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* [[Alluring Anglerfish]]: Most ghosts do this at some point.

* {{spoiler|[[An Arm and A Leg]]}}: {{spoiler|Carlita's tail gets chopped off during the battle with Nick.}}

* [[Anti Air]]: Ike was meant to be this, but Kostya and Alice are used, more often than not - mostly because the protagonist doesn't believe Ike can be trusted.

* [[Anti-Air]]: Ike was meant to be this, but Kostya and Alice are used, more often than not - mostly because the protagonist doesn't believe Ike can be trusted.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]

* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Deconstructed.

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* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Implied ever since {{spoiler|Arceus}} had a cameo. More strongly implied with the [[It Makes Sense in Context|"Starly dream".]]

** More than implied now. It's just not {{spoiler|the MC that's the plaything - it's Abigail and Nick.}}

* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: Somewhat averted. In Stark Mountain characters wearing dark clothing are shown to be boiling and non fire pokemon have a hard time battling for long periods due to the heat. It can also easily kill and destroy things. However a [[Rope Bridge|rickety rope bridge]] can still stand without bursting into flames...

* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Somewhat averted. In Stark Mountain characters wearing dark clothing are shown to be boiling and non fire pokemon have a hard time battling for long periods due to the heat. It can also easily kill and destroy things. However a [[Rope Bridge|rickety rope bridge]] can still stand without bursting into flames...

* [[Creator Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 94.}}

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Fairly often, although more and more in recent chapters due to the rating going up.

** Chapter 121 starts off with a "Holy freaking sh—", the first time the protagonist has resorted to such language.

* [[Dance Battler]]: Carlita to a T. {{spoiler|Not any more. Without her tail, the doctors aren't even sure she'll be able to manage a slow waltz.}}

* [[Dark Is Evil]]: The dark-haired trainer {{spoiler|turned out to be Nick, and we find that out just before his [[Freak Out]]}}. He has also been stated to wear dark clothes from then on out.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]: The dark-haired trainer {{spoiler|turned out to be Nick, and we find that out just before his [[Freak-Out]]}}. He has also been stated to wear dark clothes from then on out.

** {{spoiler|In Chapter 147, it is implied that the dark-haired monster might actually be Lola.}}

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Rather, ghost types aren't evil. Mostly.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Duh.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: {{spoiler|The catalyst for Nick's [[Freak Out]]}}.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: {{spoiler|The catalyst for Nick's [[Freak-Out]]}}.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The protagonist, Lola, other characters on rarer occasions.

* [[Death By Origin Story]]: {{spoiler|Benjamin's mother was executed for being in Team Galactic. His father is in prison for life.}}

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** And to get out of the Sunyshore Gym, although he actually {{spoiler|swapped places with a specific girl to get out}}.

* [[Double Meaning Title]]

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Lola gets introduced way back when the main character and Hanna first visited Snowpoint City, and only pops up again during The Tournament arc. Also, the Electabuzz that the main character owned for all of 10 minutes comes back later with a more important role, {{spoiler|as one of Lola's pokemon.}}

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Lola gets introduced way back when the main character and Hanna first visited Snowpoint City, and only pops up again during The Tournament arc. Also, the Electabuzz that the main character owned for all of 10 minutes comes back later with a more important role, {{spoiler|as one of Lola's pokemon.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: The protagonist teams up with the mercenary who attacked him early on in the story in order to infiltrate Vaporeon's hideout. {{spoiler|He gets betrayed, as some of his friends suspected he would.}}

* [[Even the Girls Want Her|Even The Boys Want Him]]: Nick, the protagonist.

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* [[Fallen Hero]]: {{spoiler|Nick.}}

* [[Famed in Story]]: Played straight with the protagonist, though it's an unfortunate thing as it could reveal {{spoiler|his friendship with Nick}}.

** Nick, {{spoiler|even before his [[Freak Out|''incident'']]}}.

** Nick, {{spoiler|even before his [[Freak-Out|''incident'']]}}.

** Jude, played straight.

** Vaporeon is a TV celebrity and Arianna seems to be pretty well known in fashion circles, if [[The Fashionista|Hanna's]] reaction is anything to go by.

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* [[Flat What]]: Nick's reaction to {{spoiler|hearing that Matthew is dead}}. Possibly deconstructed, given the circumstances and description of how flat the word was.

* [[Four Is Death]]: There are four Pidgey chicks when the main character adopts them. Is it ''that'' surprising that not all of them make it? {{spoiler|Poor Oonu and Woonu...}}

* [[Freak Out]]: {{spoiler|Nick}} suffers a HUGE one.

