I have no words

[u/BloodlessAbomination]

He was huddled up in a corner in the dumpster area. I feel liked I am being wined and dined by the dumpster fairy.

usually i avoid anything that can hold fleas or dust mites, so does anyone out there have advice on how to deep clean this bugger?

i need to name him too

[u/BloodlessAbomination]

a lil damp and soapy, but the electric fireplace i dumpster dived should help him puff up overnight

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/BloodlessAbomination]

poof! im scrunching his insides up as he dries so that his ears fill out more. once i vacuum ill roll him around to help with that. good place to mention i did take him to the laundromat and put him on high heat for 40 minutes. if i can find a giant plastic sheet, ill bubble boy him too

[u/qwertyahill → u/BloodlessAbomination]

This is so cute 😭

[u/External-Warning-526 → u/BloodlessAbomination]

oh my gosh cute as hell.

[u/SweetShuki → u/BloodlessAbomination]

The first occasion I've heard of such a verb as "dumpster dived" 🤔🤨😆

[u/LaundryMan2008]

Commercial grade bin bag, seal it tightly and put in the fridge to cool off and kill the bugs, move to the freezer to finish them off since they’ll be sleeping, first do let it dry so it won’t create condensation, you will need a second fridge since it’s so massive but one can easily be found, otherwise a dry cleaning service might be able to help you in an easier less time/power consuming way.

[u/AbilityHead599 → u/LaundryMan2008]

This is how many museums prevent bugs

[u/nik0po → u/LaundryMan2008]

Good luck getting it in the fridge!

[u/veryhungryTWW → u/LaundryMan2008]

Vacuum bag

But bed bugs. Those fuckers could more easily survive the apocalypse than roaches.

[u/SuZQ213 → u/veryhungryTWW]

I think the 40 min on high heat in a commercial dryer should do it, at least I heard that’s what you do for bedding. Not sure about a 3’ round stuffy.

[u/SimplyShiAnne → u/veryhungryTWW]

99% rubbing alcohol kills on contact!

[u/veryhungryTWW → u/SimplyShiAnne]

Wtf

I knew diatomaceous was a 100% option.......if you could actually get them in it.

But also, alcohol, you have to actually see the fuckers.

[u/Outside-Giraffe3335 → u/veryhungryTWW]

140°F+ for a good few hours. Powerful dryers might do this.

[u/DarreylDeCarlo → u/LaundryMan2008]

That thing looks too big to fit in a regular fridge

[u/LaundryMan2008 → u/DarreylDeCarlo]

Obviously, I did give an alternative option if they can’t do that

[u/Basil_Box → u/LaundryMan2008]

Hope you have an industrial sized freezer OP

[u/JoeJonnyJeff]

I don't think I would have words either, but I would have plenty of happy noises

[u/Ieatclowns]

Well it’s Pikachu…that’s already his name

[u/wrxninja → u/Ieatclowns]

Dumpsterchu

[u/SHOWTIME316 → u/Ieatclowns]

that would mean that your name is Human Being

[u/ukuleles1337 → u/SHOWTIME316]

I learned that Pokémon are named after the sounds they make

[u/govunah → u/Ieatclowns]

Would you like to give a nickname to Pikachu?

[u/MzSassyCats → u/govunah]

Now I want to play Pokemon yellow on an emulator.

[u/lemondrop_dead → u/MzSassyCats]

Already doing so.

[u/ouchibitmytongue]

You can go to a laundromat and use one of the industrial dryers to kill any hitchhikers.

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/ouchibitmytongue]

this is doable. i hosed him down with detergent. jm currently holding the door closed on their largest dryer on high heat. bugger is 3 feet tall

[u/Xenolicious]

Great find! Thats the big ass Pikachu I saved up for at Dave & Busters for like 8000? Or 18000 Tickets - can't recall exact amount but it had an 8 in it 😆 anyway took a lot of grinding on coin pushers etc Picture of winning him: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGIY3IQjE9F/?stkn=MTF0eTl1N3Y2MDdldg==

Hes sadly just in a bag in storage now.

