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== Main Characters ==
=== Black ===
[[File:Black_BA_4417.png|frame]]
 
The main character, who after some weirdness involving time travel and Hitler, set out to become the [[To Be a Master|Pokemon League champion]] with the help of his older male friend [[Adult Child|N]].
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Black include:}}
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=== Tropes that apply to Black: ===
* [[Action Survivor]]: Initially, but after some experience with fights he becomes a [[Badass Adorable]].
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II. For all his snarkiness and occasional [[Jerkass|dickery]] he always tries to do the right thing.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Lampshaded. The crossdressing doesn't help.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: [[Unexplained Recovery|It didn't last very long.]]}}
* [[Ms. Fanservice|Mr Fanservice]]: Blame the crossdressing.
* [[Nice Hat]]
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** Though this almost never happens willingly.
 
=== N ===
[[File:N_BA_1870.png|frame]]
 
The other main character and Black's older male friend. Antagonistic towards trainers, believing they enslave their Pokemon.
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=== Tropes that apply to N: ===
* [[Adult Child]]: So endearingly innocent. Despite being {{spoiler|21 and half years}} old, {{spoiler|and recently turning 22,}} he doesn't seem to know about birds and bees.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Is quite blatantly [[Ho Yay|in love with Black]], [[Male Gaze|stares at his ass]] occasionally and is into dresses. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|REALLY into dresses.]]
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* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito]]: Is actually the king of Team Plasma.}}
* [[No Social Skills]]
* [[Single -Target Sexuality]]: For Black.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: He really seems to enjoy his tea.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
 
=== [[The Missingno|MissingNo.]] ===
[[File:MissingNo_BA_8892.png|frame]]
 
The infamous glitch from the [[Pokémon Red and Blue (Video Game)|first generation]] who somehow ended up in the possession of Black. No one is really sure how.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by MissingNo. include:}}
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=== Tropes that apply to MissingNo.: ===
* [[Badass]]
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Played for laughs and he's pretty tame compared to {{spoiler|Kcalb.}}
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* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: In addition to the above weapons, MissingNo. has also been [[Zettai Ryouiki|a stocking]], a tie, a cage, a giant hand, and a [[Cool Bike|motorcycle.]]
 
=== Joy the Audino ===
[[File:Joy_BA_3304.png|frame]]
 
The first and so far only Pokemon Black has (and probably only will get) caught.
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=== Tropes that apply to Joy: ===
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Unusually for a Pokemon comic, it's the human characters who do most of the fighting with Joy providing support from the sidelines.
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* {{spoiler|[[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: Joy is actually male.}}
 
=== {{spoiler|Kcalb}} ===
[[File:Kcalb_BA_3751.png|frame]]
 
{{spoiler|1=A fusion of MissingNo. and Black brought out whenever Joy uses Helping Hand on the two of them. Although he is a fusion of them, Kclab is his own entity as well and frequently communicates with Black while showing a disturbing interest in him.}}
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=== Tropes that apply to {{spoiler|Kcalb}}: ===
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]]}}
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
 
=== White ===
[[File:White_BA_6507.png|frame]]
 
Black's childhood friend, whom he has a crush on. She starts her own Pokemon journey at the same time with Black.
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=== Tropes that apply to White: ===
* [[The Ace]]: Had all 8 badges by Chapter 19, and the only thing stopping her from beating the entire League by now would probably be the fact that it won't accept challengers at the current point in time.
* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: Maybe
 
=== Bel ===
[[File:Bianca_BA_9240.png|frame]]
 
Another childhood friend of Black.
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=== Tropes that apply to Bel: ===
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't call her fat.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Desperately Looking for Aa Purpose In Life]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: With White.
* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: If dressing Cheren in a Meido outfit and {{spoiler|encouraging Alder to fall in love with Cheren while humoring him that Cheren is a girl}} is any example.
 
