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* [[After Combat Recovery]]: At least in normal (non [[Inevitable Tournament|plot-driven]]) Colosseum knockout challenges such as the Phenac and Pyrite Colosseums, and Mt. Battle.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Miror B. went from relatively minor but memorably quirky [[Starter Villain]] to a decent sized part of the plot and gameplay in XD.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: The three main characters throughout the series have the fairly normal-sounding names of Wes, Rui, and Michael. However, everyone ''else'' has really weird, made-up-sounding names. One possible theory is that it's due to a bad attempt at making the setting seem more [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign|exotic]]. Another says that the game's translators brought in a bunch of toddlers to bang on the keyboards.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Miror B. is ambiguously... ''something.'' It's just not entirely clear ''what.''
* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: One for Pokédex completionists: The majority of endgame Shadow Pokémon in XD are Pokémon of types that, while they can be found in the wild in [[Pokémon Red and Blue|FireRed and LeafGreen]], have notoriously low (1-5%) chances of appearing (and some have the added annoyance of being found only in the Safari Zone). Additionally, Lunatone and Zangoose are both present, eliminating the need to purchase Ruby ''or'' Sapphire along with Emerald.
** Shadow Pokémon in both games cannot be [[Lost Forever]]. In ''Colosseum'', you can eventually rematch all Shadow Pokémon Trainers and in ''XD'' they'll wind up in Miror B's possession when you rematch him.
* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: Another theory about the weird names of Orre is that the weird names were selected to give the region an otherworldly, foreign feel.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The graphics improved greatly from ''Colosseum'' to ''XD''.
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Cipher's primary characterization is that they are unashamedly trying to '''[[Take Over the World]]''' ([[That Guy With The Glasses|Of course!]]), with all members being fully aware of this goal. A stark contrast from Pokémon's use of relatively small scale groups with the goal of making money, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]], or [[Hanlon's Razor|complete tools who are just blind pawns for the (actually evil) Big Bad]], and unlike the few enemies of other spins offs that are made entirely of evil folk, [[Card-Carrying Villain|they aren't silly self-proclaimed villains]].
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Miror B. [[Funny Afro|He has a Poké Ball afro.]] [[Dance Battler|He loves to dance.]] [[Crazy Awesome|He's also an Admin of an evil Pokémon organization.]]
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* [[Enormous Engine]]: Wes probably stole the engine for his hovering motorcycle thingy from a Greyhound bus...or a Top Fuel dragster...or a diesel locomotive. It's mounted at the very front of his vehicle; only the [[Rule of Cool]] keeps the machine from nose-diving forward and catapulting Wes and Rui face-first into the sand.
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: The one, the only, Miror B.
* [[Expy]]: Ein is basically [[Final Fantasy VII|Hojo]] in the Pokémon universe.
** Rui also resembles, and even acts, like Misty in her pre-GSC/HGSS design.
** Many, many, many characters are or have been suspected of being expies of characters from various canons of Pokémon. It's actually part of the fun for some people trying to see which characters are which.
* [[Faceless Goons]]: Cipher grunts. Ironically, they are the only evil team in the series whose grunts have individual names.
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* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: When ''Colosseum'' was translated, [[Bonus Boss|Battlus]] had his name [[Dub Name Change|changed]] to Somek, but when ''XD'' was translated, his name was left as Battlus.
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Miror B.'s ''afro'' and Sealeo's fat.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: All the Cipher admins except {{spoiler|Evice}} and Nascour in ''Colosseum'' and Greevil in ''XD''.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Cipher is pretty much all about this trope.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Averted for the first time in the franchise with Wes. Played straight with Michael.
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* [[The Scottish Trope]]: "A distant land" (listed in "Met" in a Pokemon's profile page) is the only reference made to Orre in the rest of the series. '''''PERIOD'''''.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Much more cynical compared to the main series and ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Mystery Dungeon]]'' games. Lightens up a bit in XD.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''Colosseum'' is one to the Nintendo 64 ''Stadium'' games.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Some of the female civvie and hood Trainers dress in this fashion, but no more than the average [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Rockette]]. Cipher Peons ''averted'' this before Galactic Grunts did - slimmer [[Faceless Goons|Faceless Goon]] suits are all you get if you're XX. Venus and Lovrina are somewhere between the two.
* [[Top-Heavy Guy]]: The Bodybuilder Trainer class.
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* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: When you use an item in battle, it takes effect immediately, before the AI selects its own moves, even. This means that when you use an item to cure a status effect (such as Poison or Confusion), the AI can re-afflict your Pokemon with that status on the ''same turn''.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Wes' hoverbike monstrosity is his primary mode of transportation. The laws of physics say that that thing shouldn't be able to move, but of course the [[Rule of Cool]] trumps this.
