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Line 1: {{work}} ''[[Pokémon: Storm Clouds]]'' is a [[Pokémon]] [[Fanfic]] written by ~~[[Troper Works\|troper]] [[Tropers/~~Deeman 45~~\|Deeman 45]]~~. It follows the journey of two teens from [[Real Life\|"our world"]] who are [[Trapped in TV Land\|sucked into the world of the Pokémon video games]]. One is a [[Video Game]] enthusiast named Dan, who tries to use his [[Genre Savvy\|knowledge of the game world]] to try to find a way back home; the other is Missy, his best friend's younger sister who was [[Animorphism\|transformed into an Eevee]] and thus must deal with not only finding a way home, but also trying to find a way back to her normal body. Along the way, they get caught up in a plot involving Team Rocket (the more competent Team Rocket, not the [[Terrible Trio]] from the anime) and find out that not everything in the Pokémon world is as happy-go-lucky as the games would make it seem...▼ ~~<!-- %%%Please don't add tropes from the various visions seen in chapter 19. Yes, there's a reference to Nazi Germany. No, it doesn't have any relevance to the story whatever.%%% -->~~ ▲''Pokémon: Storm Clouds'' is a [[Pokémon]] [[Fanfic]] written by [[Troper Works\|troper]] [[Tropers/Deeman 45\|Deeman 45]]. It follows the journey of two teens from [[Real Life\|"our world"]] who are [[Trapped in TV Land\|sucked into the world of the Pokémon video games]]. One is a [[Video Game]] enthusiast named Dan, who tries to use his [[Genre Savvy\|knowledge of the game world]] to try to find a way back home; the other is Missy, his best friend's younger sister who was [[Animorphism\|transformed into an Eevee]] and thus must deal with not only finding a way home, but also trying to find a way back to her normal body. Along the way, they get caught up in a plot involving Team Rocket (the more competent Team Rocket, not the [[Terrible Trio]] from the anime) and find out that not everything in the Pokémon world is as happy-go-lucky as the games would make it seem... Sound cliche? Most likely. The opening chapters are known for being fairly lackluster--[[Word of God\|the author]] [http://deeman45.deviantart.com/journal/37159706/ is more than willing] [[Old Shame\|to admit his embarrassment where they are concerned]]--but the story soon [[Growing the Beard\|finds its feet, sculpting a more complicated plot]]. Adding to that, the progressing story fleshes out the two main protagonists into more realistic people. The same holds true for the supporting cast, who start off being somewhat archetypal, but gradually reveal [[Hidden Depths\|deeper aspects of their personalities as the plot unfolds]]... Line 14 ⟶ 12: "Storm Clouds II" is [http://deeman45.deviantart.com/art/Storm-Clouds-II-Ch-01-194703762 here], and the fanfiction.net version is [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6682749/1/bStorm_b_bClouds_b_II here]. The first chapter was posted in late January 2011. Be sure to sort tropes into their appropriate ~~folders~~sections. The [[Pokémon: Storm Clouds ~~(Fanfic)~~/YMMV\|YMMV page]] is also active. {{tropelist}} == Pokémon: Storm Clouds == Line 24 ⟶ 23: * [[Arch Enemy]]: Near the end of the fanfic, [[Axe Crazy\|the Scyther]] tends to regard Missy as his. It's unclear whether she returns the "favor". * [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler\|Giovanni. It took until the final chapters for Masque to finally lose the goodwill he received from the readerbase for killing him.}} * [[A Storm Is Coming]]: Given the title, this sort of situation was bound to happen ''sometime''. That sometime happens to be {{spoiler\|the final chapters, when Masque invades the real world. True to form, it leads straight into a [[Battle in ~~The~~the Rain]].}} * [[Axe Crazy]]: The Scyther is this to a tee. * [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Who do you ''think''? Line 41 ⟶ 40: * [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Mr. Shadow, one of the supernatural inhabitants of [[Haunted House\|Pokémon Tower]]. He's a pretty nice guy, if somewhat creepy and obviously [[Eldritch Abomination\|eldritch]] in nature. {{spoiler\|Which makes sense, as he turns out to be ''[[Don't Fear the Reaper\|the Grim Reaper]]''.}} * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Nightshade has elements of this. * [[Death Byby Irony]]: {{spoiler\|Masque is killed by his own Scyther.