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* [[Action Girl]]: Carlita.
** {{spoiler|Ultimately, Hanna. Her secret weapon lays waste to Nick's team, and she even beats Nick himself in a fistfight.}}
* [[Action Survivor]]: It's a wonder that the protagonist is still alive at this point, especially after being mauled by Pokemon (and people!) so many times.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Harlan has a massive crush on the moody feline that is Ike, to the point of {{spoiler|choosing the go with the main character after Nick dies to stay close to him.}}
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Both Hanna and {{spoiler|Nick}} have one.▼
* [[The All-Concealing "I"]]: There are more than 150 chapters at this point and we ''still'' don't know the narrator's name.
▲* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Harlan has a massive crush on the moody feline that is Ike, to the point of {{spoiler|choosing the go with the main character after Nick dies to stay close to him.}}
* [[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.}}
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* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Deconstructed.
* [[Arc Words]]: You will face many trials. Do not let yourself become dark. Do not get sidetracked with the injustices of the world; do not become angry and bitter. And, when the time comes, let go.
** However, the ''full'' text was interrupted; it first ran 'And, when the time comes, let go of h—'.
* [[Artificial Limbs|Artifical Tail]]: {{spoiler|Carlita}} is probably going to get one. But even with that, she still {{spoiler|will never dance again.}}
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Literally with Jude, though it's actually a shiny Pokemon. Still hilarious.
* [[Babies Ever After]]
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Jude makes an appearance for {{spoiler|Oonu's}} funeral in the final chapter.
* [[Battle Amongst the Flames]]: The main character has been involved in four so far: when he breaks out of the warehouse during The Tournament arc, when he faces Vaporeon in Sunyshore, {{spoiler|the battle with Lola outside Stark Mountain and finally the battle with Nick inside Stark Mountain.}}
* [[Battle Butler]]: Jacques, Cossette's loyal Gallade.
* [[Battle Royale With Cheese]]: A minor one happened during the battle against Vaporeon, where {{spoiler|nearly everyone except for the main character and his group get killed.}} Also it seems that {{spoiler|the entire battle on Stark Mountain is this, as everyone except the main character, Lola and Nick get taken out of action.}}
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Blind Seer]]: Katerina.
* [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]: The main character, although how innocent he is at this point in the story is debatable. And more often than not, it's his own blood.
** {{spoiler|Cossette, very literally taken.}}
* [[Blue Eyes]]: The protagonist has them. They play an essential part in {{spoiler|convincing a delusional Nick that he's not his brother.}}
{{quote|Those big blue eyes, so wide, so trusting, so confused.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Broken Pedestal]]}}: The plot and much of the character interactions later in the story thrive off of this trope.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: The protagonist. Let's face it, life for him isn't exactly peachy.
* [[The Cavalry]]: Played straight for both sides during {{spoiler|the battle with Lola on Stark Mountain.}}▼
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: It starts off as a cheerful, humorous story about a trainer starting his Pokemon journey, but soon there's more blood than Pokemon battles. [[It Got Worse]] from there. ▼
{{quote|Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"}}▼
▲* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: It starts off as a cheerful, humorous story about a trainer starting his Pokemon journey, but soon there's more blood than Pokemon battles. [[It Got Worse]] from there.
* [[Character Title]]
* [[Cheerful Child]]: Cossette, and sometimes even Carlita.
** Completely averted with the protagonist and Benjamin.
* [[The Cheerleader]]: Hanna doesn't lampshade it; she proclaims it, drags others along with her, and even dresses for the part.▼
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Lola. First introduced way back in the beginning as a random goth trainer who got stranded in Snowpoint. Then pops up again during the tournament and gym race arc. Then is killed on national televison. However the latest chapters have revealed that, {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead|not only is she alive]], she's responsible for worsening Nick's [[Sanity Slippage]], she fixed the gym race slightly so the main character got a gym position, she organized the nightmare attack, she owns the Xatu that has been invading the main character's dreams lately, she goaded the main character into attacking Vaporeon by sending messages from Nick's number, she knows the truth about the prison break and helped to cover the main characters involvement in it, and finally she's 'the first' in the ghosts' prophecy...}}
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: There are some truly terrible ones, some coming right after an even worse one before it.
* [[Coming of Age Story]]: The story starts off ''technically'' when the protagonist is ten. Five years so far have passed.
