Fans Already Adding Danny DeVito to the Detective Pikachu Trailer

The first official trailer for Pokemon: Detective Pikachu has dropped and the internet is losing their minds. With many sharing their excitement, some fans have taken to social media to protest the films biggest flaw – not having Danny DeVito voice Pikachu.

For the unfamiliar, two years ago Youtuber Tealhollow1 overlaid lines from Danny DeVito in the Great Detective Pikachu game trailer. This ignited a long-running joke of having the actor be the official voice of Pikachu. With Ryan Reynolds now voicing the electric rodent in Warner Brother’s upcoming Detective Pikachu film, fans have begun splicing in DeVito’s dialogue into the trailer.

The results are exactly what you’d expect.

https://twitter.com/SavinTheBees/status/1062059575589842946

https://twitter.com/TristanACooper/status/1062037779893403649

https://twitter.com/BusterPublic/status/1062058219592331267

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Others have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts on DeVito no longer being the voice of this iconic Pokemon. Some noted – jokingly – that he could assume the role of other Pokemon that appeared in the trailer such as Jigglypuff and Mr. Mime.

https://twitter.com/Razzbowski/status/1062036256731865090

https://twitter.com/alwayssunny/status/1062061918842748929

https://twitter.com/idkidk/status/1062035004308553728

https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/1062086074246123520

https://twitter.com/kaiyedy/status/1062102686911381504

https://twitter.com/HypraSeaPea/status/1062060540703326208

Pokemon: Detective Pikachu is set to release on May 10, 2019, and is directed by Rob Letterman. The film follows a young boy (portrayed by Justice Smith) who comes into contact with a Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) that wants to be a detective. The catch is Smith can understand everything that Pikachu is saying and the two set out to solve what his father’s disappearance. This is the first live-action Pokemon movie to release.