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== Fridge Brilliance ==
* It's been mentioned on other pages that Cheren is said to be a strong trainer while Bianca is a weak one, despite her team being objectively better than his. The thing is that the producers are going back to Karen's speech back in the Johto games -- agames—a truly skilled trainer tries to win with their favorites. So basically, Cheren does so well not because of the stats and moves of his team, but because he has faith in them and believes in them, even pre-character development (he just gets his priorities straight after that point). The makers are just subtly reinforcing that idea that you can be a good trainer without using all the same Pokemon everyone else does.
** Except Bianca clearly adores her Munna/Musharna and her Pokemon all reach maximum happiness, so she's the nurturer of the two.
** Having faith does not imply nurturing, per se. A general in the army (hopefully) would believe in his subordinates, but barely ever "adores" them.
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** And for all we know, this could even be a [[Development Gag]]!
* The name team Plasma... just think about the types of the two legendary dragons and you will realize how they got their name.
* The HUD in the Japanese version is [[Gratuitous English|more-or-less bilingual]] -- this—this game ''is'' set in a facsimile of New York, after all.
* Throhs always travel in packs of five. There are (usually) five people in a Judo team.
* Sigilyphs are said to have once guarded an ancient city, which explains what they're doing in the Resort Desert.
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** Banette: Cursed Body - It just wants to hurt everything it comes in contact with.
** Perhaps this belongs in the [[Fridge Horror]] section, but Slowpoke gets Regenerator. Let that sink in.<ref>Hint: Slowpoke tails are considered delicacies in and around Kanto/Johto.</ref>
** Paras and Parasect get Damp -- DryDamp—Dry Skin (and 5x weakness) no more!
*** Mushrooms grow better in damp environments than dry ones.
** Onix gets Weak Armor. [[Fake Ultimate Mook|Now why does that sound familiar?]]
** Caterpie, Weedle and Wurmple all got Run Away... [[What the Hell, Hero?|The guilt trip works...]]
** Qwilfish gets reassigned Intimidate. Oddly hilarious (and kind of adorable) from a puffer fish.
** Corsola gets Regenerator, too -- welltoo—well, it IS based on coral!
** Smeargle's Moody is worth a laugh, too. As cliche as it is, there's a reason the phrase "Temperamental artist" exists...
** Goldeen and Seaking both get Lightningrod. The only reason for this can be their magnificent headpieces. "AIM FOR THE HORN!"
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*** Drug users?
**** No, police. They exist to guard an ancient city (aka before all the crime waltzed in), but became corrupted by the influence of evil and the not-so-metaphorical destruction of that which they once protected.
**** I agree that they would be police, but not that they became corrupted. Notice how it's the rarest Pokémon in the area, and doesn't appear in the desert areas outside the Resort -- theResort—the police force's power waned as crime took over, and the larger desert area is completely out of their control.
* Have you ever wondered why the incense dealer in Driftveil City is still wearing his Team Plasma uniform? Well how likely would you have noticed him if he was dressed like an ordinary civilian?
* Ghetsis' signature Pokemon is Hydreigon. {{spoiler|Hydreigon is based off Orochi, an evil god from Japanese mythology, fitting his evil nature.}}
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** Ghetsis can also be seen as playing an evil version of Merlin to N's King Arthur, and also an inversion - rather than helping the king claim the throne, he's using the king to help ''him'' claim the throne.
** It gets worse - some Biblical Scholars believe that the concept of [[The Antichrist]] would have a misshapen or scarred right side, including his right eye and right hand. Not only does Ghetsis match that description, but he also has the deceptive charisma to sway people into following him and his alleged cause as well as the desire for world domination that are also primary Antichrist qualities. So Ghetsis is the Pokemon Worlds' [[Satan]] ''and'' [[The Antichrist]], with N being the false idol he's made for everyone to worship in service to his devilish agenda.
* The elemental monkeys' names already made sense, but Pansear's is especially apt, considering the first place you're likely to see/use it-- theit—the Striation Gym, which doubles as a restaurant. What do you want to bet that Chili is an expert at pan-searing entrees?
** A girl in Cafe Warehouse indeed confirms that the monkeys help the trio make tea.
** And in the manga, it's confirmed that the monkeys help the trio with more than just making the food.
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* It ties in with [[Fridge Horror]], but Zwelious has two brains. Hydreigon has three heads, but one brain. The fact it takes the longest of any Pokemon to evolve makes sense; the heads don't want to die/be merged!
* Approaching the Giant Chasm is stated on the Town Map to bring disaster. The route leading up to it is Route 13; an unlucky number indeed, but not the real brilliance. One of the Pokemon that appears on the route is Absol, the Disaster Pokemon.
** Not only that, its warnings have been stated in the Pokédex go ignored and often being a scapegoat -- youscapegoat—you do exactly the former by going into the chasm.
** [[The Woobie|It just want to warn us]] [[Cosmic Horror|from what is hidding there]].
* How does a Pokemon Center stay open when it performs totally free services? One good way to keep finances coming in? Merge it with the Poke'Mart.
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* Upon beating the Elite Four for the first time, you skip the Champion and go on to fight N instead, making this game the first in the series where you don't face the champion during the main playthrough, right? Well, considering that N cleared out the Elite Four and the Champion right before you in presumably official matches, N technically ''was'' the champion at that point. Much like the protagonists in each generation (including Black and White), N simply declined to hold onto his title after the end credits.
