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This is really more of a comparison of how similar the live-action and the current anime have the same intimidating smile.

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Creepy Mr. Mime refers to jokes about the Pokémon Mr. Mime as he appears in the trailer for the Detective Pikachu film, which struck social media users as unsettling.

Origin

On November 12th, 2018, Warner Brothers released the trailer for the live-action Detective Pikachu film. One of the scenes in the trailer featured an interrogation of a 3D rendering of the Pokémon Mr. Mime (shown below).

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After the trailer aired, social media users immediately commented on what they considered the creepiness of Mr. Mime's appearance. For example, Twitter user @itsacquaintance compared the Pokémon to Pennywise the clown from the IT film (shown below, left). User @JacobOller voiced their displeasure at the choice to give Mr. Mime some subtle hair by saying whoever made that choice should "go to prison" (shown below, right).

Jacob Oller JacobOller Followv Whoever gave Mr. Mime freckles and tiny little hairs on the top of his head IS going to prison 1:31 PM -12 Nov 2018

Polygon,^[1] Uproxx,^[2] and Kotaku^[3] all published pieces commenting on the creepiness of the character, with Kotaku compiling tweets that compared Mr. Mime to horror movie villains. Of those tweets, some popular examples include one by @pokebeach_wpm that also compared the character to Pennywise (shown below, left) and a tweet by @itukayomo that compared the character to several doll villains from horror films (shown below, right).

Water Pokémon Master @pokebeach_wpm ( Follow ) We now need a live action Pokemon x It crossover featuring Mr. Mime. 1:49 PM-12 Nov 2018

25知的風ハット 2 @itukayomu ホラー映画の画像の4番目にバリヤードを置いても違和感がない 10.2K 1:36 AM - Nov 13, 2018 5,906 people are talking about this

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AdamCerious @Browtweaten Follow Good morning to everyone who somehow didn't get murdered in their sleep by Mr. Mime 7:14 AM- 13 Nov 2018

Mitch, Don't Kill That Drive @GameofReindeers Follow He did it. Whatever crime Pikachu is investigating, it was 1000000000090 Mr. Mime Phil Hughes@PJHughes45 Oh no Show this thread 1:41 PM-12 Nov 2018

Samantha Bee @samanthaembee Follow I mean, Mr Mime has always been terrifying. So this works. GIF 5:01 PM - 12 Nov 2018

Rii2@ウクライナ @RIi24 Follow Detective Pikachuのバリヤード先輩排水口から話しかけてきそうでやばい #DetectivePikachu' Translate Tweet 7:25 PM 12 NoV 2018

竹谷州史@[やすらかモンスターズ1.. @takeya_syuji Follow このバリヤードが良すぎて描く手を止められなかった #ポケモンピカチュウ#名探偵ピカチュウ#Pokemon #DetectivePikachu" ⑤ Translate Tweet

Chris-CeeHaz COMMISSIONS O.. @CeeHaz Follow The more I see him, the more l really enjoy Mr Mime and his dumb dodgeball shoulders...

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External References

^[1] Polygon – The infinite horrors of Pokémon’s Mr. Mime

^[2] Uproxx – People Have Strong Feelings About Mr. Mime From The ‘Detective Pikachu’ Trailer

^[3] Kotaku – Detective Pikachu Movie Version Of Mr. Mime Is Freaking People Out

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