Pokéballs are passé — enter a new system of travel for Pokémon (and non-Pokémon) plush toys alike.

After ordering a new plush, how can you ensure that your new friend can survive the trials and tribulations of the postal service? Sure, their stuffed bodies could probably withstand more than usual if the mail carrier gets bored and decides to play Toss Across with your precious valuables. But the plush sellers don't want to take any chances — your little buddy willget to you in mint condition, even if they have to vacuum-seal them for maximum freshness.

But that doesn't still the shock of receiving an incredibly smooshed Pikachu in the mail, or the carnal feeling that you must free him.

Twitter user Betsy Bauer recently received a similarly packaged Detective Pikachu plush, and was not sure how to proceed.

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Why must he suffer in this way? The response immediately called out the cursed energy of a flat Pikachu. Everyone just wanted to get him out of there.

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This was not an unusual occurrence, as other people who had purchased some shrink-wrapped plushes shared their absolute units on the thread.

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Eventually though, Baur would commence the unflattening and breathe some new life into the perpetually trapped Pikachu.

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Maybe the effects of the flattening will take a while to wear off, but for now we can say that that is one pristine Pikachu.