* [[Conflicting Loyalty]]: The main character is torn between {{spoiler|desperately believing that Nick can be saved and taking him out for the safety of the region.}}
* [[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...▼
* [[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...
* [[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.}}
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Rather, ghost types aren't evil. Mostly.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Duh.
▲* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Both Hanna and {{spoiler|Nick}} have one.
* [[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.}}
** {{spoiler|Abigail, the first person to undergo Arceus's test, is the first person to fall victim to the rabid Abomasnow}}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]/[[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The entire {{spoiler|Arceus scene}} in the chapter 154 could be seen as this. ▼
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of many Pokemon friendship fics.
▲* [[Deus Ex Machina]]/[[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The entire {{spoiler|Arceus scene}} in the chapter 154 could be seen as this.
* [[
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: The protagonist cross dresses as a girl in order to get past border control.
** And to get out of the Sunyshore Gym, although he actually {{spoiler|swapped places with a specific girl to get out}}.
* [[Double Meaning Title]]
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* [[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.
* [[Evil Former Friend]] {{spoiler|Nick to the protagonist.}}▼
* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Ike gets his eye slashed and is therefore blinded.}}
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Nick, Matthew, Ike.
▲* [[Evil Former Friend]] {{spoiler|Nick to the protagonist.}}
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Nick.}}
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The only way for the story to end peacefully at this point is if {{spoiler|Nick goes to jail or dies}}. Considering the protagonist's feelings towards him and {{spoiler|the fact that he already ''bailed him out of prison once before''}}...
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** 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.
* [[Fan Girl]]: Implied with Hanna's remark in chapter 16. She has also been shown to root for the protagonist and Alicia's relationship, even going as far as to help him out.
** Cossette, to an extent.
* [[The Fashionista]]: Hanna shows shades of this.▼
* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: The protagonist can be seen as this, sometimes. {{spoiler|Not any more! Now we have his full name, gender and [http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/TEAM-AWESOME-149112749 several] [http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/99-fate-164295789 pieces] [http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/Pedestal-REAL-Reason-163061462 of] [http://digital-skitty.deviantart.com/art/62-effort-166456099 art] by the author to give us an idea of his appearance! So what if it took 150+ chapters?}}
* [[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.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: The Tyranitar {{spoiler|that Hanna uses against Nick}} is called Molly.▼
** Is this a [[Shout-Out]] to Molly Weasley?▼
* [[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.
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** 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.
** Super Ego: Nick▼
▲** Is this a [[Shout-Out]] to Molly Weasley?
** Ego: Narrator▼
** Id: Hanna▼
* [[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.
{{quote|"Not to mention the fact that when you get to be this high in the world, especially in today's training climate, we're all about five minutes from pulling a {{spoiler|Nick Sayre}}."
"No we're—"
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* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: {{spoiler|Arceus ''is'' more or less used as a willing weapon.}}
* [[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.}}
{{quote|"I can still fight! I—I'm not bleeding anymore, see?" }}
* [[Idiot Hair]]: The protagonist is shown to have one in pictures drawn by the author.▼
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Happens a ''lot''. {{spoiler|The cops keep Benjamin with them in order to draw out his parents, who were members of Team Galactic, after they started an armed siege when the organization fell. Vaporeon holds the mercenary's girlfriend hostage in order to ensure his loyalty. Lola does this to Alicia to get the the main character's side to withdraw their pokemon during a battle. Finally, Nick's family was held hostage to get him to hand himself in to the authorities.}}
▲* [[Idiot Hair]]: The protagonist is shown to have one in pictures drawn by the author.
▲* [[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.}}
* [[Important Haircut]]: Cynthia cuts her hair short after the Champions Tragedy.
** During the Gym race, Hanna cut her hair, too.
* [[Improbable Weapon]]: Skarmory feathers have become an increasingly popular alternative to swords.
* [[In the Back]]: {{spoiler|Lola stabs Vai this way during the chaos of the Stark Mountain battle.}}
* [[
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Nick is quite a bit older than the protagonist and even Hanna.
** Somewhat the norm, though, considering Benjamin and Cossette are the only major characters who are younger than the protagonist, anyway. Most of his friends seem to be at least a year or two older.
* [[Ironic Episode Title]]: "It Is Cruelty To Be Humane To Rebels" in the chapter where {{spoiler|Stantler and Houndoom are murdered}}, "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" for the {{spoiler|nightmare chapter}}, "A Horizon To Catch Up To" for {{spoiler|the protagonist's [[Moral Event Horizon]]}}, and many others.
