#I would have sourced my own screnshots but you only get this interaction once a game

[solidaritygaming-fanblog]

TELL ME ABOUT MIMIKYU JIMMY!!!!! (please)

PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ME BOY LETS GOOOOO

Um. Basically. Mimkyu's whole thing is putting on a facade in order to make others like them more! WHICH IS A BASED CONCEPT. However, they also do this in order to protect others from themselves. According to the Pokémon Database, "People believe that anybody who sees its true form beneath the cloth will be stricken with a mysterious illness." These put together really reminded me of the Canary Curse- specifically how it almost transmits to his team mates, and how he often puts on a tough facade- to keep people from thinking he just the weak guy who dies first.

Plus, of course, the whole "haunted doll" aesthetic!

Mimkyu's true form is, for the most part, unknown. They instead disguse themselves as a friendly Pikachu, in a handmade costume. All that is known about their body is that it is small enough to fit under their rag, and their arms look like shadows. The face is drawn on in a cruel mockery of the life form it mimicks. The friendly yellow and red of the Pikcachu, here, is washed out into sepia tones: oranges, beiges, and browns.

Lets do a little list!

Small

Orange and brown tones, maybe getting into golds

Mimicking the form of a living life form

Rough, handcrafted

These are all things that can be associated with Jimmy's Sheriff persona. We also see more of the facade in that role he plays, too! He is usually very chill and maybe even silly when around his friends, but the second they remind him, he snaps back into that part- usually in time for them to make jokes or steal something important.

Oh, yes- stealing something important. His hat. This might be a reach, but hats can be used to cover faces- the only real part of him that was still exposed in his Sheriff getup. Even if it didn't fully cover it, he could raise his bandana so only his eyes show- just like Mimkyu.

Along with this, how Mimkyu is normally portrayed. Deathly alone, maybe stuck in a small, cage like room. Constantly hiding, constantly striving to reach something and be someone they think very one wants them to be.

AND!!! AND THEY ARE BOTH ASSOCIATED WITH DEATH!!!!

Ahem. Sorry.

Along with everything else I've pointed out so far the majority of the Pokedex descriptions from the games are also incredibly reminiscent of the Toy Sheriff's demeanor and background.

The second screen shot specifically is taken from the descriptions of the "Busted form", where it's neck is broken. What caught my eye were the lines about "merciless revenge", keeping up its impersonation despite its cover being blown, "unharmed but still sad", "crying inside". Those reminded me of Jimmy's villain arc (yet another example of facades). Despite all the evidence pointing to him being a toy, he kept up what he was saying, and lashed out at those who broke down his disguise.

Now, I want to mention Mimkyu's first game introduction- at least, in Pokémon Sun. You enter the abandoned Thrifty Megamart, a hotspot for ghost Pokémon activity, and see a Pikachu running around out of the corner of your eye. You dismiss this as just you seeing things, and continue- but see it more and more. Finally, you see the Pikachu run through a door into a backroom, and you follow itn confused. The backroom is dark, dingy, decidedly untouched- and pinned on the walls are photo upon photo upon photo of Pikachu's. You take out your pokefinder and scan the room, desperate to find the last ghost Pokémon and get out of this place. On the view screen, you see... something. It's decidedly not a Pikachu, and when you take the photo out of instinct, it makes a screech that is terrifyingly human sounding, like it's trying so hard to talk to you.

My conclusion?

They are the same. I rest my case.