=== Cheren ===
[[File:Cheren_BA_1119.png|frame]]
 
Another childhood friend of Black.
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=== Tropes that apply to Cheren: ===
* [[Bishonen]]: Not as much as Black or N, but still enough for {{spoiler|Alder to believe that he is a girl}}.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]
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== Supporting Characters ==
=== Professor Juniper ===
[[File:Juniper_BA_658.png|frame]]
 
The Pokémon Professor of Unova.
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=== Tropes that apply to Professor Juniper: ===
* [[Brainy Brunette]]
* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Hot Scientist]]
 
=== Fennel ===
[[File:Fennel_BA_856.png|frame]]
 
A friend of Prof. Juniper who studies dreams.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Fennel include:}}
 
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=== Tropes that apply to Fennel: ===
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Blush Sticker]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]
* [[Hot Scientist]]
* [[Meganekko]]
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* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]
 
=== Kidachi ===
[[File:Hawes_BA_1573.png|frame]]
 
The husband of Lenora.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Kidachi include:}}
 
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=== Tropes that apply to Kidachi: ===
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Megane]]
 
=== Dirk ===
[[File:Dirk_BA_8933.png|frame]]
 
A Dancer that White met in Nimbasa City. Black sees him as rival for White's affections.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Dirk include:}}
 
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=== Tropes that apply to Dirk: ===
* [[Black Best Friend]]
* [[Dance Battler]]
* [[Martial Pacifist]]
 
== Villains ==
=== Joseph, Mary and Jesus ===
[[File:Jo_Ma_Je_BA_1429.png|frame|Jesus (left), Mary (middle), Joseph (right)]]
 
 
Team Plasma members and so far the main antagonists.
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=== Tropes that apply to Joseph, Mary and Jesus. ===
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: {{spoiler|1=MissingNo.!Mary for a single panel.}}
* [[Eye Scream]]: [[The Missingno|MissingNo.]] at one point bitchslaps Mary in the eye which is left hideously bloodshot.
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* [[Talking Animal]]: Jesus.
* [[Terrible Trio]]
* [[Theme Naming]]: [[The Bible (Literature)|Take a guess.]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|Mary in chapter 16. It seems to be a side effect of [[The Missingno|MissingNo.'s]] bitchslap. Once she returns Joseph's sword they both get a badass boost.}}
* [[Touched Byby Vorlons]]: {{spoiler|1=Mary seems to have gained some of MissingNo.'s powers.}}
 
=== Ghetsis ===
[[File:Ghetsis_BA2_5177.png|frame]]
 
The Leader of Team Plasma. He's also {{spoiler|N's father.}}
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=== Tropes that apply to Ghetsis. ===
* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]]: Maybe}}
* {{spoiler|[[An Arm and Aa Leg]]: Lost his right arm, [[Eye Scream|right eye]], and had half his face paralyzed in an encounter with [[Olympus Mons|Kyurem]]}}
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: {{spoiler|Blame Kyurem}}
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
 
=== Dark Trinity ===
[[File:Shadow_Triad_BA_3532.png|frame]]
 
Three members of Team Plasma that serve N.
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=== Tropes that apply to the Dark Trinity. ===
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: One of them is always doing something random, even during their missions.
* [[Ninja|Ninjas]]
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|White Haired Pretty Boys]]
 
=== Adam, Eve and Apple ===
[[File:Ap_Ad_Ev_BA_4954.png|frame|Apple (left), Eve (middle), Adam (right)]]
 
 
Another trio of Grunts from Team Plasma but are considered to be the best. Like Joseph and Mary, Adam and Eve are human, while Apple is a Victini.
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=== Tropes that apply to Adam, Eve and Apple: ===
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Apple the Victini.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Apple.
* [[Terrible Trio]]
* [[Theme Naming]]
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== Pokémon League ==
 
=== Corn, Dent and Pod ===
[[File:CCC_BA_6550.png|frame|Pod (left), Dent (middle), Corn (right)]]
 
 
Leaders of the Striaton Pokemon Gym/cafe/Host club.
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=== Tropes that apply to Corn, Dent and Pod: ===
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Pod.
{{quote| '''Pod:''' EATING OFF OUR BODIES IS RECOMMENDED!}}
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Keet]]: '''''POD'''''.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: [[ALLCAPS|POD]].
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Despite being gym leaders, battles aren't their strongest suit and due to their losing streak they can't afford to take new challengers.
{{quote| '''Pod:''' WE'RE DROWNING IN DEBT!}}
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: POD.
 