}} * [[Deconstruction]]: Of the handheld Pokémon games. Many of the games' features are examined or analyzed; the six-Pokémon rule is given an explanation, for example. Dan also engages in some [[Contemplate Our Navels\|Navel Gazing]] in the earlier chapters. * [[Decoy Protagonist]]/[[Deuteragonist]]: The early chapters set up Dan as [[The Hero]], but Missy takes the role of the main protagonist the rest of the way, while Dan is a [[Supporting Protagonist]]. [[Word of God]] confirmed as such. Line 90 ⟶ 89: Ruby appears to be just a [[Jerkass]], but by the end of the fic {{spoiler\|she's warmed to Missy enough that she finally brings down the Scyther in retribution to him harming Missy}}, and even tells Missy that {{spoiler\|she'd believed her story from the start (it's unclear if she was being honest, as she believed Missy to be dying) while desperately trying to wake her after the Scyther dealt her near-mortal wounds}}. The best example in this entire fic, however, would have to be {{spoiler\|Nightshade}}. When we finally learn {{spoiler\|the full extent of his backstory, and how much he's been beating himself up for [[Failure Knight\|failing to save his trainer from Team Rocket after the trust that was placed in him]] ... it may well be the biggest Tear Jerker in the entire story}}. * {{spoiler\|[[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Masque is slaughtered by his own loyal Scyther while it's in a worked-up frenzy courtesy of Missy, and when he meets Death himself, he is terrified to see himself for the monster he always was}}. * [[Hot-Blooded]]: Dan. [[Deconstruction\|He soon realises that it doesn't always work in the real world, where brash impulsiveness can put you in danger]]. * [[Jerkass]]: ''Ruby.'' What a bitch... Well, at least until [[Break the Haughty]] kicks in, and she mellows out. Line 96 ⟶ 95: * [[Jerkass Facade]]: {{spoiler\|Rico plays this so well - including actually ''capturing'' Missy in a Poké Ball when he learns Dan doesn't own her - that it was quite a shock to learn he was actually a mole in Team Rocket and a fairly decent guy. He later apologised to Dan for his actions.}} * [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler\|Masque, having [[Mind Raped]] many Pokémon into losing their sense of self and becoming his servants, ends up accidently killed by the one he probably considered his finest work.}} The Aerodactyl's death is also fitting - trying to slaughter defenceless schoolchildren, he is utimately inpaled on the broken monkeybars at his chosen site and bleeds out to death. * [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: {{spoiler\|Masque's murder of Giovanni}} is treated as a ''major'' [[Kick the Dog]] moment or even a borderline crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]] in-universe ... but the readers cheered because let's face it, {{spoiler\|Giovanni}} had it coming. The sheer ''[[Evil Is Stylish\|style]]'' with which {{spoiler\|Masque}} managed to pull it off certainly didn't hurt either. Of course, it's not so much {{spoiler\|who he'd just murdered}} that counts, but the fact that {{spoiler\|he'd killed a defenceless man brutally, and in the process revealed [[Lack of Empathy\|just how little it affected him]]. The audience was just lucky that it wasn't a more sympathetic character who'd died}}. Line 116 ⟶ 115: * [[Pokémon-Speak]]: The reason why Missy can't explain her situation to the humans. * [[Psycho for Hire]]: Masque's Scyther is a Pokémon variant. * [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Dan's Pokémon team give off this vibe. A human-girl-turned-Eevee (Missy/Storm), a somewhat comical but loyal Muk (Armor), a high-and-mighty Ponyta (Ruby), a timid but courageous Seadra (Nemo), a cynical Oddish (Nightshade), and a hyper Electabuzz (Artemis). Yeah ... and you thought ''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~anime)\|Ash]]'' sometimes caught the weirdest Pokémon. * [[Reverse Mole]]: {{spoiler\|None other than Rico.}} * [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Implied with Erika and Sabrina. {{spoiler\|It's quite a complicated one, too ...}} * [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Is Masque--with his strange speech, strange mannerisms, and even stranger dress--completely at odds with the Pokémon world as we see it? Yeah. Why do we accept his presence in the story so readily? Well...see [[Fridge Brilliance]]. * {{spoiler\|[[Sealed ~~With~~with a Kiss]]: Mm-hmm.