Pikachu

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Main • #118

Pikachu

Release year:2000
Category:Main campaign
Collections:Main Campaign
Times published:1
Printed tagline:got milk?

Notes

MilkAdMan main campaign number; see Placements for recovered issue evidence.

The book's caption for this ad reads “Pikachu has milk power — do you?”

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Main campaign ad

Direct full-size main ad verified from MilkAdMan's rebuilt high-resolution archive.

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Credits

Photographer / credited image source:Nintendo illustration

Campaign / production note:Pokemon

How certain the credit is:A — agency-side archive metadata

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Variants of this ad (2)

Different printed versions of the same ad are grouped here.

Pikachu — GM — 'Drinking milk…'

Year:2000
Version type:Ad version
Difference:Version of main #118.
Notes:Milk Ad Collecting Central distinguishes this ad beneath the subject's picture link.

Images of this version

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Pikachu — “Drinking milk…”, from Milk Mustache Mania

Format:Page in the book Milk Mustache Mania (owner's copy), page 60, scanned at 1200 dpi

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Pikachu — “Drinking milk…” got milk? — original period print

Format:Original period magazine advertisement / marketplace scan· English

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Where it was published

Publication	Issue/date	Page	Format	Source	Notes
Better Homes and Gardens	August 2000		Full-page ad	Internet Archive scan	Exact scanned page located in the digitized Better Homes and Gardens volume at the Internet Archive.
Publication unresolved	2000		Collector-documented version	source	Milk Ad Collecting Central distinguishes this ad beneath the subject's picture link.

Pikachu — GM — 'The calcium in milk…' + whymilk.com

Year:2000
Version type:Ad version
Difference:Version of main #118.
Notes:Milk Ad Collecting Central distinguishes this ad beneath the subject's picture link.

Images of this version

Where it was published

Publication	Issue/date	Page	Format	Source	Notes
Publication unresolved	2000		Collector-documented version	source	Milk Ad Collecting Central distinguishes this ad beneath the subject's picture link.

Where it was published

Publication	Issue/date	Page	Format	Source	Notes
Rugrats	May/Jun 2000		Print ad	source	Business Wire, Apr. 25, 2000: Pikachu's Milk Mustache ad debuted Apr. 25 on newsstands in the May/June issue of Rugrats. Release preserves copy: “Want to grow? Drinking milk helps your bones grow so you can evolve to the next level.”