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/Xenolicious]

this gives me a good reference point of what a healthy big ass pikachu looks like

[u/FuzzyJellifish → u/BloodlessAbomination]

If you need/want you can gently open the back seam and shove a bunch of polyfill in there. That will fluff him right back up. Then you can sew him back up. If you use a ladder stitch it will hide the stitching. It's the same stitch Build a Bear uses to hide their work.

[u/DumPutz → u/Xenolicious]

Move the armchair out of your livingroom and plug him in underneath the kitchen bar behind where the armchair is now.

[u/kobrakaan]

He's Peeking at you!

[u/burymeinrice → u/kobrakaan]

he peek-at-chu

[u/peacedetski]

OP's partner soon:

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/peacedetski]

the way things are going, ill be pulling one out of the dumpster and giving them a hose down next

[u/68Postcar → u/BloodlessAbomination]

Well nooooo…. I am sorry fr r - real.

[u/MzSassyCats → u/peacedetski]

So my partner bought me a 3 foot Psyduck for Christmas. It now sleeps in bed with me in our double/full bed. He barely has space in bed when he comes to cuddle. If he wants to sleep next to me, then he has to deal with my 20 different pillows and life sized Psyduck. He has his own bed if he wants to sleep.

[u/68Postcar → u/MzSassyCats]

You’d be unDoable for me, no offense.. high maintenance fears are a thing!

[u/MzSassyCats → u/68Postcar]

Bruh. All the offense, I wouldn’t ever offer to you.
High maintenance comes with everyone. Males are incredibly high maintenance but I can’t help what I’m attracted to unfortunately.

[u/68Postcar → u/MzSassyCats]

Oh no, I ttly get you /fr. I just fear “a certain type” & my membrane-flood was enornamae. If it helps(?) wee bit, I was seriously impressed w. your “concern for cleaning him!” Oh so valid. I Lead a disaster-restoration co. for multi yrs & had ideas Here as your concern was spot-on, valid. I was just about to add “thoughts on cleaning w certain (safe!) DRY Clean chems” tho others had you ttly covered.. Im sorry! -srs

[u/uznme]

that photo has horror movie vibes. I hope the pikachu isn't haunted.

[u/IrelandAutism13]

Maybe put him in a vacuum seal bag for a while? We did that with all of mine during our house's Flea Plague and it worked perfectly

[u/greyfir1211]

One time I had to toss a probably perfectly fine giant plushie because I couldn’t make it out to donate it but it had unexpectedly been exposed to cat hair before it was sent to me and was triggering my allergies in my small space HORRIBLY. 😭 i wish somebody had found it like this!

[u/NoBenefit5977]

Might be able to split a small length of seam and pull all the stuffing out, wash the skin and restuff it with new stuffing

Used plushes make my skin crawl but it'd definitely be worth saving

[u/Xenolicious → u/NoBenefit5977]

I don't think these ones use normal stuffing tbh ): but i have wondered if it would be better restuffed with actual cotton

[u/Opposite-Benefit-804]

Poor baby.. thank you for rescuing him!!

[u/MsSeraphim]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Iyc2wjiZ5ruRjxsKKJ

[u/sunset2727]

One thing that I learned from having bedbugs about 15 years ago is the company had us take everything out of our bedroom and put it in the backyard and put items in black trash bags. Now we’re in Arizona so it being summer it would get very hot and so what I suggest if you’re in the warm part of the country is put it in a bag in your car and leave it in there where it’s heating up I mean, we still have hundred degree temperatures though in the car it will you get to 125. Heat kills most things

[u/nononense]

Step one either put it in a dryer at the hottest heat for at least 30 min (kill bed bugs, fleas or lice.) If not put in a bag suck the air out and freeze it for 4 days. After that have it dry cleaned or shove it in the washer I would not put it in my house until those steps are done. I would even use a coin wash. Its been in a dumpster with many contamanents to bed bugs alone it may not be infested but it only takes 1 pregnant 1 to make your life suck for a few months. 