}} * [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: As Dan grows to better understand the realism in the world of Pokémon, he begins to realise how dark it is. The story edges even further towards cynical for much of the plot, with people and Pokémon actually DYING along the way. {{spoiler\|In the end, however, it becomes an [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] and all the main characters survive}}. ** It helps, of course, that the story was hugely inspired by [[Pokémon Special]], the [[Darker and Edgier]] canon counterpart of both the Tv Series AND the games. * {{spoiler\|[[The Starscream]]: Masque, though not for the [[Ambition Is Evil\|usual]] [[For the Evulz\|reasons]].}} * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Several, but a standout is the rather scathing one the {{spoiler\|Scyther}} delivers to {{spoiler\|Ruby}} in Chapter {{spoiler\|15}}. {{quote\| {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: You know, I would tell you to not bother, that by overexerting yourself with a wound like that you could very likely keel over from exhaustion, except that I don't care and I'd love to see you suffer. I ''hate'' your type, little {{spoiler\|Ponyta}}, do you know that? All your talk about training and practice and striving to be the best day after day after day...hah! All that training was for one reason only: to hide your shameful weakness. You started off '''weak''', you little meal! It took quite a bit of effort to reach where you are now. Whereas I-I was born strong. Before my first birthday I had an impressive number of victories chalked up against powerful wild pokemon. Powerful pokemon; pokemon that ''hunted'' my species! I showed them that I am no prey. Before my first year passed I had ''killed'', weakling! Killed! Human and pokemon alike! ''Legions'' of pokemon have fled from my blade. And what do you have to your name, weak one? A few victories in one-on-one battles in the safe haven humanity provides for you with their little rules? With their honor and ethics and all their safety? And even those slight triumphs were only earned after effort on your part. Do not hide what you are. The weak should not masquerade as the strong!}} Later the {{spoiler\|Scyther}} himself gets one from {{spoiler\|Missy}}, it's a very epic one. {{quote\| {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: Hide while you can, foolish one, you can't crouch there forever. And when you come out, my blade will be waiting.~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Missy'''}}: How it must sting to be you, to be such a useless pokemon.~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: Useless? You dare say that to me? You, who cowers beneath a shield even as we speak? You, who has never done anything but run or hide? You, who-~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Missy'''}}: I know which pokemon {{spoiler\|Masque}} really trusts: the one he relied on to get him out of prison. The {{spoiler\|Hypno}}. Your master trusted him over you.~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: ...That, has a remarkably simple answer. The {{spoiler\|Hypno}}'s abilities were special-no, not special, he is ''not'' better than I am-they were just...just better suited for that particular situation.~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Missy'''}}: Really? Do you honestly think you couldn't have handled it?~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: I-~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Missy'''}}: You know you could have, didn't you brag to me when we first met that you have killed humans and pokemon in abundance? That uncountable numbers had fled from you in terror? You could have broken in there handily, and killed {{spoiler\|Masque}}'s oppressors before they knew what was happening. But you didn't-because {{spoiler\|Masque}} doesn't value you like you want him to. To him, you're just a tool, and not a particularly useful one at that. To him you're just a rusted, dull, blunt-~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Scyther'''}}: Lord {{spoiler\|Masque}} thinks highly of me, more highly than anyone or anything else! How dare you say that? Get out from under there so I can ''rip you to pieces!''~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Missy'''}}: {{spoiler\|Masque}} thinks your garbage, and do you know why? Because of ''me''. For all your claims to be invincible, for all your bragging and pride, I've beaten you twice. That's why you searched me out in this rain; not for revenge, but to prove to yourself that I'm not better than you. My victories over you eat you alive, and you know it. And even if you do kill me, even if I'm dead and gone, your damaged, imperfect blade will always be there: an eternal reminder of my triumph over you. }} {{spoiler\|Masque}} gives one to {{spoiler\|Giovanni}} in a great scene that illustrates the difference between a [[Big Bad]] and a mere [[Big Bad Wannabe\|Wannabe]]. (There are a lot of these in the fic.) {{quote\| {{spoiler\|'''Masque'''}}: Are you so shocked by murder, {{spoiler\|Giovanni}}? Pitiful. You are like a vulture flying high above a pack of predators, waiting to pick off whatever they leave you. You can’t kill. You’ve ordered plenty of deaths to be carried out, but you’ve never done it yourself. Any weakling can order an execution, but it takes a certain caliber to actually join the firing squad. You should have known your ambitions would attract souls much blacker than yours.