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{{quote|''"Introducing the newest Pokémon ... ''YOU!''"''
A [[Pokémon]]-themed entry in Chunsoft's ''Mystery Dungeon'' (''Fushigi no Dungeon'') [[Roguelike]] franchise. The games center around a world populated ''exclusively'' by Pokémon (with no humans to be seen), who live in towns and cities, run shops, and go on adventures in [[Randomly Generated Levels|randomly-generated dungeons]].
''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon'' as a whole is notable from the main series for two reasons, one being that it's the first entries in the entire Pokémon franchise to place special emphasis on [[Character Development]] and a compelling [[Story Arc]] (as opposed to the series's usual quest [[To Be a Master]] and to [[Gotta Catch Them All|catch 'em all]]), typically involving a human who [[Fish Out of
The second reason this spinoff series is notable? Because it's the first time we get to hear exactly ''what'' the Pokémon are saying underneath all the [[Pokémon-Speak]] we've come to expect.
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The series comprises these installments:
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team|Red and Blue Rescue Team]]'' were released for the Game Boy Advance and DS in 2005. Like the main series, there were [[One Game for the Price of Two|a few minor differences]] between the Red and Blue versions, but both were required for true [[One Hundred Percent Completion]] <ref> if one didn't have the proper wonder mail codes, which are available on [[
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers|Explorers of Time and Darkness]]'', another pair of games with minor differences between them, released in 2008 and featuring Pokémon from the fourth generation, a tighter [[Story Arc]], and many tweaks to the underlying gameplay. An [[Updated Rerelease]], ''Explorers of Sky'', was released in 2009 with additional features, including bonus chapters focusing on side characters. The ''Explorers'' games have become somewhat notorious for the ''sheer amount'' of frightening situations that managed to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|sneak past the radar]].
* ''[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_(WiiWare) Adventure Squad]'': A third installment released [[No Export for You|only in Japan]] for [[Wii Ware]] in 2009, comprising three versions with elementally-themed starter Pokémon (Fire, Water, and Electric), with entirely 3D graphics, and a [[Lighter and Softer]] story involving Arceus. These games do not have a page here at the moment, which is why the external link is given.
* ''Gates to Infinity'' was released in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. After a mysterious dream, the player becomes a pokemon and meets several pokemon, including a very ambitious one who wants to make a "Pokemon Paradise." But a dangerous threat threatens that world and its to the player and his best friend/business partner to get to the bottom of it.
* ''Super Mystery Dungeon'', released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2015. The player becomes a pokemon and will go on a journey to find his true identity and solve a mystery of a new danger.
The first two installments also received their own manga adaptations and a few anime episodes based on them (see [[The Anime of the Game]]).
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* [[Adventure Guild]]: Explicitly so with Wigglytuff's Guild in ''Explorers''.
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Averted; Pokémon with asymmetrical designs have different sprites for all eight directions.
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** Taken to an extreme in ''Bidoof's Wish'' where Jirachi offers Bidoof a wish, and the player is given a ''slew'' of possible options (even [[World Domination]]), all leading to the same result -- Bidoof doesn't want to wish for it any more, and [[Take a Third Option|wishes for something else]].
** Chimecho provides a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in ''Sky'': "Even if you select a "No," you eventually have to select the "Yes," so it always ends up the same anyway..."
** Late in the Explorers games, during a major plot point a selection dialog pops up ... and there's ONLY ONE OPTION to pick from!
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The Wigglytuff in both games. They're separate Wigglytuff, for those of you who are wondering.
** [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]
* [[Climbing Climax]]: Both games end with a tower climb; the first one is the [[Bubbly Clouds|Sky Tower]], the second is {{spoiler|Temporal Tower}}.
* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: Defeat means losing approximately half the items (randomly selected) in your active inventory and ''all'' of your money on hand. When the game tells you to use the bank and item storage before setting out, it isn't kidding.
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* [[Knockback]]: Blowback Orbs (and the moves Roar and Whirlwind) specifically send a foe flying across the room, causing them to take damage if they hit a wall or opposing Pokémon.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Happens with some frequency. To give one example:
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'''Igglybuff:''' Dungeon bosses don't have much patience, do they? }}
* [[Large Ham]]: Dugtrio, Palkia, and Spiritomb probably all count.
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Rumored about Kecleon, one of the merchants: "He wouldn't get free items in dungeons and sell them at a higher price..."
* [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity]]: If you see more than one or two items in the same room, it's likely to be either a Kecleon Shop (good) or a Monster House (very bad).
* [[Talking Animal]]: Invoked by the player at the start of the game when they realize the first voice talking to them belongs to a Pokémon instead of a human. See [[Translation Convention]] for the rest.▼
* [[Take Your Time]]: Indeed, although if the player is defeated in a boss battle, both the partner ''and'' boss will acknowledge that the player is back "again" for a rematch.
▲* [[Talking Animal]]: Invoked by the player at the start of the game when they realize the first voice talking to them belongs to a Pokémon instead of a human. See [[Translation Convention]] for the rest.
* [[Tech Points]]: Eating Gummis increases the user's "IQ" allowing them to learn and equip new (mostly passive) skills, such as healing quicker from status problems or walking on water/lava.
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: And in another body, too!
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* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: Averted in the first game, due to it not having a villain, but played straight in the second.
* [[Violence Is the Only Option]]: Expect to hear something like "he's not listening to reason" any time you reach the final floor of the latest dungeon.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: The very existence of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Nightmare Fuel|this page]]. ▼
* [[Wallet of Holding]]: Your inventory space may be limited, but your money stash (not counting the bank) sure is not.
* [[We Buy Anything]]
* [[We Cannot Go on Without You]]: If either the player or their partner Mon are knocked out in a dungeon, the mission is immediately over. (After the credits roll, this is reduced to whomever the player designates as the party leader.)
* [[
** A similar rule applies to Fire-type Pokémon crossing lava.
*** An then it takes it to its logical extreme, with the IQ ability Absolute Mover, it not only allows any typed Pokémon to cross any terrain type normally not cross able unless you're a flying, fire or water type it also allows you to move through the walls.
** Any Flying-Type or any Pokémon with the ability Levitate can cross lava and water as well.
▲* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: The very existence of [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon/Nightmare Fuel|this page]].
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]: The Belly meter.
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