* Why can't you trade items over Poke Transfer? Gameplay reasons, of course, but considering that you're in Poke America, it's more fun to assume that the TSA is involved somehow.
* Eelektross is stated to live in the water, even though it's a pure Electric type incapable of learning any offensive Water moves. Many fans have expressed confusion about this, but think about it--Waterit—Water is weak to Electric, meaning Eelektross has a type advantage when it hunts.
* The reason why the Pokedex entries for Yamask and Cofagrigus and other such Pokemon are considerably [[Darker and Edgier|darker]] this time around could be because Hilbert/Hilda are older than the previous protagonists and are therefore accustomed to more mature concepts. After all, it is the player character who fills out the Pokedex entries!
* N's final team([[Olympus Mons|minus Reshiram/Zekrom]]) is heavily implied to be his childhood friends. Keep in mind that these include either Pokemon you can't get in the wild (Zoroark because it requires an event, Carracosta and Archeops are fossils that need to be revived) or generally urban Pokemon(Vanilluxe's first form appears to be farmed for Castelia Cones, and Klinklang is a system of gears). Given N's sheltered upbringing, it would make sense for these to be a part of his main team.
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* The Black version Pokédex states that Cofagrigus's favorite food is gold nuggets; the White version Pokédex states that its body made of pure gold. Who's to say that it hasn't tried to eat its own kind... or itself?
** All the food we eat is carbon based, and we're also made of carbon. [[Insane Troll Logic|Why don't we eat ourselves then?]]
*** Because we neither eat raw carbon or are made of raw carbon. <ref>why are we considered carbon based when we're something like 75% water, which has no carbon? Not that it really matters in this disscussion...</ref>
*** <ref> As a very simple explanation, carbon-based simply means that we're held together primarily by interactions of carbon-loaded molecules, not that we're made of "raw carbon" or anything like that. Same goes for (as far as I'm aware) every other living or once-living thing on this planet.</ref>
** Probably not itself, since the gold it eats reinforces its body.
* Speaking of Yamask and Cofagrigus... Yamasks were originally humans that got mummified, keeping their human faces as a masks. They evolve into Cofagrigi, Pokémon that swallow humans whole and turn them into mummies, probably more Yamasks. This could very well be their natural way of multiplying...
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** You know the already sketchy ethics with Pokebattles. Using [[Was Once a Man|Yamask]] in battle takes those [[Unfortunate Implications]], and ''multiplies it.''
*** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse.]] Capturing and enslaving a human soul is horrific enough, but what if you captured it from the aforementioned Relic Castle? [[Moral Event Horizon|You just enslaved the tortured soul of a civilian who lost their life in a horrible terrorist attack and made it fight for you!]]
**** Even worse, [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|nobody calls you]] [[Crap Saccharine World|out for it.]]
***** Ghetsis has one. The above make this horror in itself.
* Deino starts off with one head, then evolves into Zweilous, who has two heads that hate each other. Zweilous evolves into Hydreigon -- whoHydreigon—who only has ''one'' brain and two brainless heads for hands.
** I actually find that thought hilarious. Two quarreling heads? It's like they were brainless to begin with!
** [[Fridge Horror]] returns -- judgingreturns—judging by their behaviour, one may end up [[Too Dumb to Live|killing the other.]] Leaving a single brain. Would it be stunted, or evolve? Ghetsis [[Fridge Horror|has]] [[Nightmare Fuel|a]] [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Lv 54]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Hydreigon.]]
* The TM for Toxic is found in the shallows in the middle of a mostly water route. A water route full of Ghost jellyfish.
* One trainer on Route 15 says that she's looking for Pokemon that have escaped from the Poke Transfer Lab. Notice how the whole northeast of Unova is full of Gen I-IV Pokemon. Yes, that's right: Unova's being overrun by invasive species that are probably wreaking havoc on the ecosystem now [[What the Hell, Player?|because you wanted to keep the Pokemon from your old games.]]
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* The entire Solosis line can learn Explosion by TM. Those Pokemon are based on developing embryos. [[Nightmare Fuel|You're basically teaching your Pokemon to abort itself.]] [[What the Hell, Player?|Nice job, kid.]]
** [[It Got Worse|Made worse]] by the fact that the game takes place in Unova, which is said to be like America, where abortion is considered a hot-button topic (right to life vs. pro-choice).
** Except the line is more based on a general cell division, rather than embryos. <ref>On another note, Explosion and Self-Destruct are described as a large release of energy that tires the Pokémon out too much to battle, not physically bursting into pieces. Don't know quite how that would translate to actual cells, but you get the idea.</ref>
*** The Explosion-Solosis connection doesn't come from dividing cells, but dividing ''atoms''. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Nuclear]] [[Genius Bonus|fission]], anyone?
* This one came up after this troper finished getting a Castelia Cone in Castelia City. Basically, the Castelia Cone is ice cream that looks too similar to Vanillite. The stand where you buy these ice cream cones are opened from the spring to the fall season before it closes up in the winter because of the coldness of the weather. However, winter is also the season where Vanillite appear more in the wild because of the weather. This troper thinks that the owner of the stand leaves during the winter to capture more Vanillite and serve them to people when it's spring again. To add to this, if the player were to watch the TV, there will be one instance where there is a girl that talks about buying a Castelia Cone but then it came alive and ran away. Basically, humans are eating Vanillite and are re-stocking when they come out to play.
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