Highlights

  • Mimikyu, a Ghost and Fairy-type Pokémon, is loved by fans despite its creepy appearance and superstitions surrounding it in the Alola region.
  • A Pokémon fan carved a handmade Mimikyu love box, showcasing their creativity and admiration for the character.
  • The wooden love box serves as an alternative to a pricey digital Lovebox, providing a unique and special way to exchange love notes with a significant other.

A crafty Pokemon fan carved a charming Mimikyu love box. Known as the Disguise Pokemon, Mimikyu is a Ghost and Fairy-type Pokemon from Generation 7 that's always hidden under a cloth or in darkness to avoid sunlight. It also disguises itself as a Pikachu, but with a creepy-looking face.

Mimikyu is often perceived as a creepy Pokemon because of its appearance, especially when it's in its Busted Form, where its neck is bent. In the Alola region, many people believe that they will be stricken with a mysterious illness if they try to peek under Mimikyu's clothes. Despite this, many Pokemon fans grew to adore Mimikyu because they find it cute and harmless. It was even turned into an official Build-a-Bear plushie that fans could cuddle.

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The Pokemon community often shares fan art inspired by their favorite characters, including Mimikyu. The latest is a wooden love box with two Mimikyus carved on the lid made by Reddit user FrigginBoomT. In a series of photos, they showed the details of the Mimikyu love box, including the inside, which was split in the middle and each compartment had a Mimikyu card.

In the comment section, many Pokemon fans praised the artist for their handmade Mimikyu love box. The wooden box also seemed to be another version of a Mimikyu deck box that they carved a month ago for trading cards. Apart from Pokemon-themed projects, FrigginBoomT created other wooden artworks, such as an Yu-Gi-Oh Exodia wall decor and an Over the Garden Wall chest.

A love box is a type of messenger box where couples can leave love notes for each other. Back in 2021, a $100 digital Lovebox went viral on TikTok because it was a cute and innovative way to send sweet messages to their significant others through an app. Although the trendy device caught many netizens' attention, there were still a lot who were discouraged by its hefty price tag. So, a carved wooden love box, like the one FrigginBoomT made, is a great alternative. It can also feel extra special to have a unique handmade love box at home.

In the past, many Pokemon fans created Mimikyu art that bordered on adorable and spooky, like one fan that drew a disturbing evolution for the Pokemon and another turned every character into the Disguise Pokemon. This just shows fans appreciate Mimikyu just as much as any Pokemon across all nine generations of the franchise.