Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure!: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"[[Idiot Hero|I'm fine with being stupid!]] [[The Determinator|I'm going to keep meeting challenges and keep marching forward!]] And I swear I'm going to meet [[Olympus Mons|Dialga!]]"''|'''Hareta'''}}

 

 

The manga stars Hareta, a boy who has lived in the wild for most of his life because Professor Rowan noticed that he had the ability to [[Friend to All Living Things|instantly become friends with Pokémon]].

One day Hareta is called to Professor Rowan's lab by his assistant, Mitsumi. The two of them then set off in search for the legendary Pokémon Dialga. They however have to worry about Team Galactic, who are also after Dialga. And off they set on a journey, beating the Gym Leaders (it's a Pokémon manga, what do you expect?) while simultaneously trying to stop Team Galactic from capturing Dialga.

 

 

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Cyrus is, for all intents and purposes, Mitsumi's father figure. Who raised her to be a war machine (in the games it's implied that his own parents were abusive, but in DPA it never comes up).

* [[Action Girl]]: Mitsumi

* [[A God Am I]]: Cyrus' goal.

* [[Anachronic Order]]: Several of the side story chapters. The ones in volumes 3 and 4 have to be set near the start of volume 2, and the one in volume 7 is set between volumes 5 and 6.

* [[Anime Hair]]: Hareta and Mitsumi, but especially the latter

** And, you know, EVERY MEMBER OF TEAM GALACTIC except Cyrus (though he does have a Super Saiyan hairdo here) and the Grunts (who just have a minor case). Also most of the Gym Leaders, and [[Funny Afro|Flint]].

* [[Badass]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: FOR LIFE ITSELF, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT SELL POKEMON WHEN HARETA IS IN THE VICINITY! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE EVIL FROM HARETA'S POINT OF VIEW! And if you are arresting a friend of Hareta even if he/she is on Team Galactic...Well, GOOD LUCK!

* [[Big Bad]]: Cyrus for five volumes, Charon for the next three.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Cyrus's Pokémon are last seen in volume 3 and only casually mentioned once later, in what's pretty much a joke (Hareta imagines Cyrus as a fisherman, mentioning Gyarados in the process). It's assumed that he had them in volume 5 since he waited for Hareta to battle him, but once Hareta actually arrives, he doesn't use them. It simply never comes up for the rest of the series.

* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Volume 6 features Origin Form Giratina on the cover, the volume is about {{spoiler|Hareta fighting in a tournament. Giratina is only mentioned once in the last panel of the book}}.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Has quite a few. Mitsumi's beatdown of Hareta in Volume 4 when they battle comes to mind, until Hareta himself joins in.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Volkner. He makes a really brief one panel cameo in the final chapter. (In volume 5, he also makes an appearance between chapters complaining about how [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|he hasn't made an appearance in the story]].)

** Maylene did the same thing earlier, whining about how she was only present in one panel that chapter. Fantina was also given a minor role in just one chapter.

* [[Determinator]]

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Palmer, kinda. To be fair, Mitsumi ''is'' [[Vague Age|apparently]] legal.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Kaisei, who is still alive, and left to find more Pokémon.

** [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: The first time, not so much. The second time {{spoiler|when Hareta and Kaisei meet, he is being chased by Interpol agents}}.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Team Galactic teaming up with the heroes {{spoiler|TWICE}} to take down a greater enemy, including {{spoiler|one of their own}}.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|Cyrus in the final volume, as they go to fight Charon, talks about how Team Galactic was never about money or power. However, given what the team ''was'' about...}}

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Cyrus's rant in volume 5 is basically a textbook example of this, puncuated as it is by Hareta's subsequent sobbing.

* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Charon, who's probably pushing 70.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Cyrus's interactions with both Hareta and Mitsumi are pretty much made of this. Then there's Jupiter's interactions with Mitsumi. To a lesser extent, there's also that chapter with Koya and Mars...

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Hareta.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Oh let me count the ways:

** Hareta hitting the cameraman in the junk with his Poké Ball, which Piplup then proceeds to emerge from--stuck in the poor guy's crotch.

