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[[File:colosseum_xd_3037.jpg|frame|''[[Pokémon]]'' gets [[Darker and Edgier]].]]
'''''Pokémon Colosseum''''' and '''''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness''''' are spinoffs of the incredibly popular ''[[Pokémon]]'' franchise for the [[Game Cube]]. Produced by ''Nintendo'' and ''Pokémon Company''-owned Genius Sonority and released in 2003 (2004 stateside, ''XD'' in 2005), the games are notably [[Darker and Edgier]] than the rest of the series. The series takes place in the desert region of Orre, where there are no wild Pokémon to be found. So how do you accomplish the usual task of catching and raising your own small army of adorable little forces of nature then? You [[Values Dissonance|steal them]], mainly from the bad guys.
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The sequel, ''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness'', was released the following year. ''XD'' scaled things back a few notches by replacing the [[Anti-Hero]] main character with a [[Kid Hero]] called Michael and cleaning up Orre so that it's not quite as gritty as before. The plot this time revolves around "XD001": a [[Olympus Mons|Lugia]] transformed by the Cipher crime syndicate into a Shadow Pokémon supposedly immune to purification. ''XD'' added a few new features, such as "Poké Spots", small areas where you could lure and catch wild Pokémon and a method for mass purifying Shadow Pokémon, Shadow Pokémon now have a much greater variety of moves than just Shadow Rush.
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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
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Miror B. is ambiguously... ''something.'' It's just not entirely clear ''what.''
* [[Anti
** 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
* [[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
* [[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.]]
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Don't want Rui to follow you around? [[But Thou Must!]]! Don't want to help Rui save all the Shadow Pokémon? [[But Thou Must!]]! Want to use your Pokémon-stealing device to steal non-Shadow Pokémon? [[But Thou Must!|But Thou Mustn't!]] Don't want to fight Eldes, because it wouldn't mean anything? [[But Thou Must!]], my friend.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The PC's physical design in the Orre games is the standard design in Generation 4.
** Speaking of which, the physical/special move split seen in Gen IV started with the Shadow moves in XD.
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** Because the item capsules are box-shaped this time around, Voltorbs and Electrodes can't use the old [[Chest Monster]] routine.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Miror B. seems to be in his own little world most of the time.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Cipher is regularly indicated to have Pokémon physically attack humans (Trainers can be found on the ground in pain saying how they lost). "Pokémon are (pocket) monsters that can seriously injure or kill a human, the only reliable defense against them is other Pokémon (which is gone if all yours are
* [[Crapsack World]]: [[It Got Better|Gets better]] (not by much, though) in Pokémon XD.
* [[Crutch Character]]: Shadow Pokémon have moves super effective against everything but one another, but they can't gain level up until they're purified.
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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.
* [[Lost Forever]]: Failed to Snag a Shadow Pokemon? It will be a long time before you get another chance to try again.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: The camera is quite careful about this for every female opponent, but it becomes really noticeable if you play VS mode with [[Pokémon Red and Blue
* [[Marathon Level]]: Mount Battle.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Silva, a rare purely good example.
* [[Mind Rape]] / [[Heart Trauma]]: The methods involved in Shadow Pokémon production, with [[Empty Shell]], [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], and [[The Corruption]] as the inevitable result.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Nascour]] from ''Colosseum'', as well as [[Big Bad|Greevil]] and [[The Dragon|Ardos]] from ''XD'', but Eldes pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] at the last second, and several other villains don't look half as dangerous as they are when they first show up (such as Evice/Es Cade).}}
* [[One Game for
** Interestingly enough, XD includes Zangoose and Lunatone, the only 2 Hoenn dex Pokémon that need Ruby '''and''' Sapphire to obtain both <ref>The rest of the Hoenn dex can be completed between Emerald and either of the original pair</ref>.
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Lovrina & Venus.
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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.
* [[Stealth Mook]]: The cipher Peons aren't always visible in the overworld like most enemy trainers. When you step into their aggro radius, these stealthy ones will jump down from the ceiling and ambush you. One even ambushes you right after you use a cramped elevator, and follows you out of said elevator despite not following you in.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Some of the female civvie and hood Trainers dress in this fashion, but no more than the average [[Pokémon Gold and Silver
* [[Top
* [[Vice City]]: Pyrite Town.
* [[World Map]]: Rather than the usual free-roaming between each town, the player instead moves between areas via a map-selection screen, with cutscenes of the player character driving between locales.
