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''[http://www.nuzlocke.com/ Nuzlocke Comics]'' is a retelling of the author's playthrough of ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire ~~(Video Game)~~|Ruby]]'', ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Red and Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|FireRed]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Black and White ~~(Video Game)~~|White]]''. Seeking a new challenge, he decided to play the games with [[Self-Imposed Challenge|some additional rules]].

''[http://www.nuzlocke.com/ Nuzlocke Comics]'' is a retelling of the author's playthrough of ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby]]'', ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Red and Blue|FireRed]]'', and ''[[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon Black and White|White]]''. Seeking a new challenge, he decided to play the games with [[Self-Imposed Challenge|some additional rules]].

* First, he is only allowed to capture the first Pokémon he encounters on a route or location. If he fails to do so, tough beans.

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** {{spoiler|Desmond as well, seeing as he knew he did enough damage on Misty's Starmie for Ruby to take it out with his next Pokemon.}}

* [[Grimmification]]: For Pokémon.

** [[Depending On the Writer]], most of the runs really are no darker than the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga series.

** [[Depending on the Writer]], most of the runs really are no darker than the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga series.

* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Especially when you add ''even more'' rules, such as never using items or ''[[Up to Eleven|never using Pokemon Centers]]''.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Gary's Blastoise}} seems to be pulling one off.

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** : [http://www.nuzlocke.com/pokemonhardmode.php?p=53 Well then, you picked the ''wrong Pokemon''.]

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Ruby himself.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Ruby himself.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Many of the runs will poke fun at exaggerated character traits of trainers and general [[Fridge Logic]], then hit you with a [[Tear Jerker|tragic death scene]] ''immediately'' after.

* [[My Own Grandpa]]: Sort of. The reason Norman prefers pokemon to family is {{spoiler|because Bruce flew past his window as a child while HIS father was attempting to say that family was more important.}} Because of this, Ruby turned out the way he did, and would eventually end up taking the Nuzlocke challange, resulting in the events of the Ruby and Fire Red comic, which caused him {{spoiler|to attempt to attack Mewtwo with Bruce, causing the rift in the space-time continuum that made Bruce go into the past.}}

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* [[Sequel Hook]]: One of the few multi-run comics that didn't use an obvious hook, with his Platinum run starring a different protagonist.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: The heroine of Platinum, Bern, starts out as this.

* [[Shout-Out]]: May's extreme expressions are reminiscent of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: May's extreme expressions are reminiscent of ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''.

** Towards the end of the first storyline comes a huge homage to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.

** Hale's comic also shouts out ''[[Fate ~~Stay Night~~]]'' (the classic "Are you my Master?" scene) and even ''Kuso Miso Technique''.

** Hale's comic also shouts out ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' (the classic "Are you my Master?" scene) and even ''Kuso Miso Technique''.

** In the sequel, Bern's name may be a reference to ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'', though her personality isn't the same.

** In the sequel, Bern's name may be a reference to ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', though her personality isn't the same.

** Part 5 of Bern's Platinum run has her catching (FINALLY) a male Shellos. The next scene is a [[Gender Flipped]] parody of one from Green Lantern, where Hal Jordan greets their newest recruit (a girl).

** If characters named Mitch and Stella plus an abuser named Stanley aren't enough, then an obvious homage to ''the'' [[Skyward Scream]] makes it pretty clear Platinum is taking a couple cues from [[A Streetcar Named Desire]].

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* [[Jerkass]]: Robot himself.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Skeets seems to be channeling the inherent fury of the Red Lanterns whenever one of his allies dies.

* [[Shout-Out]]: His comic is ''built'' upon references to ''[[~~The Protomen (Music)|~~The Protomen]]'' and ''[[Blackest Night]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: His comic is ''built'' upon references to ''[[The Protomen]]'' and ''[[Blackest Night]]''.

