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Though, what nobody expects is for Team [[Temporal Paradox|Temporal]] to appear. Driving [[Rubber Band History|the timeline]], from [[Stable Time Loop|The Loop]], into one referred to as The [[Logic Bomb|Failure]], Team Temporal is mostly just a confused group of teens that just happened to be near by when a city wide genocide occured, an [[A Fete Worse Than Death|enraged Moltres turned on its trainer]] and several buildings exploding. Which only a [[Hero with Bad Publicity|minority of them were actually their own fault]]. Things get even weirder when [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] shows up. A clone of Celebi, with an insatiable capacity and desire to learn. Add a few [[Mad God|Mad Gods]], [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|genetic engineering]], [[Time Travel]], computer hacking, corporate espionage, [[Send in the Clones]] and you are about halfway through. Somewhat [[Planet Eris]] mostly because [[Word of God]] says Daebi is modelled after the [[It Amused Me|Discordian view of Eris]].
Though, what nobody expects is for Team [[Temporal Paradox|Temporal]] to appear. Driving [[Rubber Band History|the timeline]], from [[Stable Time Loop|The Loop]], into one referred to as The [[Logic Bomb|Failure]], Team Temporal is mostly just a confused group of teens that just happened to be near by when a city wide genocide occured, an [[A Fete Worse Than Death|enraged Moltres turned on its trainer]] and several buildings exploding. Which only a [[Hero with Bad Publicity|minority of them were actually their own fault]]. Things get even weirder when [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] shows up. A clone of Celebi, with an insatiable capacity and desire to learn. Add a few [[Mad God|Mad Gods]], [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|genetic engineering]], [[Time Travel]], computer hacking, corporate espionage, [[Send in the Clones]] and you are about halfway through. Somewhat [[Planet Eris]] mostly because [[Word of God]] says Daebi is modelled after the [[It Amused Me|Discordian view of Eris]].


You can still see the story at its Protagonize location: http://www.protagonize.com/story/pokemon-sepia-team-temporal-war-of-origins (provided the originally posting author hasn't gotten banned again)
You can still see the story at its Protagonize location: https://web.archive.org/web/20100826090141/http://www.protagonize.com/story/pokemon-sepia-team-temporal-war-of-origins (provided the originally posting author hasn't gotten banned again)


