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Life can be a strange experience when you're a Pikachu dancer.
One minute you're minding your own business, synchronised dancing with 14 other identical Pikachus to 'You Can't Stop the Beat' from the 2002 musical Hairspray, and the next minute you're being tackled by 9 men and carted off stage.
That's exactly what happened to one unfortunate dancer when their inflatable Pikachu suit started to deflate mid-performance.
Presumably to maintain the illusion for the kids in the audience the sad looking Pikachu was taken off sharpish.
Check out what happened here:
About four minutes in, the Pikachu does return to the flock (gaggle? troupe? What is a collective noun for Pikachus?) but they the suit deflates again... Which is just as hilarious.
Naturally, people have developed an affinity with Pikachu in question:
Some days I, too, feel like a deflated pikachu being tackled by dudes in suits— Rebecca (@Rebecca) 1494021344
I relate to deflated pikachu rn https://t.co/R0L4fTXzyW— hobi loml⁷ (@hobi loml⁷) 1494060495
When I'm trying to have a positive outlook and a sad thought starts entering my mind https://t.co/slvJhj03go— sara reinis (@sara reinis) 1494007103
Others saw a slightly more sinister side:
Distopian nightmare as defective pikachu kinapped by secret agents in broad daylight! https://t.co/lqeU4kKD9i— 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬ (@忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬) 1494006828
Plot twist:
In all honesty, the Pikachu handlers acted like a crack team of Secret Service agents.
RETRIEVE THE PACKAGE! PROTECT THE PRESIDENT! PACKAGE ACQUIRED, DISPERSE THE PREMISES! THREAT NEUTRALIZED! https://t.co/UQQisvlsQ7— におに (@におに) 1494002013
This does sound like Team Rocket's doing.
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