** [[Cool Sidecar]]: During the first two trips, the side car has Espeon and Umbreon in it, with both of them sticking their heads out the top into the wind like real-world dogs.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Eagun attempts to fight a Cipher minion with his high-level Pikachu, to no avail.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: {{spoiler|1=After Es Cade is revealed to be Evice, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuu1fmAdZcs his theme] switches to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueGTaZhy54 sinister version].}}
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: You start with Espeon in Colosseum, which begins with Return (and maximum happiness), and the STAB boosted Confusion. Umbreon, on the other hand, is a defensive tank in a game where tanking is awful thanks to the 2v2 format.
* [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: See [[The Reveal]] below.
* [[Elite Mooks]]: Cipher Peon Skrub, who is battled three times and is given a leadership role in relation to his fellow peons during the first two.
* [[Endgame Plus]]: After beating the game, Wes starts receiving email from the Kids' Grid members hinting about where to find more Shadow Pokemon, including the old Team Snagem hideout which he blew up during the opening movie. On the other hand, nobody acknowledges the defeat and arrest of Team Cipher's leaders, and the player may return to Realgam Tower Colosseum to challenge the final battles again.
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: Wes and his trench coat/snag machine combo.
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*** Of course, that doesn't mean you can't trade your good GBA Pokemon to the Colosseum file and use them.
* [[Inevitable Tournament]]: Want to get into Miror B.'s hideout? Go win the Pyrite Colosseum challenge first so they can reward you with a Shadow Pokémon.
* [[Joke Character]]: The Plusle you get in ''Colosseum,'' which starts off as horribly below everything else in the game in terms of levels. And if you're only playing the game for [[
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Taken to extremes - ''the game itself'' was the start of Pokemon's hard descent into [[Darker and Edgier]] territory throughout ''all'' continuities!
* [[Lost Forever]]: Remember that room where you first fought Miror B.? If you trek back there before beating the game you can fight a wannabe [[Loony Fan]], Mirakle B., who battles with a funky rearrangement of B's [[Battle Theme Music]].
* [[Morality Chain]]: Rui, kind of. She won't allow Wes to use the Snag Machine on anything but Shadow Pokemon.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Wes's Espeon (and possibly Umbreon) starts with max happiness, as if to assure the player Wes cares for his Pokémon, despite his stats as an ex-Snagem member.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Rui's grandfather. {{spoiler|Aspired to be a pokemon master? Granddaughter's a redhead? His oldest, strongest, and closest pokemon is a Pikachu? It's most likely Ash, and his wife is Misty.}}
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: An early Nintendo Power ad made out Wes to be an outright villain.
* [[Non-Elemental]]: Shadow Rush (90 power, incurs recoil) is completely exempt from elemental matchups.
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Despite the fact that [[Rescue Romance|Wes saved Rui from kidnapping]], their relationship doesn't seem to be romantic.
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* [[Save Game Limits]]: You have only one save "file" ... per memory card, at least. The file is also locked to the card it was created on; you can't copy it off to a different card.
* [[Save Point]]: The PC's normally used for Pokemon/item storage also save your game.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: A rare good example comes from the protagonist as he roars off from the destroyed Snagem base.
* [[Space Western]]: Well, futuristic western. The game makes use of western style archetypes (vigilantes against town controlling gangs), setting (crime ridden desert with little to nothing between the mostly independent towns that only have a state and federal government above the local law in theory) and music (there is a shocking amount of '''harmonica''' in the tracks, sometimes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEEZnVjfyPY using underneath a techno and piano combination], which works shockingly well.)
* [[Spikes of Villainy|Spikes Of Anti-Heroics]]: As if Wes doesn't look [[Badass]] enough, he has these around his ankles.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Trudly and Folly.
** Those Two Bad Girls: Reath and Ferma.
* [[Wake Up Call Boss]] / [[Early Bird Boss]]: Miror B. in ''Colosseum'' is this due to the fact that you can't level up any Snagged Pokémon yet, and you have precious few moves that are effective against his team. At least his battle theme is a [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
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** When Cipher takes back their stolen data disk during their raid on ONBS, they also make sure to {{spoiler|scrub the data off ONBS's mainframe servers.}} Luckily Nett remembers one of the key parts, and Michael is able to discover the rest on their own.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Lovrina, Snattle and Gorigan all come to respect you when you defeat them in the post-game colosseum. Ardos, however, gives you a death threat. What a douche.
* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Shadow Lugia and 3 of the final boss's Shadow Pokémon of XD have catch rates of 3 (out of 255) while, with the exception of a Shadow Snorlax and Chansey (which are still 30, or 3.9% with no damage and a default ball), everything else has catch rates that can easily be gotten to the twenties (sleep + Ultra/Net ball)
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: The player's "late" dad, who is explicitly said to be dead ("passed away").
* [[Emoticon]]: Pokémon '''XD''': Gale of Darkness.
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