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* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Inverted. By the time the final big bad is running around, [[The Starscream]] is already near his equal, as are several members of Team Temporal.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Inverted. By the time the final big bad is running around, [[The Starscream]] is already near his equal, as are several members of Team Temporal.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Arguably [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]]'s puppeteering of [[The Dragon|Perfection]]. Though Daebi/Celetwo does have access to a [[Time Abyss]] so it is hard to say, really.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Arguably [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]]'s puppeteering of [[The Dragon|Perfection]]. Though Daebi/Celetwo does have access to a [[Time Abyss]] so it is hard to say, really.
** In [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|Miasma Forest]] {{spoiler|The President of Attara Television Station finds he is alive again. Taking the [[Psuedo Nym]] Wehc Notselrahc.}}
** In [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|Miasma Forest]] {{spoiler|The President of Attara Television Station finds he is alive again. Taking the [[Psuedo Nym]] Wehc Notselrahc.}}
* [[Badass]]: By the bucketload.
* [[Badass]]: By the bucketload.
** [[Badass Bookworm]] / [[Badass Labcoat]]: Krystal.
** [[Badass Bookworm]] / [[Badass Labcoat]]: Krystal.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Max, a required part of his gangster attire.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Max, a required part of his gangster attire.
** [[Badass Normal]]: Roy, Wehc, Fuschia, Lavender, and pretty much any other average Joe who [[Took a Level In Badass|finds their way into]] [[Up to Eleven|Team Temporal]].
** [[Badass Normal]]: Roy, Wehc, Fuschia, Lavender, and pretty much any other average Joe who [[Took a Level in Badass|finds their way into]] [[Up to Eleven|Team Temporal]].
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Celadon. In a fit of rage, Celadon nearly slaughters a Charizard.
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Celadon. In a fit of rage, Celadon nearly slaughters a Charizard.
** [[Lady of War]]: Lavender.
** [[Lady of War]]: Lavender.
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* [[Death by Origin Story]] : Zigzagged... {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void only [[Let's Get Dangerous]] after [[Morality Chain]] is killed }}
* [[Death by Origin Story]] : Zigzagged... {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void only [[Let's Get Dangerous]] after [[Morality Chain]] is killed }}
* [[Den of Iniquity]]: Subverted... unless you call Foozball particularly evil
* [[Den of Iniquity]]: Subverted... unless you call Foozball particularly evil
** Zigzaged with [[Token Lesbian|Lady Kiss Void]] having a [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] set up. For her and her pet human.
** Zigzaged with [[Token Lesbian Couple|Lady Kiss Void]] having a [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] set up. For her and her pet human.
* [[Diabolus Ex Nihilo]]: Daegre during the last battle.
* [[Diabolus Ex Nihilo]]: Daegre during the last battle.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: Pretty much anytime Daebi/Celetwo shows up.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: Pretty much anytime Daebi/Celetwo shows up.
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** Saffron (who is dead by the end of the first chapter).
** Saffron (who is dead by the end of the first chapter).
* [[God Is Evil]]: Played straight AND inverted, when it turns out that the six Pokemon described as 'Gods' are pretty evenly split into good and bad.
* [[God Is Evil]]: Played straight AND inverted, when it turns out that the six Pokemon described as 'Gods' are pretty evenly split into good and bad.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]] How Daebi/Celetwo ended up becoming an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]] How Daebi/Celetwo ended up becoming an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: Krystal Spectrum has some from her Psionic Armour. She just rarely uses them after the [[Doomed New Clothes|outfit was destroyed.]]
* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: Krystal Spectrum has some from her Psionic Armour. She just rarely uses them after the [[Doomed New Clothes|outfit was destroyed.]]
** [[Stat-O-Vision]]: Battery Power, messages, health levels, shadow states.
** [[Stat-O-Vision]]: Battery Power, messages, health levels, shadow states.
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** Krystal's daughter from the future to Fujitsu
** Krystal's daughter from the future to Fujitsu
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Lady Kiss Void, Leader, Team Network, Daebi/Celetwo, Krystal Spectrum, Private Dwayne Spectrum and many others.
* [[Master of Illusion]]: Lady Kiss Void, Leader, Team Network, Daebi/Celetwo, Krystal Spectrum, Private Dwayne Spectrum and many others.
** The ending of Pokemon Sepia, and various events in the adventures continuing to follow Sepia put a bit of a [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]] onto Lady Kiss Void as far as [[Master of Illusion]]
** The ending of Pokemon Sepia, and various events in the adventures continuing to follow Sepia put a bit of a [[Schrödinger's Butterfly]] onto Lady Kiss Void as far as [[Master of Illusion]]
* [[Memetic Molester]]: Waffles The Slowking to a certain extent. Seems to target [[The Woobie|Constance MacKealan]] for the most part.
* [[Memetic Molester]]: Waffles The Slowking to a certain extent. Seems to target [[The Woobie|Constance MacKealan]] for the most part.
* [[Merged Reality]]: Two. One being the driving purpose of story, and the other in the form of Pewter's construction of the Pokemon Box as a fully functioning world inside a computer.
* [[Merged Reality]]: Two. One being the driving purpose of story, and the other in the form of Pewter's construction of the Pokemon Box as a fully functioning world inside a computer.
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** Lady Kiss Void {{spoiler|Is moved to [[The Starscream]] after [[The Renfield]] / [[Ill Girl]] / [[Morality Chain]] dies.}}
** Lady Kiss Void {{spoiler|Is moved to [[The Starscream]] after [[The Renfield]] / [[Ill Girl]] / [[Morality Chain]] dies.}}
** {{spoiler|Gym Leader Nick ends up dying. Which explains in a [[Fridge Brilliance]] sense how Krystal Spectrum was wondering around his gym so easily.}}
** {{spoiler|Gym Leader Nick ends up dying. Which explains in a [[Fridge Brilliance]] sense how Krystal Spectrum was wondering around his gym so easily.}}
** Daebi/Celetwo {{spoiler|dies to help break [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] out of its home... and causes the Kanto Incident a year prior. She got better, [[Back From the Dead]] }}
** Daebi/Celetwo {{spoiler|dies to help break [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] out of its home... and causes the Kanto Incident a year prior. She got better, [[Back from the Dead]] }}
** {{spoiler|Wehc is the dead president of Attara Television Station.}}
** {{spoiler|Wehc is the dead president of Attara Television Station.}}
* [[Pocket Dimension]]: Each member of Team Temporal gets put into one of these as their private hell.
* [[Pocket Dimension]]: Each member of Team Temporal gets put into one of these as their private hell.
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* [[Visionary Villain]]: Deoxys, Schwartz, Weiss.
* [[Visionary Villain]]: Deoxys, Schwartz, Weiss.
* [[Voice of the Resistance]]: Arguably Team Network. Though, they are more allied to just getting information than really any resistance.
* [[Voice of the Resistance]]: Arguably Team Network. Though, they are more allied to just getting information than really any resistance.
* [[Wake Up Call Boss]]: The fight with the Rocket Admin, Selina could count as this.
* [["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]: The fight with the Rocket Admin, Selina could count as this.
* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Krystal Spectrum, in every town see visits, if she does grab a new [[Doomed New Clothes]].
* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Krystal Spectrum, in every town see visits, if she does grab a new [[Doomed New Clothes]].
* [[We Do the Impossible]]:
* [[We Do the Impossible]]:
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* [[White Mask of Doom]]: Perfection wore one.
* [[White Mask of Doom]]: Perfection wore one.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Krystal Spectrum after going shadow.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Krystal Spectrum after going shadow.
** Technically this coupled with [[Go Mad From the Revelation]] for Daebi/Celetwo
** Technically this coupled with [[Go Mad from the Revelation]] for Daebi/Celetwo
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Zigzaged when Leader comments on how poor Lady Kiss Void's chosen name is. Leader also being another example
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Zigzaged when Leader comments on how poor Lady Kiss Void's chosen name is. Leader also being another example
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: The source of Perfections' [[Villainous Breakdown]]
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: The source of Perfections' [[Villainous Breakdown]]
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Latest revision as of 00:40, 4 March 2021
"A war means money. Money in science, because if you use Pokemon they'll just beat each other to death until you catch some more."
—De-Facto President Weiss to Indigo Sepia

