DETECTIVE PIKACHU Writers Reveal That The Character Of Red From The POKÉMON Games Makes An Appearance

Detective Pikachu wasn't only filled to the brim with Pokemon creatures but also Easter Eggs and references to the wider Pokemon universe and franchise. Comicbook.com recently featured the film's writers, Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, on their podcast, where they discussed Easter Eggs.

Samit first mentioned Snorlax lazily sitting in the way of traffic before bringing up a moment which had many fans speculating. "I liked some Snorlax blocking traffic. It's something, we had that in early scripts, that was something we always wanted in there. I think that line about Mewtwo being from the Kanto region is one that ... I don't know if that's quite an easter egg, but it's definitely provocative. I like that."

The Kanto region was the first segment of the Pokemon world ever introduced. It served as the setting for the Generation I games as well as many later titles like the recent Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! games. It also suggests ties to Pokemon: The First Movie which predominantly featured Mewtwo, perhaps hinting that the Mewtwo from that animated movie and Detective Pikachu are one in the same.

Hernandez also brought up a moment which makes reference to the Pokemon games. During an early sequence, we get a look at a Pokemon trainer who is garbed in red. "There's a moment where they start the video sequence, they cut to a trainer that seems ... he's certainly wearing a lot of red. So, that to me is, for the people that choose to interpret it as "Is this Red?" Well, he's wearing a lot of red."

Red was the player-character of Pokemon Red and Blue as well as for a plethora of other Pokemon titles, even going as far as to appear in Super Smash Bros. under the pseudonym: Pokemon trainer. Hernandez more or less confirms that the character that we see in the film is actually the one from the games.