*** His Wingull, Pchooooo, is a reference to the PCHOOOOO code in [[Homestuck]]

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: During the climax of his first run, leading directly into his Sapphire run.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:

{{quote| '''Whitney:''' You know, in all the [[Badass Bookworm|research I did on Team Rocket and Giovanni]]... I never figured out where exactly he gets geniuses like you to work for him.}}

* [[Death By Adaptation]]: About half of Johto if you're using the Gym Leaders and totaled cities as a baseline. Casualty count in Kanto is unknown at present.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: About half of Johto if you're using the Gym Leaders and totaled cities as a baseline. Casualty count in Kanto is unknown at present.

* [[Determinator]]: Definitely Candace.

{{quote| I'm going to stop the end of the world. And no one is going to get in my way.}}

** {{spoiler|Silver turns out to be this as well, albeit [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|by different means]].}}

* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The prologue shows the destruction of New Bark Town.

* [[Due to ~~The~~ Dead]]: Candace has her first ever loss, {{spoiler|Hellacross the Heracross}}, tattooed on her left shoulder.

* [[Due to the Dead]]: Candace has her first ever loss, {{spoiler|Hellacross the Heracross}}, tattooed on her left shoulder.

** In Blackthorn City, we get [http://www.paragonsigma.com/images/nuzlocke/candaceink0409.jpg a closeup] (spoilers) revealing that [[Call Back|she's similarly honored all her other dead Pokemon]]. (Visible tattoos, counterclockwise from top: {{spoiler|Hellacross, Alastor the Gastly, Watchwing the Noctowl, Clutch the Exeggcute}}; not visible but implied: {{spoiler|Flashpoint the Flaaffy, Crucible the Ninetales}})

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Jasmine evacuated her people to the Lighthouse when Olivine City flooded, but couldn't make it in herself and was swept away and drowned outside. She was the only casualty in Olivine.}}

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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|Giovanni is more concerned with rebuilding Johto than anything else, and is not pleased with where his son's vendetta towards Candace leads}}.

* [[Fastball Special]]: Before it evolved and became too large for it, Candace was fond of doing this with her Totodile.

** Lampshaded when Candace mentions this to Whitney and Whitney refuses to believe Riptide was ever that small (at the time they're having the discussion, [[Attack of the ~~Fifty~~ Foot Whatever|he's about the size of a small office building]]).

** Lampshaded when Candace mentions this to Whitney and Whitney refuses to believe Riptide was ever that small (at the time they're having the discussion, [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|he's about the size of a small office building]]).

** [[Fan Nickname]]: Riptide Missile!

** And now {{spoiler|it's been switched around and ''Riptide threw Candace!''}}

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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Falkner has one after his father is killed in the change, and Candace [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|slaps him out of it]]. Candace herself has one {{spoiler|after killing Morty}} and is comforted by {{spoiler|Whitney}}.

** {{spoiler|And now it looks like Whitney's having one after losing control of Crucible the Ninetales.}}

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Lord Bugsy gets [[Boom! Headshot!|a Poison Sting to the head]] by his own mad Kakuna.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Lord Bugsy gets [[Boom! Headshot!|a Poison Sting to the head]] by his own mad Kakuna.}}

** This turns out to be [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|tame Pokemon that grow too powerful succumb to the change and attack their own trainers.}}

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: {{spoiler|The Kimono Girls}}. Eventually revealed to be a psychic projection by {{spoiler|Lugia, channeled by Candace}}, which is now awakening.

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** White Run: {{spoiler|Walter, Peter, and Freddy help Nina escape a Throh in Pinwheel forest, at the expense of their lives}}.

* [[Keet]]: Zach, especially as an Oshawott.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Jordan is coined to be a "difficult" team member

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Jordan is coined to be a "difficult" team member

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Amongst Nina's Pokemon, Laila the Petilil is totally [[Tsundere|dere]] for Zack the Dewott, Jojo the Darumakka and Rex/Rey the Sandile are pretty flirty [[Childhood Friends]], and Jordan the Zebstrika has a soft spot for sweet Mimi, a Swoobat.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: In all of the runs thus far, there has always been at least one team member who acts like a father/mother figure

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* [[Ship Tease]]: Most notable in the White Run, where everything is shipped.

