order for the visual effects team to be able to articulate realistic movement.
For the 2019 live action film Detective Pikachu, the titular character was portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds performed the character's voice work, and also did motion capture for the character's face and movements. Due to not being on set, co-star Justice Smith would often act his scenes out to an eyeline representing Pikachu, such as a puppet or a tennis ball.[25] Pikachu's visual appearance in the film was built as if the character was an actual animal, with the visual effects team creating detailed skeletal and muscular systems for the Pokémon. They visited zoos and consulted animal experts to make the movements accurate. Pikachu initially started with rabbit-like movement, but eventually evolved movement-wise to have characteristics of multiple species, namely those of marsupials and marmosets. Its eyes were inspired by those of the sugar glider. In order to ensure the design maintained a line between realism and uncanniness, Pikachu's fur frequently changed design. The team would often bring patches of fur to filming locations to see how the colors would respond to the area's lighting.[26] Hidetoshi Nishijima portrays Detective Pikachu's voice in the Japanese dub of the film.[27] Pierre Tessier voices the character in the French dub of the film.[28]
Ikue Ōtani has voiced the character since it first appeared in the Pokémon anime. In the anime series, Pikachu only speaks using its name. Ōtani records new lines for many of Pikachu's reappearances, and stated that despite the similar dialogue “If you don’t have a clear understanding of what you want to say in the scene and come up with a plan for your performance, you won’t convey anything... Because, if there’s the same nuance, then it would just be OK to use [previously] recorded material.”[29] Initially, it was planned for Pikachu to slowly become more adept at human speech as the series progressed, but these plans were scrapped after the producers heard the high quality of Ōtani's performance.[30] Ōtani voiced the character in the main series video games starting in Pokémon X and Y, though her voice was replaced by Pikachu's original digitized "cry" in the main series since Pokémon Legends: Arceus. This cry had previously been used to represent Pikachu audibly in the main series games prior to X and Y. [31] For Detective Pikachu, Ōtani voiced the character in a brief cameo appearance.[25] This appearance was retained in all language versions barring the German dub, which used a slightly deeper and more out of breath version of the dialogue.[32] In the Super Smash Bros. series, Ōtani voices the role in all languages, as the Smash Bros. series uses the anime's voice actors to voice the characters. This is unlike other Pokémon voice actors, where the actor is different in each country's anime dub. According to Junichi Masuda, Pikachu's voice was kept consistent across languages so Pikachu's name would be universal across the world.[33]
Pikachu has been voiced by several other voice actors since its debut. Kaiji Tang portrays Detective Pikachu in English in the video games Detective Pikachu and Detective Pikachu Returns. Tōru Ōkawa portrays the character in Detective Pikachu in Japanese, while Koichi Yamadera portrays the character in Japanese in Detective Pikachu Returns.[34] Kate Bristol briefly portrayed the character in Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, in a scene where Pikachu speaks to Ash. Bristol stated that she did her best to mimic Ōtani's performance for the line.[35] Abby Espiritu additionally voiced Pikachu in the short web series Pokémon: Path to the Peak.[36]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon:_The_Electric_Tale_of_...
The Pokémon Graphic Novel, more commonly known as Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu (電撃！ピカチュウ, Dengeki! Pikachū, "Electric Shock! Pikachu"), is a Japanese manga series created by Toshihiro Ono. It was serialized in the children's manga magazine Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic Special and CoroCoro Comic from April 1997 to December 1999. Individual chapters were collected into four tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, who released the first volume on October 28, 1997 and the fourth volume on January 28, 2000. The characters and storylines are all drawn from the Pokémon anime series, although some events and depictions of characters diverge slightly from the anime, and the world itself has a visibly higher level of technology.
The manga was published in English in North America by Viz Communications in a "flipped", left-to-right format.[citation needed] In 1998 the company released the series as individual single comic book issues; the collected volumes came afterwards. At the time of its release Issue #1 was the best-selling manga issue, and best-selling comic book of any type, in the United States.[1] The issue sold 1.001 million copies, the highest for a single comic book since 1993.[2] The first volume, The Electric Tale of Pikachu!, was released on September 5, 1999. The third volume, Electric Pikachu Boogaloo, was released on April 5, 2000.
