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Pikachu, What’s This Key?

A bunch of Pokémon celebrating a Klefki, a Pokémon that’s literally just a ring with some keys on it.
A bunch of Pokémon celebrating a Klefki, a Pokémon that’s literally just a ring with some keys on it. Image: The Pokemon Company

As the Pokémon franchised evolved over time, it increasingly began to incorporate more and more inanimate objects into its lore in the form of monsters like Klefki, an improbably typed, steel/fairy monster that’s basically just a set of keys on a ring. Strange as Klefki is, one of them made it possible for Pikachu and his buddies to have one of the most mind-bending journeys of their lives.