With a franchise as popular as Pokemon, it goes without saying that it has seen its fair share of merchandise over the years, including creative products like a recent 5 ft. long Gigantamax Meowth plush. And while The Pokemon Company has put out quite a few imaginative Pokemon products over the years, the franchise's fans are arguably just as creative with their works of fan art.
With a variety of items, a huge array of monsters, and more, fans have a lot to work with when it comes to creating Pokemon fan art, like one who recently began knitting their own replicas of every Poke Ball. Now, one fan specializing in clay creations has created an incredible Pichu statue, and as an Electric-type Pokemon, it, of course, is capable of charging cell phones.
Clay artist Clay Yoshirin posted a video on YouTube the other day showing off their latest creation. The artist's video details the entire process of creating the Pichu phone charger, which replaces the Baby Pokemon's left cheek with one of Apple's new MagSafe Chargers, designed for the highly demanded iPhone 12, which includes the new wireless charging and magnetic technology MagSafe feature.
Any avid Pokemon fan knows that Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu, and many other Electric-type Pokemon are capable of storing electricity in the Electric Sacs on their checks. These Pokemon have also been shown in the anime and other merchandise nuzzling against each other or against objects to generate electricity. Clay Yoshirin also specifically modeled their Pichu charger after the Spiky-eared (or Notch-eared) Pichu, which appeared as an event Pokemon in Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. What's more, is that Pokemon composer, director, and producer Junichi Masuda noticed the fan-made Pichu charger on Twitter, marveling at its high-quality, wishing for Pichu to charge his own phone as well.