=== Lenora ===
[[File:Lenora_BA2_7290.png|frame]]
 
Gym Leader of Nacrene City.
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=== Tropes that apply to Lenora ===
 
* [[Happily Married]]: To Kidachi.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: So much so that she scolded a villainous Meloetta into a [[Heel Face Turn]]
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=== Arti Burgh ===
[[File:Burgh_BA_8329.png|frame]]
 
Gym Leader of Castelia City
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
=== Tropes that apply to Arti: ===
* [[Bi the Way]]: Gay by all means, but had {{spoiler|a crush on Elesa.}}
* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]
* [[Bi the Way]]: Gay by all means, but had {{spoiler|a crush on Elesa.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Elesa.}}
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
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=== Elesa ===
[[File:Elesa_BA_515.png|frame]]
 
Gym Leader of Nimbasa City.
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=== Tropes that apply to Elesa: ===
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: It takes less than one whole drink to reduce her to a giggling mess.
** She then spends the next ''' ''month'' ''' passed out on Lenora's floor.
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* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]
 
=== Ingo and Emmet ===
[[File:Ingo_Emmet_BA_6722.png|frame|Emmet (left), Ingo (right)]]
 
 
Subway Bosses of the Nimbasa Battle Subway.
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* [[Gratuitous German]]
=== Tropes that apply to Ingo and Emmet: ===
* [[Gratuitous German]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Ingo.
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: Emmet. [[Slasher Smile|Lenora finds this creepy.]]
{{quote| '''Emmet:''' I am saddened! I cannot express sadness!}}
* [[Twincest]]: ''Heavily'' hinted at.
{{quote| '''Emmet:''' Zuh city has been running on backup power for days! Luckily, our subways our unaffected. Zhey are powered by our Bruderliebe<ref>Brotherly love</ref>.}}
* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Their fights always end with massive collateral damage and apparently occasional deaths. One can only guess how they've managed to keep their jobs and more importantly why they haven't been arrested.
* [[Uncatty Resemblance]]: All of their Pokemon have the exact same expression as their owners.
 
=== Clay ===
[[File:Clay_BA_6862.png|frame]]
 
Driftveil City's Gym Leader.
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=== Tropes that apply to Clay: ===
* [[Badass]]: Unlike other gym leaders he didn't need help to take care of Team Plasma.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: After {{spoiler|Black gets impaled}} he shows up to save the day.
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* {{spoiler|[[Tsundere]]: If the end of Episode 17 is any indication.}}
 
=== Skyla ===
[[File:Skyla_BA_4610.png|frame]]
 
Mistralton City's Gym Leader.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Skyla include:}}
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=== Tropes that apply to Skyla ===
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[Butch Lesbian]]: or [[Lipstick Lesbian]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Very [[Hot -Blooded]] and with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]. She yelled at a news reporter for being outside to deliver the news after Tornadus made off with the reporter's panties, screamed at Tornadus to battle her to keep him from attacking the tower, and angrily chewed out Black and N for showing up so late to save Mistralton. In her defense, her city had been under attack for weeks, and she even admitted that the stress of the situation was setting her off and making her lose control of her temper.
* [[Going Commando]]: As of her first appearance; Tornadus is wearing her panties on his head. [[Squick|How he got them when she wears shorts is a mystery...]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: She calls out Black and N after they show up to save her [[Big Damn Heroes]] style...[[Late to Thethe Party|weeks after Tornadus first started terrorizing Mistralton City.]]
{{quote| '''Skyla:''' '''YOU GUYS ARE LATE!''' TORNADUS HAS BEEN WRECKING SHIT SINCE SUMMER. IT'S GONNA TAKE AN ASS-TON OF MONEY TO CLEAN UP MISTRALTON - AND THAT'S NOT ALL! I'VE GOT THE NATIONAL GUARD AND EVERY PSYCHIC I COULD FIND DEFENDING THE TOWER. TORNADUS THINKS IT'S FUNNY TO FUCK UP THE WEATHER, BUT IF ''ANYTHING'' HAPPENS TO THAT TOWER, WE ARE ALL ''DEAD''. YOU SO-CALLED HEROES ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS SHIT.}}
 
=== Alder ===
[[File:Alder_BA_6514.png|frame]]
 
The Champion of the Pokemon League.
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=== Tropes that apply to Alder: ===
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: For Cheren.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: He's not affected by Beheeyem's [[Adorably Precocious Child|illusions]] because of this.
{{quote| '''Cheren:''' Does this mean...Alder was never affected by your illusions?<br />
'''Beheeyem:''' Correct. Alder's brain functions in an incomprehensible manner. Therefore, my powers do not work on him. }}
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Has no problem holding Cheren's hand because he thought he was a young lady.
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** The only person whose name he hasn't gotten wrong so far is N, whose name he doesn't even know.
 