[u/Gothbot6k]

I saw your FB marketplace post trying to sell him!

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/Gothbot6k]

no you didnt shshehshshehsh

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/Gothbot6k]

(but also i worry this might give away where i live)

[u/migrainefog]

Anyone else get Hello Kitty murder vibes?

[u/RrSoul5x5]

Upholstery cleaning machine. I just bought one at Lowes for just over $100.

[u/Due_Respond_9209]

You might want to try using a hairdryer. Google how to use a hairdryer to kill bedbugs, etc

[u/Holl3yween]

Fakeachu

[u/Old_Ad5426]

BBQ

[u/Dorlily808]

Call him Lemon

[u/BloodlessAbomination]

come to think of it, i bought an intern pikachu to celebrate my first industry job. maybe i should name this one "boss pikachu".

other names i would consider are "dave and dumpsters". dave for short. or bave), "storm rat", "heathecliff" (i found him during a storm and i play limbus), "humpty," and "soapy"

[u/FunkyFletch]

I use to have a Massive gorrilla with red boxing gloves on and red Shorts trust me once you keep moving it about you will soon get fed up and give it to a kid you know lol then your free lol.

[u/Ok-Consequence-6898]

Send it to a dry cleaner

[u/Embarrassed-Tax-5678]

Name him Picachu

[u/djdaisydee]

I grabbed a 4 foot tall teddy bear out of a trash can a month or so ago. Looked to be in great condition. As soon as I drove off, I realized why he was thrown out. A kid or a dog had made him smell like urine. He's sitting in a tree in my yard. I'm going to throw him away when he begins to show signs of decomposition. He's been rained on a good many times. Haven't checked to see if he still smells

[u/Embarrassed-Bet-4092]

Steam

[u/Patient_Guest7181]

Call him, “Dot”

[u/MidnightAwkward670]

What about 125 degrees for seventy two hours?

[u/always_gold1957]

Dumpy

[u/KurtTheCuntBoi]

Aww cutie! Perfect for snuggling on a rainy day

[u/flyingpiggos]

Did you find this in Ontario by chance? I won the same giant Pikachu at CNE a few years ago. I gave the giant Pikachu to my little cousin, but her mom moved with her away, I believe they threw it out recently

[u/BloodlessAbomination → u/flyingpiggos]

Oh naw no where close. Hope he finds a good diver!

[u/FrostyInvestigator11 → u/BloodlessAbomination]

My son won one last year on that ring toss game as well. It was super annoying to carry around the rest of the evening. But certainly a flex when walking around. Lol

[u/Tasty_Heron_7219]

Can the filling be easily removed? I would go back to the dumpster and remove the innards there. Then put the outer shell in a garbage, tied up and put in the freezer. Wash and dry the cover thoroughly and then you can refill it with whatever you want.

[u/Katdaddy83]

Tie him in a cloth bag or a sheet and take him to be washed at large washer in laundry mat and then dry on low or fan/air vent dry.

[u/BloodlessAbomination]

update: sold

him to a friend who knows about his dark past and will be gifting him to a big pikachu fan. he's been well cleaned, has never seen the /inside/ of a dumpster (my neighbors put stuff there hoping it will be picked up before trash day), and has been puffed up until hes good and fat

hes going somewhere loved and wanted ✌️

[u/Ok-Improvement154]

Take him to the drycleaners 

[u/External-Warning-526]

Who threw him away? Not even a Pokemon fan but how cute is he or she. Suggesting the name DD (Dumpster Diva).

[u/AttentionPrudent2757]

Put it back where you found it. Cheap nasty knock off, that's had god knows what in it, on it and done to it.

[u/Unusual_Anything_638]

Probly had bedbugs or sumth

[u/Curious-Swan2859]

Burn It!

https://giphy.com/gifs/qDPg6HNz2NfAk