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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 Asas 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 (Video Game)|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 Asas 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|TAKE OVER THE WORLD]]''' ([[That Guy With theThe 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.]]
* [[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.
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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 [[K Oed]])" has always been the [[Elephant in Thethe Living Room]] of the series, implied, but never stated, (Except in ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'', where it is completely explicit), though Cipher is the only one to carry out the implied threat (again, outside of Special).
* [[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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* [[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 (Video Game)|Leaf]], who still has a skirt that just barely covers the hips and has a pose (one foot out forward and leaning in, as if bracing against wind) that should provide maximal pantsu, but the skirt is posed in ''just'' the right way for it to reveal nothing at any camera angle.
* [[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 Thethe Price of Two]]: One of the complaints was how in order to get all of the Pokémon before FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald were released, you needed this game and one of those [[Game Cube]] to Game Boy Advance Link Cables.
** 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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* [[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 (Video Game)|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.
* [[Vice City]]: Pyrite Town.
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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 Withwith the Devil|joined with Cipher]] to achieve it... and stayed onboard because [[Evil Feels Good]].
* [[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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