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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]

* [[Blind Seer]]: Katerina.

** {{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.}}

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

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

* [[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}}."<br />

* [[Groin Attack]]: Hanna uses one during her fistfight with {{spoiler|Nick.}}

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: {{spoiler|Ike and Carlita become this after the Stark Mountain fiasco.}}

** {{spoiler|Lampshaded by ''Arceus'', of all things.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|''"...even if some of its members can be slightly self-depreciating at times."''}}}}

** 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.

* [[Justified Title]]

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Depending on whether or not you believe she was lying, {{spoiler|Lola qualifies. She masterminded at least most of the major plot points and was even behind several deaths, albeit indirectly. And while she dies, she ''wanted'' to die. She died happily, knowing she was able to get one last, great rise out of the protagonist. Aside from some mild injuries, she didn't suffer any sort of karma.}}

* [[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 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...]]}}

* [[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.}}}}

* [[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.

* [[Selective Slaughter]]: {{spoiler|Nick, Houndoom, Stantler. If you ''deserve'' your Pokemon, well then, you're okay in their books!}}

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

* [[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.

{{quote| {{spoiler|"But I'm finally going to fix that, one way or another. I'm taking you down off of that pedestal, Nick. And if I have to kill you to do that, to keep Sinnoh safe from you, I will."}}}}

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Also Ike.

* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|The dark-haired trainer turning out to be Nick.}}

** Not really. More like a [[Tomato in The Mirror]] for the protagonist, and a sufficiently [[Genre Savvy]] reader already suspects that {{spoiler|the dark-haried trainer might be Nick; after all he's one of the only characters we know who is dark-haired and we've seen him with a Snorunt...}}

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 148, told by Nick as his sanity starts slipping.}}

* [[Unlikely Hero]]

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

* [[We Named the Monkey Jack]]:

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

** Chapter 156 is ''full'' of them. The most jarring would have to be {{spoiler|"...A slow waltz, perhaps," and "...he won't be able to see again."}}

** 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}}.

* [[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."}}