** Did they seriously just compare Purugly's tail to a bra? "Lifts and separates"?

** Mitsumi {{spoiler|attempting suicide}} is a bit surprising, even for [[Shonen]].

** The entire last battle could be an example as well, especially since it's established that {{spoiler|going up against Giratina is for fun rather than out of necessity}}.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Koya is a member of the International Police, but that doesn't stop him from being a complete [[Jerkass]].

* [[Inspector Javert]]: Koya

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[Informed Ability]]: Looker is said to be "invincible", but we never see him battle. Really he just stands around and yells.

** Kaisei is also said to be an incredible battler, but again, we never see it, and to our knowledge he has only one pokemon.

** Though the biggest one in the series is, of course, ''Charon.''

* [[Journey to Find Oneself]]: Jun after {{spoiler|he fails to prevent Mitsumi being taken by Team Galactic}}.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Mitsumi was shown to have a single Starly in volume 1. Volume 2 she dominates a contest with a superpowered Infernape. Volume 6 has her going head to head with Cynthia and only losing because she gives in, despite being equally matched. Of course, having a past as a {{spoiler|Team Galactic officer}} will do that to you.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Charon

* [[Mind Rape]]: Charon's control effectively turns critters into [[Pokémon Colosseum|Shadow Pokemon]].

* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]: Cynthia's grandmother has to be less than a meter tall.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The series can go from comedy to drama in about a page or two.

* [[Nature Hero]]: Hareta

** Of course, in the English translation, he explains that he is named B-2, with Hareta cheerfully informing him that it "sounds kinda like 'butt'". Er... nice try, but no cigar there.

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Jun throwing himself at Mitsumi with a loud "Hello there!" when they get to Floaroma Town gets him slugged by her.

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Cyrus

* [[Parental Abandonment]]:

** Mitsumi was an orphan and was raised by Cyrus.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: All of the Galactics save for Charon. Even ''Cyrus'' gets in on it in the Platinum arc.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: This is Pokémon, after all. Comes with the territory.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Byron. Just try to read the part where he takes Hareta as a student and not get "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" stuck in your head. I dare you.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Mitsumi}}

* [[Sibling Triangle]]: Well... Not exactly siblings, but both Jun and his father Palmer have an interest in Mitsumi.

* [[Sniff Sniff Nom]]: Hareta. Things that have been in his mouth include Poké Balls, Badges and a Galactic Grunt's ass.

* [[The Stoic]]: Koya. Oddly not Cyrus, however, although he does say that "emotions only cause pain".

* [[Teach Him Anger]]: Most of Cyrus's manipulation of Mitsumi is focused on getting Hareta to hate him. {{spoiler|It doesn't work, although he ''does'' make the boy angry.}}

* [[The Starscream]]: Charon

* [[Stop Having Fun Guy]]: Koya

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Piplup's surf.

* [[Toilet Humour]]: Hareta. He urinated in Mitsumi's bag at one point and farted really loud while Mitsumi was trying to think.

* [[Tough Love]]: Byron compares his training young Roark to the story of lions throwing their cubs off cliffs.

* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: Mitsumi.

** Implied with Cyrus as well, although we don't see it, considering there's a big chance he was around fifteen when he recruited Mitsumi.

** And don't forget Koya! Just because he's on the side of good doesn't make him not a screwed up little freak.

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: {{spoiler|Mitsumi}}

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Cyrus and by extension, Team Galactic.

* [[Vague Age]]: As expected from ''[[Pokémon]]''. Hareta seems to be around the same age as his game counterpart, eleven or so, but Mitsumi and Jun seem considerably older than their game counterparts.

* [[Villains Never Lie]]: Cyrus is surprisingly honest about his goal to become a god (blurting it out in what's basically his introductory speech as he does), and as in the games he goes on about a "new world" so much that it comes as a surprise that apparently all of his followers thought it was a metaphor. Or something.

** And the Galactics are true to their word about evacuating the exploding base, including the Gym Leaders they were holding prisoner. But that may have more to do with their plan to delete the universe in a couple of hours than any actual honor. They do enjoy a challenge, after all.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Comes after Cyrus has spoken to Hareta for less than five minutes.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Cyrus.

* [[Wild Child]]: Hareta

 

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