In Singapore, the manga is published in English by Chuang Yi and translated as Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu! for all four volumes.[3] The Traditional Chinese edition in Taiwan of the manga is published by Da Ran Culture Enterprise and Chingwin Publishing.
Development
Toshihiro Ono, the author of the series, said that he began drawing the series after Mr. Saito, Ono's editor, asked Ono to draw a manga to go along with the anime. During the production of the manga, Ono received scripts of the anime series. The author then altered the stories to fit the desired amount of pages used per storyline.[4]
Ono said that his favorite manga chapter was "Clefairy Tale" from the first volume and that he was "embarrassed that I can't say why." According to Ono he did not find any particular chapter to be more difficult than any other chapter. He said that when the episode "Clefairy in Space" ("Subway no Pipi") was going in manga form, Ono had to redraw many of the pages, a time-consuming process. Ono encountered difficulty in drawing Dragonite in the final chapter, as he struggled to "get a face that cute to look powerful." His favorite human characters to work with were Ash Ketchum and Jessie and James. In particular he liked Jessie and James because they are minor characters and "have much more freedom" than main characters. Therefore, minor characters are "more fun to draw." Ono's favorite characters to draw were Ash Ketchum, Ditto, Nurse Joy, and Oddish.[4]
Characters
Japanese names in Western order (given name before family name) are given first, followed by the English name. For simplicity, English language names will be used in this and other articles in Wikipedia about Pokémon, unless explicitly referring to the Japanese version.
Satoshi / Ash Ketchum - The main character, whose name in the Japanese version (Satoshi) is named after Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the Pokémon games. Ash aspires to be a Pokémon Master, and together with the various friends and Pokémon that travel with him, embark on many adventures. In a similar fashion to the game, Ash does this by entering various Pokémon League competitions.
Kasumi / Misty - A Water-Type Pokémon trainer and the Gym Leader of Cerulean City. She is the youngest of four sisters. Like her anime counterpart, she joins Ash on his journey after he "borrows" her bike and Pikachu destroys it. Although critical towards Ash, she develops feelings towards him, who appears to reciprocate.
Takeshi / Brock - A Rock-Type Pokémon breeder and the Gym Leader of Flint City. Unlike his anime counterpart, he never joins Ash on his journey and the only time they meet is during Ash's battle with him for his second badge.
Pikachu, a little, yellow, mouse-like creature with a lightning bolt tail and the ability to create electrical jolts from its cheeks. Unlike the games or anime, Ash finds this Pikachu chewing on the electrical wiring in his house, and keeps it as his first Pokémon when he qualifies to be a trainer.
Shigeru / Gary Oak - His name in the Japanese version (Shigeru) is named after famed video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Unlike his anime counterpart, this version of Ash's rival does not hang out with a pack of cheerleaders, nor does he travel by car. In fact, about the only thing this Gary has in common with the anime Gary is his antagonistic attitude towards Ash. In the manga's epilogue he travels with Ash.
Team Rocket- A chaos causing 'gang' that has many goals, mainly conquering the Pokémon world.
Musashi / Jessica "Jessie" - The female half of Team Rocket. In the manga's epilogue, she marries James and are expecting their first child.
Kojiro / James - The male half of Team Rocket. In the epilogue, he quits the gang, marries Jessie, and are expecting their first child.
Nyarth (ニャース Nyāsu) / Meowth - The talking cat of Team Rocket. One of very few Pokémon that can speak a human language.
Sakaki / Giovanni - The seldom-seen boss/leader of Team Rocket
MAC and I visited the Barrie ON Farmers Market and Air Show
A Pikachu:
Pikachu[a] is a fictional species of the Pokémon media franchise. Designed by Atsuko Nishida and Ken Sugimori, Pikachu first appeared in the 1996 Japanese video games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green created by Game Freak and Nintendo, which were released outside of Japan in 1998 as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. Pikachu is a yellow, mouse-like creature with electrical abilities. It is a major character in the Pokémon franchise, serving as its mascot.