** Laila is a [[Tsundere]] for Zach.

** [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold|Jordan]] seems to have a soft spot for [[The Ingenue|Mi]][[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|mi]].

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jordan]] seems to have a soft spot for [[The Ingenue|Mi]][[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|mi]].

** And in the Diamond run, Gohan and Shakti were [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally not an item]], according to the artist's notes on the omake comic featuring them. Tyrus's affections for Annie, however, were eventually reciprocated, as were Kynim's for Roark.

** The White run's [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|Q&A session]] included asking Nina whether she was more interested in Cheren or N. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity ensued]].

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** Team [[Lady Gaga|Gaga]] in the Diamond run still stands out.

{{quote| '''Cyrus:''' Behold... [[Physical God|Dial]][[Nightmare Fuel|gaga]]!}}

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: Lucas in the Diamond run, for Kynim. "How do you know my clothing sizes?!" Eventually Haisi hooks up with Lucas instead.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Lucas in the Diamond run, for Kynim. "How do you know my clothing sizes?!" Eventually Haisi hooks up with Lucas instead.

** In the White Run, the role is given to N. Lampshaded in the credits, where he's billed as "Creepy Stalker", and in the Valentine's Day omake:

{{quote| Roses are red,<br />

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What do you do? }}

** {{spoiler|Latest update seems to confirm that N fosters a crush on Nina, which [[Cannot Spit It Out|he doesn't know how to express]].}}

* [[Stay in ~~The~~ Kitchen]]: Bianca's father is [[Jerkass|a real piece of work]], and some of this has rubbed off on poor Bianca, especially at the beginning of the White run.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: Bianca's father is [[Jerkass|a real piece of work]], and some of this has rubbed off on poor Bianca, especially at the beginning of the White run.

** Byron's misogyny is played for laughs in the Diamond run, especially once Kynim gives him a taste of his own medicine and orders him to make her a sandwich after the fight.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Bianca speaks and behaves like she's from the Deep South, especially in the beginning. She's a [[Southern Belle|Southern]] [[Dub Name Change|Bel]].

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==== [http://shadeofshinon.deviantart.com/gallery/28220100 Nessa's Emerald Nuzlocke Challenge]: ====

* [[Attack of the ~~Fifty~~ Foot Whatever]]: Jormundgar's closer to 80 feet, actually, fitting [[Norse Mythology|her namesake]], but all of Nessa's Pokemon are ''way'' bigger than the pokedex entries for them. All of them except Thorn (a Lairon) are taller than Nessa, who is herself not particularly short at 5'11". In Jory's case, it's a bit of a problem-- because of her size, she's rarely let out of her pokeball.

* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Jormundgar's closer to 80 feet, actually, fitting [[Norse Mythology|her namesake]], but all of Nessa's Pokemon are ''way'' bigger than the pokedex entries for them. All of them except Thorn (a Lairon) are taller than Nessa, who is herself not particularly short at 5'11". In Jory's case, it's a bit of a problem-- because of her size, she's rarely let out of her pokeball.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Jormundgar has a Docile nature, but when push comes to shove... well, [[Unstoppable Rage|she's a Gyarados]].

* [[Cheerful Child]]: Solveig as a Swablu. Might still be, since she's still quite young chronologically.

* [[Jerkass]]: Fenrir was not very friendly at first. He eventually mellows out... [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold|a little]].

* [[Jerkass]]: Fenrir was not very friendly at first. He eventually mellows out... [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|a little]].

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Fenrir was partnered with Jormundgar the Magikarp so he'd get a taste of this and learn not to bully other Pokemon. By the time Jory evolved, he'd bullied her into an [[Unstoppable Rage]], and the lesson almost killed him.

* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: Alhildr's death seems to be this for Nessa.}}

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* [[The Pollyanna]]: Solveig, so very much.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Lampshaded and ''defied'' by Fenrir during the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|Q&A session]] when asked what the most important thing he's learned on the journey is. Instead, he considers "[[Magikarp Power|Don't annoy Magikarps]]" his most important lesson.

