Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Trailer Reactions - 5 Ups & 3 Downs

4. It's Amusingly Self-Aware

A movie this weird needs to be at least somewhat self-aware in order to survive in the deeply ironic world of 2018, and thankfully, the trailer makes it clear that the film is going all-in with the meta references to Pokémon as a franchise and humanity's engagement with it.

In perhaps the trailer's funniest moment, Tim tries to have Pikachu communicate with a random woman in the street, but she can only hear him making his signature "Pika Pika" noises.

For some reason, Tim has a special connection with Pikachu that allows them to talk to one another, while the rest of the world simply observes the Pokémon in their typically cutesy, non-speaking form.

Surely nobody was worried that a Detective Pikachu movie would take itself too seriously, but hopefully the rest of the film will be loaded with more wink-wink gags like this.