Pachimari

Pachimari is an in-universe fictional character. It is a creature that resembles an onion with a smiling face and green tentacles. Throughout Overwatch, pachimaris appear in multiple forms of media including plush toys, signs, film posters, and clothing.

Films and Games[ | ]

Pachimari's Halloween Special
Pachimari Odyssey

Trivia[ | ]

The sounds that pachimari plushes make when hit were created by Justin DeCloedt using a squeaky toy and a baby rattle.^[1]
Real life Pachimari plushes are available from Blizzard's Gear Store.
Pachimari were temporarily featured in an Overwatch-themed event in Heroes of the Storm.^[2]
- Pachimari also became themed sprays in Heroes of the Storm.

Graphics[ | ]

A Pachimari plush on a table in the MV-261 Orca on Control maps

Because they are not essential to gameplay, pachimari plushes will not load within the Hanamura UFO catchers unless the player's in-game graphics settings are "Medium" or higher.
- Strangely, the footballs hidden in some of the UFO machines do, in fact, generate on "Low".
On Nintendo Switch (and possibly other consoles), there is no way to increase graphics quality above "Low", so Switch players can never see pachimari plushies on Hanamura, but they will still see one in the spawn room of Control maps.
Regardless of graphics settings, a single pachimari can be found on a table in the MV-261 Orca vehicle on Control maps.

Roadhog[ | ]

AMIC Junkers in Hanamura Arcade — Roadhog stealing Pachimari plushes as seen in *A Moment in Crime*

Pachimari is Roadhog's favorite animal.^[3] Throughout the game, there are numerous examples of his affection for the character, including:

He has a UFO catcher filled with pachimaris in his barn on the outskirts of Junkertown. This makeshift wooden structure is also the "Attack" spawn room, making it the second map (after Hanamura) to feature the UFO catcher.
Roadhog has two sprays and an emote featuring the pachimari, confirming his interest in them.
The Pachimari event further proved this by adding the Pachimari skin for Roadhog, which is a full set of clothes and weapons themed to the character, as well as adding the Pachimari emote for Junkrat. In this emote, Junkrat digs through a tire-shaped backpack, which is insinuated to belong to Roadhog (proven by the presence of one of Roadhog’s Breathers inside). Junkrat pulls out a glowing pachimari and cheers a dramatic fanfare while squeaking the toy.
Throughout the Pachimari event, the only hero that would appear on the title screen of the game was Roadhog in his new skin and holding a pachimari plush. After a moment of staring at the toy, Roadhog would look around (presumably to ensure that nobody is watching), then squeak the plush. He would giggle to himself, as though he found the toy cute. (This is actually one of Roadhog's unlockable Emotes)

Development[ | ]

The creation of Pachimari came out of the need for toys in Hanamura's "UFO catchers" (Pachimari-brand claw machines). It was designed by concept artist David Kang who was inspired by the Korean word for onion which sounds like "pa."^[4]