Imagine you took the world of Pokémon -- and put it into a very Studio Gainax style direction and narrative. With bits that seem to be a mixture of Chuck Palahniuk 's writing mixed with Cory Doctorow 's own style. The result might be close enough to the Fan Fiction Pokémon Sepia, but only if you also added Doctor Who into the mix.

The pitch line is that there is a meteor headed on a path to destroy all of Earth. In fact, it has done so, a few times already. With the recent death of George Grau, president of Cyren (the Capital region in the nation of Spectrum), Vice-President Jon Weiss steps into his shoes as de-facto President, nominating Stephen Schwarz, CEO of a supposed Freight Company, Rocket Logistics. In order to bring about the kind of funding to stop the Meteor headed straight to Earth, he starts a war, to justify more militant expenses.

Though, what nobody expects is for Team Temporal to appear. Driving the timeline, from The Loop, into one referred to as The Failure, Team Temporal is mostly just a confused group of teens that just happened to be near by when a city wide genocide occured, an enraged Moltres turned on its trainer and several buildings exploding. Which only a minority of them were actually their own fault. Things get even weirder when Daebi/Celetwo shows up. A clone of Celebi, with an insatiable capacity and desire to learn. Add a few Mad Gods, genetic engineering, Time Travel, computer hacking, corporate espionage, Send in the Clones and you are about halfway through. Somewhat Planet Eris mostly because Word of God says Daebi is modelled after the Discordian view of Eris.

You can still see the story at its Protagonize location: https://web.archive.org/web/20100826090141/http://www.protagonize.com/story/pokemon-sepia-team-temporal-war-of-origins (provided the originally posting author hasn't gotten banned again)

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