which even affects Pikachu, won't do anything to you or me! #ResistPikachu." At the same time, the internet was having a field day with another stalwart of Japanese anime, deploying generative AI to ...

A protester in a giant, inflatable Pikachu costume is going viral—and sparking a flurry of AI-generated images—after being spotted fleeing police in Antalya, Turkey. The costumed figure was ...

"That fact that i didn’t even know there were protests going on in turkey until someone ran around protesting in a pikachu costume shows you the power of memes," one X user wrote Thursday.

The Pokémon character Pikachu has become the unofficial symbol of the opposition to Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Pat Batard/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images ...