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* [[Kid Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[Lipstick Lesbian]]: Alicia.}}
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: The inside of Stark Mountain.
* [[Living Shadow]]: Kostya and Pollyanna both fit this regularly - but subverted a bit in that that's not their real form.
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Hanna, Alice to an extent.
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{{quote|"…I want to be alone, I want to be alone…"}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: Alice, most trainers if their teams are threatened.
* [[The Messiah]]: Vaikuntha.▼
* [[Mind Screw]]: {{spoiler|the nightmares.}}
** Arguably, what the {{spoiler|ghosts and even Arceus have been hinting at all along}}.
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: Alicia talks a lot, especially when nervous.
* [[Musical Theme Naming]]: Alice.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]:
{{quote|"NamNar, c'mere."
"Uh, ''who''?"
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"Ach! No, none of that yet." }}
* [[Nameless Narrative]]: We just call him NamNar, short for the Nameless Narrator, since his name still hasn't been revealed yet. The author keeps the protagonist's gender unknown for half the story. The protagonist's name has yet to be revealed. Yet, the narrator is given a lot of character development, and the story is a very good one. {{spoiler|In chapter 159, it's revealed.}}
* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: {{spoiler|1=Des to Isabella, NamNar to Woonu, NamNar to Archie, NamNar to Lola... And most recently, NamNar to Nick.}}▼
* [[Never a Self-Made Woman]]: Initially played straight with Hanna, but she has come into her own later in the story.
* [[Never Found the Body]]: The bodies of many people who died in the Vaporeon Arc, {{spoiler|including Archie and Lola}} were never recovered due to the place they died in going up in flames. {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead|However the real reason that Lola's was never recovered was because she wasn't actually dead in the first place...]]}}
▲* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: {{spoiler|1=Des to Isabella, NamNar to Woonu, NamNar to Archie, NamNar to Lola... And most recently, NamNar to Nick.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Taken ''[[Up to Eleven]]''.
* [[No Name Given]]: See [[Nameless Narrative]] above. {{spoiler|Not anymore.}}▼
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: {{spoiler|Nick attempts to collect all his pokeballs before fleeing from the police.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|He'd be damned before he left another one of his team behind.}}}}
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Hanna.▼
▲* [[No Name Given]]: See [[Nameless Narrative]] above. {{spoiler|Not anymore.}}
* [[Not Me This Time]]: Turns out {{spoiler|Nick wasn't the one who killed Byron. He was actually trying to save the guy!}}
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Des, short for [[Character Title|Pedestal]].
* [[Outsourcing Fate]]/[[Humanity on Trial]]: {{spoiler|Arceus tries to judge humanity based on the actions of the main characters}}.
* [[Parents in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Nick's parents were held hostage by an armed gunman who demanded that he hand himself in. Trying to rescue them is what got him caught.}}
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* [[Played for Laughs]]: A lot of the violence is. Only to coincide with [[Mood Whiplash]] when the other characters/the readers realize that the injuries don't simply go away.
* [[Powder Keg Crowd]]
▲* [[Power Trio]]: (In The Beginning)
▲** Super Ego: Nick
▲** Ego: Narrator
▲** Id: Hanna
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: In this 'verse, you can buy Pokemon translators that let you understand your Pokemon.
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Well, Des ''is'' weak against water...
** Likewise, Vaikuntha won't let Koel fight fire Pokemon.
* [[Prophetic Fallacy]]: And how!▼
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: {{spoiler|Not becoming [[Dark Is Not Evil|dark doesn't mean becoming evil]]; it means using dark type Pokemon to hide from psychics}}. See [[Karmic Twist Ending]] above.
▲* [[Prophetic Fallacy]]: And how!
* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]: It's hard to tell. But then there are the nightmares. Which takes this trope somewhat literally, as {{spoiler|a psychic caused them}}.
** Earlier in the story, the protagonist regularly gets dreams visited by [[It Makes Sense in Context|stalker ghosts and goddesses of love]]. Again, taken a little more literally, as he didn't actually see the future in any of them.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: If they use a [[It Makes Sense in Context|Pokemon name]], chances are they fit this.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Happens to Hanna and Jude at different points during the Vaporeon arc.
* [[Real Men Eat Meat]]: Partially subverted, in the fact that the protagonist fought with vegetarianism and killing Pokemon for food. He went back to eating them, however.
