Petition calls for Danny DeVito to voice Pikachu for Nintendo’s ‘Detective Pikachu’

Can you imagine the voice of Danny DeVito coming out of the mouth of the cute and cuddly Pokemon, Pikachu? If you can, you are not alone, because nearly 40,000 people envision the same thing.

A petition popped up on Change.org, asking Nintendo to cast the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star as the voice of Pikachu for the English version of Detective Pikachu, the latest Pokemon game. The petition has earned 39,544 supporters so far.

“There are a number of us that feel as though Danny DeVito would be a prime fit for the voice acting role of the Detective Pikachu,” petitioner N A wrote. “We want to make this happen.”

To make it easier to picture DeVito as Pikachu, a video popped up on YouTube, putting in quotes from It’s Always Sunny into the Detective Pikachu trailer. Obviously, some of these phrases wouldn’t be used for a family-friendly video game, but they are hilarious and unexpected to hear from Pikachu’s mouth.

The release of Detective Pikachu comes as the Pokemon franchise celebrates its 20th anniversary.

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