Pikachu is widely considered to be the most popular and well-known Pokémon species, largely due to its appearance in the Pokémon anime television series as the companion of protagonist Ash Ketchum. In most vocalized appearances Pikachu is voiced by Ikue Ōtani, though it has been portrayed by other actors, notably Ryan Reynolds in the live-action animated film Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Pikachu has been well-received by critics, with particular praise given for to its cute design, and it has been regarded as an icon of both regarded as an icon of both the Pokémon franchise and Japanese pop culture as a whole.
Concept and design
Pikachu is a fictional species of Pokémon created for the Pokémon franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the series began in Japan in 1996 with the release of the video games Pokémon Red and Blue for the Game Boy.[6] In these games, the player assumes the role of a Pokémon Trainer whose goal is to capture and train creatures called Pokémon. Players use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon, and some can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution.[7]
During Red and Blue's development, lead designer Ken Sugimori felt that the game needed more "cute" designs and sought the input of female Game Freak staff such as Atsuko Nishida to join the development team. Nishida was tasked with developing the Pikachu species and its evolutionary line with specific gameplay guidelines in mind: its role as an Electric-type, that it evolved twice, and that the final form "look strong". Nishida stated that the initial concept, done in sprite form resembled a "daifuku with ears sticking out of it." Its yellow coloring was also selected in order to emphasize the electricity motif in its design.[8] Originally Pikachu was intended to evolve into Raichu, and then Raichu into a Pokémon called "Gorochu."[9][10] However, Gorochu was cut due to cartridge space concerns, leaving Raichu to be Pikachu's sole evolution through use of the game's "Thunder Stone" item.[11]
Pikachu as depicted in promotional artwork for Pokémon Red and Blue, its first appearance. It had a notably pudgier build, which would later evolve into a thinner design.
Nishida additionally stated that she was fond of squirrels at the time, and so designed several elements of Pikachu to resemble squirrels. She stated that its tail was chosen because she liked squirrel tails, with the tail being shaped like a lightning bolt due to wanting a lightning motif. Pikachu's cheek pouches were added to reference how squirrels stored food in their cheeks, making Pikachu do the same with electricity. Satoshi Tajiri named the creature, giving it its mouse-like qualities.[12] According to him, the name is derived from a combination of two Japanese onomatopoeia: ピカピカ (pikapika), a sparkling sound, and チューチュー (chūchū), a sound a mouse makes.[13] Developer Junichi Masuda noted Pikachu's name as one of the most difficult to create, due to an effort of wanting to make it appealing to both Japanese and American audiences.[14] Koji Nishino worked with Nishida in the development process, and grew fond of Pikachu as a result. He thus made it more difficult to find in-game. However, its rarity only made it more popular with players.[8]
Pikachu was designed around the concept of electricity.[15] They attack primarily by projecting electricity from their bodies at their targets.[16] Within the context of the franchise, Pikachu can transform, or "evolve," into a Raichu when exposed to a "Thunder Stone."[17] In Pokémon Gold and Silver, "Pichu" was introduced as an evolutionary predecessor to Pikachu.[18] In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, gender differences were introduced; since those games, female Pikachu have an indent at the end of their tails, giving the tail a heart-shaped appearance.[19] Pikachu's design was initially pudgier in build, but changed overtime to have a slimmer waist, straighter spine, and more defined face and neck; Sugimori has stated these design changes originated in the anime, making Pikachu easier to animate, and were adopted to the games for consistency.[20] The design, nicknamed "Fat Pikachu," was revisited in Pokémon Sword and Shield, where Pikachu received a Gigantamax Form resembling its original design.[21][22][23]
Initially considered alongside Clefairy as lead characters for franchise merchandising, Pikachu emerged as the mascot of the animated series due to its popularity amongst schoolchildren and appeal to both boys and girls.[24][13] It was also selected for the role due to the fact that picking one of Pokémon Red and Blue's three starter Pokémon- Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle- would've created a "gap" with children who did not select the one used in the anime.[8]
Detective Pikachu's design in the film involved finding a fine line between its normal depiction and a more realistic appearance. A skeletal and muscular system were fully modeled in order for the visual effects team to be able to articulate realistic movement.