* [[Freak-Out]]: {{spoiler|Nick}} suffers a HUGE one.

** Most of Sunyshore and the remaining Gym race trainers suffer one during the {{spoiler|media attack}}.

** Benjamin has one after {{spoiler|he kills someone for the first time.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|Lola: I hid some security tapes from a certain prison incident.}}}}

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: The Tyranitar {{spoiler|that Hanna uses against Nick}} is called Molly.

** Is this a [[Shout Out]] to Molly Weasley?

** Is this a [[Shout-Out]] to Molly Weasley?

* [[Full-Name Basis]]: At the point of her introduction, it was almost exclusively Sela Schaffer. More and more, it's Nick or Nicholas Sayre, too.

* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: The main villain only snapped and killed in revenge of {{spoiler|his little brother's death}} because the government did absolutely nothing about it, even ''when it happened before'' (and to the main character!). Many characters have voiced sentiments agreeing with his basic ideals, even if he took things too far.

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* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: Any time a real-world idiom that references an animal is used, the appropriate Pokemon is substituted.

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: {{spoiler|Arceus ''is'' more or less used as a willing weapon.}}

* [[Hot Blooded]]: Carlita, Des (when he gets mad, anyway).

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Carlita, Des (when he gets mad, anyway).

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Several lines of ghosts, most notably the Duskull line, have been stated to eat humans as part of their diet. Dusclops can speak in human tongue specifically to lure children to them. {{spoiler|Kostya just evolved, and he suddenly doesn't need his translator anymore.}}

* [[I Can Still Fight]]: Carlita quotes this as she desperately tries to stop the main character from recalling her. {{spoiler|She really can't, as she's just had her tail chopped off and can barely walk without it.}}

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** {{spoiler|Don't forget Vaporeon.}}

* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]

* [[Shout Out Theme Naming]]: Nick fits this trope best, surprisingly enough.

* [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]]: Nick fits this trope best, surprisingly enough.

** His Garchomp, Chase, is a shout-out to Chevy Chase, voice of the landshark in the [[Saturday Night Live]] skits.

* [[Shout Out]]: One part has a small reference to [[Marble Hornets]] and the [[Slender Man Mythos]]. [[Paranoia Fuel|The protagonist reacts accordingly.]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: One part has a small reference to [[Marble Hornets]] and the [[Slender Man Mythos]]. [[Paranoia Fuel|The protagonist reacts accordingly.]]

* [[Shovel Strike]]

* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]: Hanna towards Nick in the first half of the story. Gender bent with the protagonist and Alicia in the second half.

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* [[Team Mom]]: The protagonist. It's even been lampshaded by a couple characters..

* [[Tempting Fate]]: NamNar ''actively'' avoids this at this point.

* [[The All Concealing I]]: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.

* [[The All-Concealing "I"]]: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.

* [[The Bus Came Back]]: For Hanna at the end of the Vaporeon arc.

* [[The Cavalry]]: Played straight for both sides during {{spoiler|the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.}}

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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Vaporeon has shades of this.}}

** {{spoiler|NICK. He murdered Hanna's team to stop the protagonist from getting too involved with him.}}

* [[We Named the Monkey Jack]]:

* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]:

{{quote| "Guys, ''no''. I want to name them! And Des—Vai, really?"<br />

"''No, Vi. It's said differently. And uses different letters''," he replied smartly.<br />

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* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Boy is this drilled home during {{spoiler|the confrontation between the main character and Nick.}}

{{quote| NamNar: "I thought you were my friend. I thought you were still... Good, somewhere, in there."}}

* [[Wham Episode]]: Chapter 57.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 57.

** Chapter 132, as well.

* [[Wham Line]]: Chapter 121: {{spoiler|"Des. Kill it."}}

* [[Wham! Line]]: Chapter 121: {{spoiler|"Des. Kill it."}}

** Chapter 147: {{spoiler|"I've missed you so much, Matthew."}}

** The meaning of these words: {{spoiler|"Let go."}}

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** And ''again'': {{spoiler|the protagonist DID just murder someone in relatively cold blood}}. And is then more or less rewarded for it, and at the very least, forgiven by most of the cast.

** Jude also gives one the the main character, complete with a punch to the face, after his attempts to team up with the mercenary in the Vaporeon arc go pear shaped.

* [[Whole Episode Flashback]]: {{spoiler|Chapters 151 and 152}}.

* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: {{spoiler|Chapters 151 and 152}}.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Nick}}.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: The protagonist smacks Lola with a Skarmory feather to shut her up while {{spoiler|confronting Nick}}.