~~<br />~~ ''' {{spoiler\|Giovanni}}''' attempts to attack {{spoiler\|'''Masque'''}} with his pokemon, which refuses to obey him.~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|'''Masque'''}}: Just like most of the fighters in this organization, that pokemon had been conditioned by me. Over the process I instilled a desire to serve you, to be sure, but behind that I hid something else. The pokemon of {{spoiler\|Team Rocket}} will never act against me…Do you remember what I once told you? ‘You cannot control a marionette with only one string’. You dared to think you controlled me?! All of your enforcers have been conditioned by me before they see use. That’s one string. You allowed terror of me to grow within your organization, so that many of your followers feared me more than you. Another string. Despite the fact that I often acted against your interests, you never took action, signaling to me and to others that I had a certain leeway out of your jurisdiction. That's a third. You never did the dirty work yourself, instead delegating it to those even more amoral than you…like myself. That’s four. I’ve made you dance this way and that for years now, {{spoiler\|Giovanni}}. You were my plaything. Well, now you and your organization bore me. [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner\|I’ll cut your strings]]. }} * [[Trapped in TV Land]]: Most of the story takes place in the world of the ''Pokémon'' games. * [[True Companions]]: Dan's other Pokémon become this for Missy. It's a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when all of them, even Ruby, strive to bring her out of her [[Heroic BSOD]]. It becomes even more moving when you realise that they sacrificed their homeworld, their own sense of normalcy, and their chances of finding potential mates and having children in order to follow Dan and Missy back home, even when they don't need to. All they need now is a cheesy speech. * [[What Happened to ~~The~~the Mouse?]]: Read the comments on deviantART: the fandom was going nuts trying to figure out what exactly Luke was up to. * [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Masque uses one {{spoiler\|when he allows himself to be imprisoned. He has his Hypno hypnotize the guards into releasing him and then has it wipe their memories so that they forget he was there. Thereby allowing him to move around freely while everyone thinks he's imprisoned.}} * [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler\|Masque pulls this on Giovanni, cementing himself as [[The Starscream]] and the story's [[Big Bad]].}} Line 154 ⟶ 153: ** And then there's {{spoiler\|Ivan and his [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]...}} * [[All There in the Manual]]: The author's notes have provided something of a detailed summary for what has happened in the interim without revealing anything major about the plot. * [[Angst? What Angst?]]: [[In -Universe]], {{spoiler\|Armor}} actually ''takes'' this attitude in Chapter 5. When Missy quickly becomes apologetic about {{spoiler\|his transformation}}, he goes so far as to chastise her because he made the choice to go through with it, fully aware of what it would entail. He ''is'' shown to have divided feelings about the situation, but is so far coping pretty well. * [[Ascended Extra]]: In-universe, {{spoiler\|Rico}}'s role compared to the last story. {{spoiler\|He's even attained a higher rank in the ([[Insistent Terminology\|New]])Pokémon League.}} * [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: This is the backstory for {{spoiler\|the Feraligatr}}, with a side helping of [[Playing ~~With~~with Syringes]]. * [[Blood Knight]]: From what little we see of her character, Bellum is this. * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Missy, at times, and Ripple. Line 201 ⟶ 200: {{reflist}} [[Category:Troper Works]] [[Category:~~Pokemon Storm Clouds~~Fanfic]] [[Category:~~Fanfic]][[Category~~Pokémon:~~Pages~~ ~~with~~Storm ~~comment tags~~Clouds]]