For the 2019 live action film Detective Pikachu, the titular character was portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds performed the character's voice work, and also did motion capture for the character's face and movements. Due to not being on set, co-star Justice Smith would often act his scenes out to an eyeline representing Pikachu, such as a puppet or a tennis ball.[25] Pikachu's visual appearance in the film was built as if the character was an actual animal, with the visual effects team creating detailed skeletal and muscular systems for the Pokémon. They visited zoos and consulted animal experts to make the movements accurate. Pikachu initially started with rabbit-like movement, but eventually evolved movement-wise to have characteristics of multiple species, namely those of marsupials and marmosets. Its eyes were inspired by those of the sugar glider. In order to ensure the design maintained a line between realism and uncanniness, Pikachu's fur frequently changed design. The team would often bring patches of fur to filming locations to see how the colors would respond to the area's lighting.[26] Hidetoshi Nishijima portrays Detective Pikachu's voice in the Japanese dub of the film.[27] Pierre Tessier voices the character in the French dub of the film.[28]
Ikue Ōtani has voiced the character since it first appeared in the Pokémon anime. In the anime series, Pikachu only speaks using its name. Ōtani records new lines for many of Pikachu's reappearances, and stated that despite the similar dialogue “If you don’t have a clear understanding of what you want to say in the scene and come up with a plan for your performance, you won’t convey anything... Because, if there’s the same nuance, then it would just be OK to use [previously] recorded material.”[29] Initially, it was planned for Pikachu to slowly become more adept at human speech as the series progressed, but these plans were scrapped after the producers heard the high quality of Ōtani's performance.[30] Ōtani voiced the character in the main series video games starting in Pokémon X and Y, though her voice was replaced by Pikachu's original digitized "cry" in the main series since Pokémon Legends: Arceus. This cry had previously been used to represent Pikachu audibly in the main series games prior to X and Y. [31] For Detective Pikachu, Ōtani voiced the character in a brief cameo appearance.[25] This appearance was retained in all language versions barring the German dub, which used a slightly deeper and more out of breath version of the dialogue.[32] In the Super Smash Bros. series, Ōtani voices the role in all languages, as the Smash Bros. series uses the anime's voice actors to voice the characters. This is unlike other Pokémon voice actors, where the actor is different in each country's anime dub. According to Junichi Masuda, Pikachu's voice was kept consistent across languages so Pikachu's name would be universal across the world.[33]
Pikachu has been voiced by several other voice actors since its debut. Kaiji Tang portrays Detective Pikachu in English in the video games Detective Pikachu and Detective Pikachu Returns. Tōru Ōkawa portrays the character in Detective Pikachu in Japanese, while Koichi Yamadera portrays the character in Japanese in Detective Pikachu Returns.[34] Kate Bristol briefly portrayed the character in Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, in a scene where Pikachu speaks to Ash. Bristol stated that she did her best to mimic Ōtani's performance for the line.[35] Abby Espiritu additionally voiced Pikachu in the short web series Pokémon: Path to the Peak.[36]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon:_The_Electric_Tale_of_...
The Pokémon Graphic Novel, more commonly known as Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu (電撃！ピカチュウ, Dengeki! Pikachū, "Electric Shock! Pikachu"), is a Japanese manga series created by Toshihiro Ono. It was serialized in the children's manga magazine Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic Special and CoroCoro Comic from April 1997 to December 1999. Individual chapters were collected into four tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan, who released the first volume on October 28, 1997 and the fourth volume on January 28, 2000. The characters and storylines are all drawn from the Pokémon anime series, although some events and depictions of characters diverge slightly from the anime, and the world itself has a visibly higher level of technology.
