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As evidence of its incredible popularity, ''Pokémon Yellow'' was later released as a fourth version in Japan in 1998, and as a third version in North America in 1999. ''Yellow'' took elements from the [[Pokémon (anime)|TV series]] and [[Recursive Adaptation|transported them back into the games]], however loosely. Instead of picking one of the usual trio, a wild Pikachu ends up as your starter, and [[All in a Row|follows you everywhere]] rather than [[Party in My Pocket|get into the usual Poké Ball]]. The familiar Team Rocket trio also show up.
Jump ahead a couple gens, and ''Red'' and ''Blue'' reappeared once more in the form of their [[Video Game Remake|Video Game Remakes]] on the [[Game Boy Advance]]: ''FireRed'' and ''LeafGreen''. These allowed players to relive the classic games with many of the new benefits, tweaks, and balances of the second and third gens, though it took some [[Retcon|Retconning]] here and there, and added in some new areas to explore after finishing the familiar challenge.
Another detail worth noting is that many of the tropes listed under ''Red'' and ''Blue'''s category also apply to ''Yellow'', ''FireRed'', and ''LeafGreen''.
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The manual explains the basic background of you and your rival, states your age, and states the events that lead up to the start of your adventure.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: The records of Mewtwo's birth, found in the Pokémon Mansion.
* [[Beat the Curse Out of Him]]: The chanelers in Lavender Tower. See [[Demonic Possession]] Below.
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Celadon City, an antique, green, and cheerful city that harbors Team Rocket's headquarters.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: All the channelers in Lavender Tower are possessed by Ghost Pokémon (until you defeat them).
* [[Dummied Out]]:
** Apparently, [http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78267 the first Generation was originally supposed to have 190 Pokémon.] Thirty-nine of them were removed and became the glitch Pokémon [[The Missingno|Missingno.]] What little is left of them is still accessible via hacking or glitching, but they are glitchy, unrecognizable and some of them even potentially [[Game Breaking Bug|Game Breaking Bugs]].
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: A given, considering how glitchy and unrefined the originals are compared to future installments. The most glaring example would be a programming error rendering Psychic-types completely immune to the Ghost type, one of their only two (at the time) weaknesses.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The infamous Glitch City.
* [[Enemy Switch-Out]]: Roar and Whirlwind, which force the ''opponent'' to switch out in a Trainer battle. [[Early Installment Weirdness|This being ''Red and Blue'', though]], it only worked in the wild to end battles immediately, and wouldn't function "properly" in trainer battles until ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]''. Roar and Whirlwind also have decreased [[Action Initiative|priority]], allowing the opponent to potentially strike first before it hits; as of [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Generation III]], the move will almost always go last in turn order. In competitive battling, moves like these are used to force a stat reset.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Kanto = the Kanto region of Japan, and eastern Chubu as well, with Johto from [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Generation II]] being based on the western part of Chubu in addition to Kansai. (Kanto is the only region in the ''Pokémon'' games to share its name with the Japanese region it is based on, but the geography was still similar with later ones; Johto resembles Kansai and western Chubu, Hoenn and Sinnoh resemble Kyushu and Hokkaido, respectively, and Unova resembles [[Big Applesauce|New York City]] as well as a bit of [[Joisey|New Jersey]].)
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The same Juggler who later appeared in''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' who says "Whoops,dropped my balls!" or a resonable facsimile, is in one of the gyms in this game.
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* [[One Game for the Price of Two]]: It's Pokémon.
* [[One Stat to Rule Them All]]: "Special" dictated both attack ''and'' defense power in regard to special-based elements ([[Fire, Ice, Lightning]], Psychic, etc.). It was toned down a great deal in Generation II, wherein it was divided into separate Special Attack and Special Defense.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Considering how Creatures ([[
** A Team Rocket member also mentions that he will make the player character [[The Godfather|an offer he/she cannot refuse]].
** One that [[Dummied Out|didn't quite make it]]: Red was originally going to be named [[MOTHER 1|Ninten]].
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** [[Fridge Brilliance|Celadon Gym doesn't exactly let men hang around....]]
* [[Sleeper Hit]]: See [[It Will Never Catch On]] above.
* [[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: "Go, my super bug Pokémon!"