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=== Tropes used in ''Colosseum'': ===
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Wes. [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II or III.]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Wes.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Rui's shirt no longer [[Bare Your Midriff|shows off her navel]] and has her skirt lengthened a few notches (originally it was ''[[Up to Eleven|shorter]]'' than Dawn's) outside of Japan. A bit odd in such a [[Darker and Edgier]] work
* [[Check Point Starvation]]: Although it isn't much longer than the average dungeon, the Desert Lab doesn't have any healing machines or PC's halfway through to make the trip easier.
* [[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
* [[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 the high-powered Espeon in Colosseum, which begins with Return (and maximum happiness), and the STAB boosted Confusion. Umbreon
* [[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.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: To fight Mirakle B. (a recolored peon with
** There's also how to get Ho-oh in ''Colosseum'', which is never hinted at anywhere in the game, as well as a huge slog through 100 consecutive battles (fortunately, you're allowed to save between them). The kicker? If you're not using Pokémon off of your Colosseum file, you won't get Ho-oh.
*** 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. This also happens at the very ending over at Realgam Tower as Nascour forces you to go through a gauntlet of high-ranking Cipher members before fighting him {{spoiler|and Evice}}.
* [[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 [[
** It's hard to tell if this was due to some sort of error, but Miror B. Peon Ferma's Shadow Remoraid is at a measly ''level 20'' when your Pokémon so far are at the low thirties. Catching it without knocking it out is hard enough, but there's also the issue of the fact that it will be horrifically underleveled for a good portion of the game with the EXP. Share being quite far off. Octillery is a very solid mixed attacker of a Water type, but it can be a bit hard justifying the long wait you go through to get one.
* [[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]]. After beating the final boss though, he's gone for good.
* [[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. There's also the fact that you ''must'' be friendly towards an Eevee for them to become Espeon or Umbreon, giving further support to the trope.
* [[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.
** Though it's hard to tell when [[Heroic Mime|one of the pair doesn't speak at all]].
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Whenever you fight Nascour, there is no battle music whatsoever while the crowd cheers him on. That combined with his demonic appearance can really make a player feel small and alone, making a truly unsettling effect all around.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: The pale-skinned, black/red eyed man dressed in what looks like discolored flesh and sinew with long, flowing white colored Medusa-esque hair? He's totally not evil. Not at all. That being said though, the game quickly reveals that yes, he ''is'' evil pretty quickly in the game.
* [[Outlaw Town]]: Pyrite Town
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Wes and Rui... probably. Rui doesn't seem to speak of him romantically, and [[Heroic Mime|Wes doesn't speak at all,]] so they ''seem'' to be this way.
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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.
** {{spoiler|Evice also sports one before and during the final battle}}.
* [[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.
** This is played straight by Nascour and {{spoiler|Evice}}, who sport spiky designs in their outfits.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Trudly and Folly.
** Those Two Bad Girls: Reath and Ferma.
* [["Wake
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518212901/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showpost.php?p=2693362&postcount=124 This is likely based on an aborted 64DD game, Pokémon RPG].
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Wes. Well, it's kind of grayish-white. But he certainly ''fits'' the trope.
** Nascour fits the trope better, and his hair is more blueish than white. Though some may argue he's more creepy than pretty.
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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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** [[Overlord, Jr.]]: Ardos and Eldes.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Chobin wears the spiral variety, and is also [[Blind Without'Em]].
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: {{spoiler|It's made blatantly obvious that Cipher used Shadow Lugia to outright '''murder''' the S.S. Libra down to the last man, but since this is [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|still an 'E' game]], the story does its best to gloss over this fact.}}
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Unless you trade over Pokémon, Orre Colosseum.
** ''Colosseum'''s story mode is a huge [[Difficulty Spike]] compared to the rest of the series, because of the small pool of available pokemon and the fact that rather than sticking to one type like the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 or other games, bosses use legitimate--and often very effective--strategies which can easily decimate your party.
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* [[Shotacon]]: A surprising number of female grunts flirt with the main character of XD (who, unlike Wes, is underage).
* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|Greevil, once he is no longer hiding his status as Cipher's mastermind.}}
* [[Sleazy Politician]]: Snattle's dreams of governorship over Orre were all-consuming for him - so much so that he [[Deal
* [[Start My Own]]: Miror B. is no longer a Cipher admin but has started his own evil organization, which consists of ... him and his two minions.
* [[Status Buff Dispel]]: Aside from the series's existing "Haze" move, the Shadow move "Shadow Shed" instantly dispels barriers like Reflect and Light Screen from the opposing party.
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