Pokémon Gold and Silver: Difference between revisions

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{{tropelist|Tropes used in ''Gold'', ''Silver'' and ''Crystal'':}}

* [[Aborted Arc]]: Expecting to find out more about the history of [[Dark Secret|Dr. Fuji]] and [[Super Soldier|Mewtwo]]? Nary a mention of Fuji’s past as a scientist, although there are renewed hints in FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald. As for Mewtwo, the Unknown Dungeon is totally gone, and all that’s left is a hidden [[Deadly Upgrade|Berserk Gene]].

* [[Audible Gleam]]: "Shiny" Pokémon have this (in order to distinguish them for the monochrome Game Boy system).

* [[Broken Bridge]]:

** There is a man in Mahogany that will stop you from heading to Blackthorn until you're done with the Team Rocket Radio Tower Takeover at Goldenrod. If you happen to try and go past Mahogany at any point before this he'll drop hints on what you have to do, mentioning Olivine, Cianwood, and the Pharmacy, referring to the sick Ampharos.

** You are supposed to reach Pallet before going to Cinnabar and Seafoam Islands. Until you do so, the route south of Fuchsia will be blocked by rocks.

** You are supposed to reach Pallet before going to Cinnabar and Seafoam Islands. Until you do so, the route south of Fuchsia will be blocked by rocks from the Cinnabar volcano eruption.

* [[Character Select Forcing]]: Not so much of pointing which starter you should pick, but pointing out who you ''shouldn't'' choose. Chikorita is a Grass-type starter with low offenses and doesn't learn attacks other than Normal and Grass type. In Johto, four out of the eight Gyms have critical advantages over it, as do two out of the five Pokémon League, none of the other Leaders or League members are particularly weak to Grass, Team Rocket uses Poison-types often, two of the new trainer classes specializes in types with advantage over Grass, and so on.

** Outside of the starter and eventually Kadabra/Alakazam, every one of the rival's Pokémon have an advantage over Grass. Start with Chikorita, and he gets Cyndaquil as his starter. Perhaps making up for Bulbasaur?

* [[Continuity Nod]]: All over the place.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: All over the place, especially once you get to Kanto.

** The opening leitmotif to the music that plays when you battle {{spoiler|[[Final Boss|Lance]]}} and {{spoiler|[[True Final Boss|Red]]}} is from the opening movie to [[Pokémon Red and Blue]].

** Copycat’s lost doll that you have to [[Fetch Quest|find and return]]? Given to her by the player character in the very first game.

** In the originals, a house in Cerulean City was burglarized by Team Rocket. In Gold and Silver, it’s now a police station.

** Pewter City’s Mart had a guy complaining about buying a useless Magikarp in Red and Blue. Three years later, he’s raving about his awesome Gyarados.

* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: There are lots of subtle details that you’ll miss if you don’t actively look for them.

** One of the windows in Elm’s lab is half‐open, which is how the rival gets in to burglarize the place.

** Professor Elm’s phone call to you after the burglary provides no useful details to the player. You can call him back after he’s calmed down, and he’ll explain what happened.

** Before you leave on your big journey, Elm says in passing that you should tell your mom you’re going. If you don’t do this, she’ll call you two routes later to say how hurt she is that you didn’t say goodbye.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: You will occasionally get calls from other trainers about how they failed to catch a Pokémon because they were distracted by a passing Beauty.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: Due to the games' lack of kanji (which makes it easier to keep track of the Japanese language's nightmarish amount of homophones), the Bell Tower was mistranslated as Tin Tower. The association with the Clear ''Bell'' and the fact that the remakes call the path to it Bellchime Trail and have bells on the top of the tower ended up with it being retranslated in the remakes.

** Mr. Mime’s Japanese name doesn’t have any gender association in the original Japanese. When the translators gave it that name in Red and Blue, [[Tempting Fate|they joked that if Game Freak ever gave Pokémon genders they would be screwed]]. One generation later…

* [[Experience Meter]]: Debuts in this installment.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Johto is a combination of the Kansai and western Chubu regions of Japan.

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* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: One of the Trainers in the Burned Tower (removed in ''Crystal'') is named Dick. A trainer in the "Firebreather" class, no less. Now there's a mental image that nobody wanted. It's probably not a coincidence that his name was changed to Richard in HGSS.

* [[Improbable Species Compatibility]]: [[Trope Maker]] for the franchise. ''Pokémon'' was also the [[Trope Namer]] by way of [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Generation III]].

* [[Infinite Stock for Sale]]: Pokémon normally plays this trope straight, but there’s a [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday|bargain shop that only appears Monday mornings]], where you can buy high‐valued [[Vendor Trash]] to later sell at a profit—“but only one of each item.”

* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]]: Earl speaks entirely in broken English, though in his ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' appearance, he speaks normally so people could understand him, as he gave hints and advice that were imperative to competitive battling.

** The lone wolf Rocket grunt in Kanto.

{{quote|Me am a Team Rocket member kind of guy! Come from another country, a trainer number one, me!}}

* [[Lost in Translation]]: In non‐Japanese versions of Crystal, some plot elements get lost due to the missing Pokémon Communications Center.

** It’s never explained why new Unown patterns start appearing on the walls in Crystal. The Japanese version makes it clear that it’s related to radio transmissions coming from the Pokécom Center.

* [[Mad Libs Dialogue]]: The vast majority of phone conversations and radio shows are like this.

* [[Numbered Sequels]]: Subverted; the [[Working Title]] of the games was ''Pocket Monsters 2: Gold and Silver''.

* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: The steps taken to remove Psychics as [[Game Breaker|Game Breakers]]: The Special stat was split into Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense (resulting in most Psychics having lower Sp.Defense), and two new types introduced (Steel: resistant to Psychic attacks, and Dark: immune to Psychic attacks and deals extra damage to Psychic Pokémon). Also Ghost attacks now did extra damage to Psychic types like they were originally intended to, and stronger Bug-type Pokémon and attacks were introduced.

* [[Olympus Mons]]: [[Pokémon Red and Blue|The originals]] had them, yeah, but it was in these games where they began appearing on the covers, and where they got some actual backstory to them beyond their simple rarity.

* [[Redundant Researcher]]: Come on, Alph Ruins researchers. It does not take ten years to assemble a jigsaw puzzle.

* [[Serendipity Writes the Plot]]: A lot of people think that the reason Kanto was scaled down due to hardware limitations, but Gold and Silver’s memory chips actually had plenty of free space and could have easily fit dozens more maps, events, and music. The real reason that many buildings and dungeons in Kanto have been scaled down so much is [[Schedule Slip]]—interviews reveal that Game Freak are notorious within Nintendo for failing to get things done on time. The in‐game explanation for the drastically reduced scope of caves and dungeons? [[Ass Pull|Rock slides.]]

* [[Serendipity Writes the Plot]]: The limited space of Game Boy Color cartridges is more than likely the reason that many buildings and dungeons in Kanto have been scaled down or became inaccessible due to various plot reasons in Kanto. For example, {{spoiler|Cinnabar Island erupting}}, Celadon City's music replacing Fuchsia and Cerulean's, or a security guard blocking off the Silph Co. building beyond the first floor. Some are still present in the remakes, although the music issue is solved and Viridian Forest becomes its own area once again (rather than part of Route 2). Some buildings that were closed in the original games are now open again and offer new services: The Pewter Museum can revive fossils, and the former Safari Zone complex in Fuschia City is re-opened as the Pal Park (the Safari Zone itself having moved to Cianwood in Johto).

* [[Short Distance Phone Call]]: Averted. "Just go talk to that person!"

** ''Crystal'' and the remakes give each character unique dialogue for each character's reaction when they realize that you're calling them while relatively close. This can at times be frustrating (even if it does make sense) if there's a specific character interaction that you can only have on the phone (such as checking to see if someone's waiting for a battle, to see if they're holding an item for you, or calling them for a battle as the remakes will sometimes allow you to do).

* [[Spin-Off]]: ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' features Pokémon from these games and retells a simplified version of ~~Ethan's (as it was released before Crystal, Ethan was~~ the ~~only player character as in ''Gold'' and ''Silver'')~~ journey to defeat Gym Leaders and the Elite Four in a [[Puzzle Game]] format.

* [[Spin-Off]]: ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' features Pokémon from these games and retells a simplified version of the player’s journey to defeat Gym Leaders and the Elite Four in a [[Puzzle Game]] format.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Juggler Irwin certainly keeps...abreast of your adventures. It's even possible that he'll call you to gush about something you ''just accomplished''. It's like he can see you every waking moment of the day...

** This is even less subtle in Crystal, when he only behaves this way if you play as a girl.

* [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]]: The Goldenrod Underground is a [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]], with a different selection of shops each day of the week, providing goods and services you won’t find anywhere else.

* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Firebreather Dick. Unsurprisingly, his name was changed in the remakes.

* [[What Might Have Been]]: The Japanese version of Crystal had the ability to your real-life cell phone and play against others online. The feature never saw the light of day in other regions.

* [[Wutai]]: Although all the regions in the main series are based on Japan (except for Unova), only a few towns are actually obviously Japanese-influenced, and they're all in Johto. Of special note is Ecruteak City, whose music was remixed in HGSS to sound more Japanese. Interestingly, Cianwood City, which it originally shared music with, has a separate remix that does not use the Japanese-sounding instruments of Ecruteak's version.