=== Hachiku ===
[[File:Brycen_BA_1627.png|frame]]
 
Icirrus City's Gym Leader.
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=== Tropes that apply to Hachiku: ===
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: Both him and Kuma after being defeated by Kyurem. Black and Joy stops them.}}
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: His Beartic is named Kuma[[hottip:*:<ref>[[A Dog Named "Dog"|bear]]</ref>, and he commands it to use Brine in its Japanese name, Shiomizu<ref>brine</ref>. He also keeps his Japanese name, even after the artist started using English names for the Gym Leaders.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Something happened to him in the past, which led to him becoming...
* [[The Quiet One]]: When he does talk, it's always in haiku format, save for the [[Gratuitous Japanese]] above.
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== Other Pokémon ==
=== Grimey ===
 
== Grimey ==
 
[[File:Grimey_BA2_585.png|frame]]
 
A Pokémon that attacked Dent, Corn, and Pod at Striaton City.
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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Until being defeated by Black and N.
=== Tropes that apply to Grimey: ===
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Until being defeated by Black and N.
* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]
* [[Poisonous Person|Poisonous Pokémon]]
 
== Meloetta ==
 
=== Meloetta ===
[[File:Meloetta_BA_6502.png|frame]]
A Pokémon that attacked Lenora during a concert in Nacrene City.
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=== Tropes that apply to Meloetta: ===
* [[Beehive Hairdo]]: Step Form.
* [[Brown Note]]
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* [[The Muse]]
* [[Musical Assassin]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
 
== Genesect ==
 
[[File:Genesect_BA_3700.png|frame]]
A super weapon Pokémon created by Team Plasma to attack Burgh in Castelia. As it turns out, {{spoiler|they used the mind of Adolf Hitler to create it, who was brought to the future by Black and N early in the series.}}
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=== Tropes that apply to Genesect: ===
* [[Backpack Cannon]]
* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]
* [[Cyborg]]
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: {{spoiler|Hitlersect.}}
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: {{spoiler|A Nazi cyborg insect creature.}}
* [[Purple Is Powerful]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* {{spoiler|[[Stupid Jetpack Hitler]]}}
* [[Weaponized Animal]]
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Three Legendary Pokémon brothers. Tornadus and Thundurus are '''huge''' perverts, much to the chagrin of their older brother, Landorus. Thundurus first attacked Elesa at Nimbasa, Landorus attacked Clay at Driftveil, and finally Tornadus attacked Skyla at Mistralton.
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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Landorus, until he is defeated by Black and N.
=== Tropes that apply to Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus: ===
 
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Landorus, until he is defeated by Black and N.
* [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Dirty Old Man|Dirty Old Men]]: Tornadus and Thundurus. According to Landorus, Tornadus is the worst of the two.
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=== Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem ===
The Tao Trio, a trio of Legendary Pokémon. Currently, only Kyurem has appeared in the story to attack Icirrus City.
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=== Tropes that apply to Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem: ===
 
* [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pokémon]]: Kyurem.
* [[Badass]]: Kyurem. According to Cheren, it has never lost a battle.
* [[Blood Knight]]: Kyurem.
* [[Dragons Up the Yin -Yang]]
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs]]
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian|I'm a Poketarian]]: Kyurem doesn't just beat his opponents, he eats them.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Kyurem. He takes a Last Resort from Joy and a [[It Makes Sense in Context|Black Gorgeous Penetration from a Sailor Moon'd Black]] and only gets a scratch.
{{quote| '''Kyurem:''' Ow.<br />
'''Black:''' Really? Just "ow?" }}
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Reshiram, presumably.
* [[Power Trio]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Zekrom, presumably.
* [[Snake Talk]]: Kyurem, inspired by the [[Verbal Tic]] of a fangirl on the comic boards who role-plays as Kyurem.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Kyurem will accept challenges from whoever it deems worthy enough.
** Notable targets include Hachiku, N, and {{spoiler|Ghetsis}}.
 
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