Pokemon: Detective Pikachu managed to present Pokemon in a much newer way than ever before, and the film had a lot of references to both the video game and anime franchises while delivering its own emotionally packed story. But it needed to get a lot done in a short time, so while the writers behind the film had a ton of ideas not all of them made it into the final cut of the film for one reason or another.
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Speaking with ComicBook.com Detective Pikachu writer Dan Hernandez revealed one of the ideas that he and co-writer Benji Samit had for a scene that got left of the cutting room floor that explored a new setting.
Hernandez elaborated on the scene, “There was a sequence at one point that I was very excited about that was going to be in a Pokemon natural history museum.” The idea of a Pokemon natural history museum sounds awesome, and Hernandez made it only sound better, “It seemed like this city would have a museum of some kind. There were a lot of different Pokemon represented in that sequence as well.”
Not only was the natural museum setting left out of the film, a scene involving a Golbat was left out as well, “For a while, we had a cool sequence with a Golbat that I really liked. That was a really cool sequence that just didn’t quite make it to the end of the process.”
But with Detective Pikachu already confirmed to have a sequel in the works, perhaps Hernandez and Samit will be able to implement their ideas into a follow-up. They would certainly be happy to come back for a sequel. You can check out what scenes actually make it into the film as Pokemon: Detective Pikachu is now out in theaters.
The official synopsis for Pokemon: Detective Pikachu reads as such, “The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself.
Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.” You can read ComicBook.com’s spoiler-free review of the film here.