* [[Take That]]: When starting a new game, before entering the characters' names, the player's name is initialized to [[Nintendo|NINTEN]] and the rival's name to [[Sony]].
* [[Teaser Equipment]]: The bicycle. When you first arrive in Cerulean City, it is on display for 1 million yen (more than your carrying capacity of money). After advancing the plot in the next town, you get a voucher to acquire one for free.
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** A rumor has always been around that when the games were first released in Japan, loads of little children got ill and committed suicide because of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOd_gFld9c Lavender Town music.] Some people thought this was why the music was subtly changed to remove some of the high pitched notes in the American remakes. In reality, the music was changed because people in Japan had been getting headaches from the shrillness of it.
** Then there's all the rumors about how to catch [[Secret Character|Mew....]]
** Averted in that exploitation of how the game engine processes data will allow you to encounter any monster of your choosing... [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mew_glitch including Mew].
* [[Where It All Began]]: The map is naturally designed to send you back to your hometown of Pallet after you get the Volcano Badge; additionally, Viridian City, the first town you arrive at after Pallet, is both the location of the 8th gym, and where the road to the Indigo Plateau starts.
* [[Yakuza]]: Team Rocket. Changed to [[The Mafia]] outside of Japan.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: A few characters from the anime can be found in early routes, like AJ and Giselle. Melanie and a much nicer Damien show up to give you Bulbasaur and Charmander as well. Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy show up too. And, of course, there's Jessie and James as well as Meowth (As one of their Pokémon, he gets no speaking lines), who are recurring enemies. Because of game mechanics, though, they aren't named.▼
** Funnily enough, Metapod could only know Harden if you caught it in the wild, Caterpie that evolve get left out on the fun. However, since Ash's Caterpie learned Harden upon evolution, they made Harden a move accessible upon evolution, a change that surprisingly stayed in all later games.
▲* [[Canon Immigrant]]: A few characters from the anime can be found in early routes, like AJ and Giselle. Melanie and a much nicer Damien show up to give you Bulbasaur and Charmander as well. Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy show up too. And, of course, there's Jessie and James, who are recurring enemies. Because of game mechanics, though, they aren't named.
* [[Crutch Character]]: ''Yellow'' added another Pokémon to Route 22 to help against Brock -- the Fighting-type Mankey. The Nidorans (found on the same route) could now learn Double Kick much earlier as well. Unlike most crutch characters though, they remain pretty solid throughout the game.
* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: It's a game based on [[The Anime of the Game]].
** Technically it's The Game: [[Updated Rerelease|The Update]]: [[Import Gaming|The Import]]: [[The Anime of the Game|The Anime]]: [[Licensed Game|The Game]]: [[Running Gag|The Update]].
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike|Remake Difficulty Spike]]: This game is actually quite a bit harder than the originals. Not only do a lot of random trainers actually have moves incorporating TM's on their Pokémon, but the Gym Leaders are a good deal tougher. Lt. Surge for example only has one Pokémon, but in return his Raichu is quite a bit higher leveled than in Red and Blue and carries Mega Punch and Kick to annihilate Ground types you bring in. Then, there's Koga whose best Pokémon is a ''level 50 Venomoth''. The last gym leader? Erika's Pokémon were around levels 20-30. Yeah. Sabrina also has her Pokémon in that range to, and Giovanni as well as the Pokémon League are just all around higher leveled as well.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Blue was already unlikable in the original games, but in this game he flat out steals the Eevee that you were meant to start with! What a dick!
* [[Ascended Meme]]: Many new features and secrets seem to call back to the wild rumors that surrounded the original games. For instance, and the ability to find something by the truck near the S.S. Anne.
* [[Bowdlerize]]
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* [[Significant Anagram]]: "Tanoby" is an anagram of "botany" and the Tanoby chambers are named after plants. The Japanese name is an anagram of Nanakusa and the chambers are named after [[wikipedia:Nanakusa-no-sekku|Nanakusa-no-sekku]].
* [[Stealth Pun]]: There is a small island in Resort Gorgeous, just north of Five Island, where a lady named [[Gilligan's Island|Gilligan]] is having her portrait painted.
* [[Too Soon]]: In Red and Blue, the Pewter Museum has a model of the Space Shuttle Columbia on display. FireRed and LeafGreen were released about a year after Columbia’s tragic demise; their display is just labeled “Space Shuttle.”
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