Surprised Pikachu

Electrus attonitus

A screenshot of Pikachu from the original Pokémon anime, mouth open and eyes wide in shock.

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Field data

Habitat: Reaction-image threads, wherever a predictable outcome needs mocking
First observed: 2018
Diet: Predictable plot twists
Call: A flat, silent gasp
Composition: Face, 1. Open mouth, 1. Raised eyebrows, 2.

Conservation status

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Critically overplayed

Field notes

Lifted from Season 1, Episode 10 of the anime, where Pikachu reacts to an ambush. A Tumblr post in September 2018 turned the still into shorthand for “did that thing you obviously saw coming.” It has not stopped working since, which is its own kind of joke.