When reflecting back on the legacy of his most formidable literary creation later in life, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famously said, "I should have made him a Pikachu." But while Sherlock Holmes may not have been gifted with the powers of electricity and an adorable yellow mouse face, the greatest fictional detective of the modern era can lay claim to both, as well as the Baker Street mainstay's investigative prowess. As we can see in the first trailer for Detective Pikachu, there is a dire mystery in need of solving, one that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time: where's daddy tho?[brightcove video_id="5863738855001" brightcove_account_id="3653334524001" brightcove_player_id=“rJs2ZD8xâ€]
Set in Ryme City, Detective Pikachu follows a young man named Tim Goodman (Justice Smith), who abandoned his dreams of being a Pokemon trainer in favor of being another cog in the corporate machine. One day, Tim receives news that his father, private eye Harry Goodman, has gone missing. What happens next is an unexpected encounter with Harry's old father...the one and only Detective Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds). Unlike other Pokemon, Detective Pikachu can speak English and, even better, Tim can understand him! Unfortunately it seems as though it's a link that is only shared between this particular Pikachu and the Goodman family because everyone else can only hear adorable squeals of "Pika! Pika!" when Pikachu talks. Together, these unlikely allies must partner up with a junior reporter named Lucy (Kathryn Newton) and her trusty Psyduck to uncover a sinister plot that could threaten the entire Pokemon universe as we know it.


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