"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.

Protests erupted across Turkey after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor ... a protester in an inflatable Pikachu costume sprinting away from police during a crackdown in Antalya. The viral moment ...

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 ...