The manga was published in English in North America by Viz Communications in a "flipped", left-to-right format.[citation needed] In 1998 the company released the series as individual single comic book issues; the collected volumes came afterwards. At the time of its release Issue #1 was the best-selling manga issue, and best-selling comic book of any type, in the United States.[1] The issue sold 1.001 million copies, the highest for a single comic book since 1993.[2] The first volume, The Electric Tale of Pikachu!, was released on September 5, 1999. The third volume, Electric Pikachu Boogaloo, was released on April 5, 2000.
In Singapore, the manga is published in English by Chuang Yi and translated as Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu! for all four volumes.[3] The Traditional Chinese edition in Taiwan of the manga is published by Da Ran Culture Enterprise and Chingwin Publishing.
Development
Toshihiro Ono, the author of the series, said that he began drawing the series after Mr. Saito, Ono's editor, asked Ono to draw a manga to go along with the anime. During the production of the manga, Ono received scripts of the anime series. The author then altered the stories to fit the desired amount of pages used per storyline.[4]
Ono said that his favorite manga chapter was "Clefairy Tale" from the first volume and that he was "embarrassed that I can't say why." According to Ono he did not find any particular chapter to be more difficult than any other chapter. He said that when the episode "Clefairy in Space" ("Subway no Pipi") was going in manga form, Ono had to redraw many of the pages, a time-consuming process. Ono encountered difficulty in drawing Dragonite in the final chapter, as he struggled to "get a face that cute to look powerful." His favorite human characters to work with were Ash Ketchum and Jessie and James. In particular he liked Jessie and James because they are minor characters and "have much more freedom" than main characters. Therefore, minor characters are "more fun to draw." Ono's favorite characters to draw were Ash Ketchum, Ditto, Nurse Joy, and Oddish.[4]
Characters
Japanese names in Western order (given name before family name) are given first, followed by the English name. For simplicity, English language names will be used in this and other articles in Wikipedia about Pokémon, unless explicitly referring to the Japanese version.
Satoshi / Ash Ketchum - The main character, whose name in the Japanese version (Satoshi) is named after Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the Pokémon games. Ash aspires to be a Pokémon Master, and together with the various friends and Pokémon that travel with him, embark on many adventures. In a similar fashion to the game, Ash does this by entering various Pokémon League competitions.
Kasumi / Misty - A Water-Type Pokémon trainer and the Gym Leader of Cerulean City. She is the youngest of four sisters. Like her anime counterpart, she joins Ash on his journey after he "borrows" her bike and Pikachu destroys it. Although critical towards Ash, she develops feelings towards him, who appears to reciprocate.
Takeshi / Brock - A Rock-Type Pokémon breeder and the Gym Leader of Flint City. Unlike his anime counterpart, he never joins Ash on his journey and the only time they meet is during Ash's battle with him for his second badge.
Pikachu, a little, yellow, mouse-like creature with a lightning bolt tail and the ability to create electrical jolts from its cheeks. Unlike the games or anime, Ash finds this Pikachu chewing on the electrical wiring in his house, and keeps it as his first Pokémon when he qualifies to be a trainer.
Shigeru / Gary Oak - His name in the Japanese version (Shigeru) is named after famed video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Unlike his anime counterpart, this version of Ash's rival does not hang out with a pack of cheerleaders, nor does he travel by car. In fact, about the only thing this Gary has in common with the anime Gary is his antagonistic attitude towards Ash. In the manga's epilogue he travels with Ash.
Team Rocket- A chaos causing 'gang' that has many goals, mainly conquering the Pokémon world.
Musashi / Jessica "Jessie" - The female half of Team Rocket. In the manga's epilogue, she marries James and are expecting their first child.
Kojiro / James - The male half of Team Rocket. In the epilogue, he quits the gang, marries Jessie, and are expecting their first child.
Nyarth (ニャース Nyāsu) / Meowth - The talking cat of Team Rocket. One of very few Pokémon that can speak a human language.
Sakaki / Giovanni - The seldom-seen boss/leader of Team Rocket