(Photo by Nathan Rupert)

Turns out the guy who was arrested on Tuesday morning for jumping over a barrier at the White House was in search of his 15 minutes of fame, or at least a few thousand YouTube views. It follows, naturally, that he was wearing a Pikachu suit.

Curtis Combs, of Kentucky, told officers on the scene that his pre-jump antics were recorded but his big gesture was interrupted by Secret Service officers, so he didn’t even get the incident on tape.

Dressed as the Pokemon character, Combs forged ahead anyway, ignoring verbal commands to stop and making it to a restricted area before being apprehended, according to court documents. Combs told investigators that he though they weren’t paying attention, and pulled the stunt because “he wanted to become famous and thought jumping the White House fence and posting it to YouTube would make him famous.”

Police investigated a backpack he dropped along the way and didn’t find anything suspicious, and Combs was unarmed. He has pled not guilty to an unlawful entry charge.

Incredibly, it’s not even the only Pikachu-related White House fencing jumping incident. In 2014, a man wearing a yellow Pikachu hat and holding a doll of the character was apprehended on the grounds.

If nothing else, we got these serious yet delightful explanations of what, exactly, Pikachu is from major news outlets:

“Pikachu is a yellow rodent from the Pokemon series.”

“Pikachu, a yellow, chubby rodent, is one of the most prominent characters in the Pokémon franchise.”

“The star monster of the ‘Pokemon’ franchise”