--- title: The Rock Dressed as Pikachu for His Daughter's Ideal Easter description: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson went all-out to give his one-year-old daughter her perfect Easter, dressing up as her favorite Pokemon character. canonical: https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-17T15:13:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:46:10.574Z og:title: The Rock Dressed as Pikachu for His Daughter's Ideal Easter og:description: It's her favorite Pokemon character, of course. og:url: https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad17a6ca021f37c5/6988c3148fd2ee395b3569cc/the-rock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "The Fate Of The Furious" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rock Dressed as Pikachu for His Daughter's Ideal Easter twitter:description: It's her favorite Pokemon character, of course. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad17a6ca021f37c5/6988c3148fd2ee395b3569cc/the-rock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ultimate Dad Hero The Rock Dressed as Pikachu to Give His Daughter a Perfect Easter > Sponsored content. 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In this video by Coinage, learn how Mr. Johnson's versatile career has made him very big bucks._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 3:13 PM UTC In this video by Coinage, learn how Mr. Johnson's versatile career has made him very big bucks.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 3:13 PM UTC Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson always [goes above and beyond](http://time.com/4728793/the-rock-jimmy-fallon-mascot-photobomb/) for his fans. The latest: he dressed up in a full Pikachu costume for Easter—to give his one-year-old [daughter Jasmine](http://people.com/babies/the-rock-daughter-jasmine-cutest-instagrams/1-when-jasmine-got-a-lift-from-dad) an exciting day of bringing her favorite Pokemon character to life. Decked out in a full suit of the famous figure, The Rock shared on Instagram that he spent two hours straight chasing his daughter around the house at a slow trot while in costume, because she wouldn’t let him take a break until she went to sleep. Turns out that being a fun dad is hard work, even if you have the superhero fitness level of the [notoriously athletic actor.](http://time.com/4675144/the-rock-on-movie-roles/) “I’m tired, today’s my only day off, it’s 118 degrees in this costume and Hobbs \[his dog\] keeps trying to p\*ss on my leg,” he wrote in the caption for the home video. “And I luv \[sic\] every minute of it. Bring it on.” This [isn’t the first time](http://www.etonline.com/news/205367%5Fdwayne%5Fjohnson%5Fsings%5Fto%5Fdaughter%5Fjasmine%5Fon%5Fher%5Ffirst%5Fbirthday/) The Rock has donned the Pikachu suit for his daughter’s amusement; either; last Halloween, she required him to dance in it extensively, also resulting in an Instagram post in which he noted just how hot it can get in there. Fatherhood: the true workout challenge. The Rock is in the midst of promotion for [the latest installment](http://time.com/4741731/fate-of-the-furious-box-office-record-opening-weekend/) in the mega-successful _Fast and the Furious_ franchise. Also on the radar: the release of [_Baywatch_](http://time.com/4594998/baywatch-movie-trailer-zac-efron-dwayne-johnson/) and [_Jumanji._](http://time.com/4501070/kevin-hart-jumanji-movie/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/"},"headline":"Ultimate Dad Hero The Rock Dressed as Pikachu to Give His Daughter a Perfect Easter","datePublished":"2017-04-17T15:13:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T08:46:10.574Z","description":"It's her favorite Pokemon character, of course.","url":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad17a6ca021f37c5/6988c3148fd2ee395b3569cc/the-rock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad17a6ca021f37c5/6988c3148fd2ee395b3569cc/the-rock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Fate Of The Furious\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"The Fate Of The Furious\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/","name":"Ultimate Dad Hero The Rock Dressed as Pikachu to Give His Daughter a Perfect Easter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson's Career Money","description":"In this video by Coinage, learn how Mr. Johnson's versatile career has made him very big bucks.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/webHFWqH/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-10T19:38:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/webHFWqH.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/","duration":"PT1M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4742306/the-rock-pikachu-easter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```