One was posted, opens new tab with the caption, “Pikachu amidst the ongoing protests in Turkey. This is real by the way.” Rob Cover, a professor of digital communication at the Royal Melbourne ...

Pikachu could not be tamed, let alone caught by Turkish police forces at a protest this week. Thousands of people, including the person dressed in the inflatable Pikachu costume, hit the streets ...

“Even Pikachu is affected by pepper spray.” Meanwhile, another widely shared image on social media purportedly showed individuals dressed as Batman, Joker, and Spider-Man participating in the ...