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WATCH: Deflating Pikachu Gets Tackled, Hustled Off Stage By Suited Men

A video from the Pokémon World Festival near Seoul shows 15 Pikachu dancing to Hairspray when the ringleader's costume starts deflating. Then a group of men forcefully spirit the dancer away.
A video of a dancing Pikachu getting tackled by men in suits in Songdo, South Korea went viral on Friday.

It's Friday. There's been plenty of news this week.

So here's something ... else.

A video, which will probably be a meme by tomorrow morning, shows of Pokémon. The occasion is the Pokemon World Festival 2017, and the setting is Triple Street in Songdo, near Seoul's Incheon airport.

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