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# You Should Watch This Video of The Rock Dressed as Pikachu to Surprise His Baby Daughter

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## Mahita Gajanan


Gajanan is an editor at TIME.

Oct 31, 2016 11:23 PM UTC

by 

[Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/)


## Mahita Gajanan


Gajanan is an editor at TIME.

Oct 31, 2016 11:23 PM UTC

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Halloween costume was all for his baby daughter Jasmine, whose favorite character is Pikachu.

The actor, former wrestler and very dedicated father donned a Pikachu costume and danced for his daughter, who will turn one this year, and was all smiles and giggles—until the dancing stopped.

“What Pikachu didn’t know was that Jazzy would start crying when he stopped dancing and demanded he continue to shake his tail with a loud ‘EH!'” Johnson wrote on Instagram. “So Pikachu danced over.. and over.. and over..”

At the end of the video, Johnson backed away from his daughter and removed the Pikachu head once out of her sight to reveal his sweaty face.

“That’s what daddies do,” he said, before putting the head back and continuing to dance.

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