Nuzlocke Comics: Difference between revisions

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Look very closely in the stands of Kanto's stadium after Ruby defeats Lorelei. One of the signs reads [[Schedule Slip|"UPDATE FASTER."]]

** In the news broadcast after Ruby beats Bruno, the newsticker at the bottom reads "Scientists yet to find slower source than Nuzlocke.com."

** {{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.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Used in most instances where a writer does multiple runs, to justify using the same character.

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Lieutenant Surge.

** The Fire Red arc also has a few references to ''[[The Dark Knight]].''

** When Groudon is unleashed upon Hoenn, it cries [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|"Ah! After ten thousand years I'm free! Time to conquer Earth!"]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: "GODDAMMIT RALPH!"

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Buddy, quite literally. He started out as a hippie-like Oddish, but then Ruby shoved a Rare Candy, Leaf Stone, and a couple TMs down his throat...

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: One of Ruby's biggest reasons for taking the challenge is to impress his father, Norman, who always valued "Good-Ruby" the Slakoth/Vigoroth over him.

* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: Every one of Ruby's Pokemon that dies from Poison.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: One is provided for May's behavior.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: The gate attendant at Amity Park refuses to let Bern take most of her Pokemon in. She proceeds to win a contest with Benzene and throw him/her/it at the attendant.

* [[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.

** 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''.

* [[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.

*** 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.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Between Lily and Gary.

* {{spoiler|[[Spin Offspring]]: The Sapphire run.}}

* [[Theme Naming]]: All of the pokémon caught in the Pearl run are named after spices or other flavourings.

* [[Time Skip]]: Between Pearl and Sapphire.

* [[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.}}

** 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.

** {{spoiler|Candace also has some of this... enough to bare-handedly strangle a Weavile.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Most of the remaining Gym Leaders seem to be reasonable, with the obvious exception of {{spoiler|Lord Bugsy}}. Surprisingly, {{spoiler|Giovanni}} is also pretty reasonable once he wises up to {{spoiler|Silver's vendetta}}.

** New Bark Town's destruction by Spearow seems oddly reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's ''[[The Birds]]''.

* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: Justified; the grabber is {{spoiler|Scyther}}.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters|She Who Fights Monster Pokemon]]: Candace is arguably as wild as the changed-over Pokemon by now, including {{spoiler|killing Seviper's Weavile ''with her bare hands''.}}

** 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]].

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

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

* [[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]].}}

** Solveig joins the party after trying to nest in Fenrir's back fur, like Pussyfoot in ''[[Feed the Kitty]]''.

* [[Soprano and Gravel]]: Several fans have said they want Solveig and Thorn to perform a duet. The writer has admitted that this would be awesome, but is unlikely to happen.

** Oh, and then Watchmen.

*** May sasses back to the Bible verses with a few of her own. "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|You're not the only one who's ever read the Bible]]."

* [[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]].

* [[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]]}}.

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