Who knew an innocent photo with Pikachu could get so weird?

Gotta pet 'em all.
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Samantha Scelzo
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Pikachu, what are you doing? Don't lick that girl!

If you're ever lucky enough to meet a Pokémon, or someone in a large Pokémon suit, just hope that they don't make it awkward by sticking their hand through the mouth to pat your head.

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The original uploader of this bizarre photo is 19-year-old Taylor, who goes by the twitter handle @destroyfrog. According to BuzzFeed, she and her friend met Pikachu at FanimeCon, a cosplay and anime festival held in San Jose, California, May 26-29.

And for some reason, Pikachu reached out his hand tongue and licked Taylor on the head as she uncomfortably obliged.

The photo is already weird AF, but Redditors had a bit of fun and attempted to make the photo even more strange with a good ol' fashioned Photoshop battle.

Of course, there was an 'Alien' reference.

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A B-List Pika that's just a little...off.

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Zombie Pika.

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Not a human in there.

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A creation masterpiece.

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Oh no...

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Andddd...another one.

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Pika, keep your hand tongue to yourself please. There are children present.

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Samantha Scelzo

Samantha was a Watercooler Web Culture & Lifestyle intern at Mashable. Follow her on Twitter @samiscelz.

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