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Vermundr was released into the wild during Beautifly mating season so he could raise a family.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Vermundr was released into the wild during Beautifly mating season so he could raise a family.

** {{spoiler|[[The Bus Came Back]] after the battle with Winona. Turns out he got rejected by the wild Beautifly for having been trained by a human, then had an encounter with [[One Degree of Separation|the Salamence that killed Solveig's mother]].}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: For a training montage, Thorn performs an adaptation on "[[Mulan|I'll Make A Man Out Of You]]". The writer admits it's not Thorn's usual style, but she couldn't leave it out.

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* [[Crossover]] - Occasionally, the authors will let each other's characters appear in the comics, sometimes going as far as [[Shipping]] them with each other.

** Also, Amastroph's and Petty's comics include 'mon cameos from [[Pokémon Quartz]].

* [[Death By Adaptation]]: Almost every nuzlocke comic have Gary's Raticate dead.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: Almost every nuzlocke comic have Gary's Raticate dead.

* [[Depending On the Writer]]: What ''is'' Nuzlocke? Does the term have any meaning within the world itself? Is it a [[Self-Imposed Challenge]], a curse, or simply an unnamed rule of the world?

* [[Depending on the Writer]]: What ''is'' Nuzlocke? Does the term have any meaning within the world itself? Is it a [[Self-Imposed Challenge]], a curse, or simply an unnamed rule of the world?

** Can trainers understand what their pokemon are saying? If so, how? Can only some of their pokemon communicate with them, via human speech or telepathy, or can all of them speak freely?

* [[Gender Bender]]: Ara, the artist, is a guy. Mouthing off in response to the "are you a boy/girl" question [http://nonparael.deviantart.com/gallery/26511630#/d2y2w28 got him turned into a girl] at the beginning of his Pearl run. However, when [http://nonparael.deviantart.com/gallery/27953108#/d366drk Ara turns "back" into a guy for his Black run], he looks more like a genderbent version of girl!Ara than he does like actual Ara, [[Mind Screw|which has confused some people into thinking the girl form is correct and the first genderbend was just a joke]].

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* [[One Steve Limit|One Pidgey Limit]]: Some comics will have a "Dupe Clause" in the rules, which will allow them to catch another Pokemon on the route if they already have one from a previous route. For plot and gameplay purposes, it makes sense to not have three or four of the same Pokemon.

* [[Perspective Flip]]: Blue: The Other Guy's Story flips the roles of [[The Hero]] and [[The Rival]].

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]: Fire-types tend to be popular starters outside of the first gen and remakes thereof. Especially in [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Sinnoh]], where decent Fire-types are rare otherwise and quite handy.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Fire-types tend to be popular starters outside of the first gen and remakes thereof. Especially in [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Sinnoh]], where decent Fire-types are rare otherwise and quite handy.

* [[Rocks Fall Everybody Dies]]: Amastroph's Platinum run ends with [http://fav.me/d497ifj Dlelewhoop the Kricketune murdering everybody] and becoming [[Fan Nickname|Dennis]] (Genesect), [[A God Am I|destroyer of worlds]].

* [[Tomato in ~~The~~ Mirror]]: In Colonel Darren's [http://s7.zetaboards.com/Nuzlocke_Forum/topic/8419485/1/ Time and Space Journey] comes [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|this version of Darren is a Gengar, created by Giratina to replace his fallen champion after Cyrus found himself in a [[Stable Time Loop]] and [[Would Hurt a Child|murdered his infant adversary]]}}.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: In Colonel Darren's [http://s7.zetaboards.com/Nuzlocke_Forum/topic/8419485/1/ Time and Space Journey] comes [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|this version of Darren is a Gengar, created by Giratina to replace his fallen champion after Cyrus found himself in a [[Stable Time Loop]] and [[Would Hurt a Child|murdered his infant adversary]]}}.

* [[Wham! Line]]: From Kotone's Nuzlocke adventure {{spoiler|Earlier today... I died, didn't I?}}