* {{spoiler|[[Rival Turned Evil]]}}
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.}}▼
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Nick}}.
* [[The Runaway]]: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.▼
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: {{spoiler|Again, Nick.}}
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Played straight, subverted, inverted, and all around just screwed around with to the point where even the cast isn't sure what would be screwing destiny and whether or not anything they've done counts as it.
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** {{spoiler|Don't forget Vaporeon.}}
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: One part has a small reference to [[Marble Hornets]] and the [[Slender Man Mythos]]. [[Paranoia Fuel|The protagonist reacts accordingly.]]▼
* [[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.
** We also have [[Star Trek|Chekhov]], [[Doctor Who|Who]], [[Isaac Asimov|Patru]], [[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream|Harlan]], [[Jules Verne|Jules]], and [[The Twilight Zone|Ser]], which is short for Serling.
▲* [[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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* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Hanna, though the fandom loves her for it.
** Cossette and Zarek fit this, too, thanks to the main character.
* [[The Starscream]]: Ike.▼
* [[Static Stun Gun]]: Ike, most of Lola's team.
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: The main character bans Hanna and Cossette from coming with him to {{spoiler|face Nick}}. This is justified though, as {{spoiler|he thinks}} Hanna doesn't have any pokemon and Cossette has next to no battle experience and only has a crippled Gallade to rely on. {{spoiler|This doesn't dissuade them in the least.}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Carlita shows signs of this when {{spoiler|the main character tells her she can't dance.}}
{{quote|I couldn't decide whether or not she was forcing herself to be cheerful.}}
* [[The Stoic]]: Des.▼
* [[Stout Strength]]: Des.
* [[Stranger Safety]]: The Pokemon universe thrives off of this, and our hero is no exception.
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She was perfectly silent. }}
* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: {{spoiler|Nick, the protagonist.}}
* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: The main character orders his pokemon to do this in order to convert some hostile pokemon to their side. Probably would've worked better if [[Battle Royale With Cheese|they weren't in the middle of a raging battle at the time...]]
{{quote|Alice: ''"You want me to go and talk to a hostile Garchomp?"''}}
* [[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 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.}}
▲{{quote|Sela: "Looks like I'm playing cavalry again, huh?"}}
▲* [[The Cheerleader]]: Hanna doesn't lampshade it; she proclaims it, drags others along with her, and even dresses for the part.
▲* [[The Fashionista]]: Hanna shows shades of this.
▲* [[The Messiah]]: Vaikuntha.
▲* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Hanna.
▲* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|The narrator's name is revealed at the end of the last chapter.}}
▲* [[The Runaway]]: Cossette is implied to have run away from home after having an argument with her parents, shortly after the main character moves to Sunyshore, and is currently living with him in the gym.
▲* [[The Starscream]]: Ike.
▲* [[The Stoic]]: Des.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Jude plays this straight, though some of it is a little... obscure and random.
** The Eevee litter Isabella and Alexander came from all had four-syllable names that started with vowels.
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* [[Touch of Death]]: Seems to be how {{spoiler|Arceus kills Nick and Chase.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Alice.
* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: For a short time.
** Mirrored in the Gym race arc, with the introductions of Vaikuntha and Alicia.
** Possibly Des, Carlita, and Ike, and then later Kostya, Alice, and Zarek.
** {{spoiler|The Pidgey chicks were for awhile.}}
* [[Unlikely Hero]]▼
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 148, told by Nick as his sanity starts slipping.}}
▲* [[Unlikely Hero]]
* [[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"]]:
{{quote|"Guys, ''no''. I want to name them! And Des—Vai, really?"
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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."}}
▲* [[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.}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 57.
** Chapter 132, as well.
* [[Wham! Line]]: Chapter 121: {{spoiler|"Des. Kill it."}}
** Chapter 147: {{spoiler|"I've missed you so much, Matthew."}}
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Pedestal}} gives an absolutely ''epic'' one to the protagonist. It [[He's Back|snaps him out of his mindset]].
** Again: {{spoiler|"Des. Kill it."}}
** 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}}.
* [[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}}.
{{quote|"What. I'm not afraid to hit a girl, and she's been infuriating and awful this entire night."}}
** The protagonist also slaps Hanna. To be fair, she started it.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]: Hanna lectures the main character about this after {{spoiler|he tries to talk her down from killing Nick.}}
{{quote|"You do ''not'' have to bear the weight of the world on your shoulders, contrary to popular belief. I am here to help you."}}
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