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Imagine you took the world of [[Pokémon]] -- and put it into a very [[Studio Gainax]] [[Rule of Cool|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.

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 Withwith 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 Thethe 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: 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)

* [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]]: {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]] turns out to be very much this... mostly due to being [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]].}}

* [[Back Fromfrom 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.

** [[Badass Normal]]: Roy, Wehc, Fuschia, Lavender, and pretty much any other average Joe who [[Took a Level Inin Badass|finds their way into]] [[Up to Eleven|Team Temporal]].

** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Celadon. In a fit of rage, Celadon nearly slaughters a Charizard.

* [[Berserk Button]]:

* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Celadon, the dark-haired Psychic.

* [[Convicted Byby Public Opinion]]: How Rocket Logistics worked to deal with Team Temporal.

* [[Death Byby Origin Story]] : Zigzagged... {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void only [[Let's Get Dangerous]] after [[Morality Chain]] is killed }}

** Zigzaged with [[Token Lesbian Couple|Lady Kiss Void]] having a [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] set up. For her and her pet human.

* [[Did We Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?]]: Pretty much anytime Daebi/Celetwo shows up.

* [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]]: Perfection.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in Aa Coma]]: Krystal Spectrum's reaction to [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]]'s [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] of [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda|Perfection]]

* [[Eldritch Location]]: The Orchards where Daebi/Celetwo [[Did We Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?|hosts her tea parties]] with [[Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels|Pachirisu]].

* [[Enemy Civil War]]: [[The Starscream]] vs. The Elite Four vs. Rocket Logistics vs. [[Hero Withwith Bad Publicity|Team Temporal]] vs. [[The Men in Black|Team Temporal]] vs. [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] it kind of is the whole of the story at times.

* [[ET Gave Us Wi -Fi]]: The Daemon's Notebook was handed to Krystal at the age of five by [[Eldritch Abomination|Daebi/Celetwo]] with technologies not invented yet, to try to boost the situation.

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Bob]]: A Darkrai is fused with a guy named Bob, who apparently hangs out with Captain Insanity, Fujitsu, Brian Blessed clone Captain Hyperion, and knows Daebi/Celetwo.

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Sparkles]]: A normal result for having a [[Genki Girl]] who is [[The Cutie]] present in the plot. It eventually ends later on.

* [[The Farmer and Thethe Viper]]: {{spoiler|Part of the big change made to Lady Kiss Void to have her sacrifice herself.}}

* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]] How Daebi/Celetwo ended up becoming an [[Eldritch Abomination]].

** [[Stat -O -Vision]]: Battery Power, messages, health levels, shadow states.

* [[Identical Grandparent]]: Hinted [[Shout-Out|with]] [[Red Dwarf (TV)|Kochanski]] Spectrum. Who is listed as the [[Ouroboros]] in [[Timeline-Altering MacGuffin|Daemon's Notebook]]

** Admin Mercury {{spoiler|1=[[Word of God]] had a writer commenting about how she felt irritated she was beating the audience over the head with the fact Admin Fredrick Mercury, A JAG officer from the Galactic USoG Philedelphia (I see what you did there) had HIV... as she felt it was only missing a group of Drag Queens singing songs from [[Rent]], and the person from [[Degrassi High]] with HIV/AIDS doing an [[Afterschool Special (TV)|Afterschool Special]] type deal.}}

** Commented on when in [[Spell My Name Withwith a "The"|The Box]].

** Type 1: [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|Deoxys]]

** Type 2: [[The Starscream|Lady Kiss Void]], [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda|Perfection]], Samuel Oak, Giovanni, Admin Mercury

* [[Malicious Slander]]: How the [[Hero Withwith Bad Publicity|HeroesWithBadPublicity]] goes into effect.

** The ending of Pokemon Sepia, and various events in the adventures continuing to follow Sepia put a bit of a [[SchrodingerSchrödinger's Butterfly]] onto Lady Kiss Void as far as [[Master of Illusion]]

* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]: Ego, Conscious/Constant (lil' c), Id and Logic.

* [[Not What I Signed Onon For]]: Samuel Oak's reason for resignation.

* [[Playing Withwith Puppets]]: Celetwo/Daebi's revenge on Perfection

** Daebi/Celetwo {{spoiler|dies to help break [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]] out of its home... and causes the Kanto Incident a year prior. She got better, [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] }}

* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: The Boss Fight room for Lady Kiss Void {{spoiler|which is a mosoleummausoleum to {{[[Yandere |her Pet}} ]].}}

** Working as rather zig -zagged usage of [[Bondage Is Bad]] since the characters doing this stuff for events glimpsed "on camera" were villains.

* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]: Inverted as Lady Kiss Void usually is dressed fairly sensible. Where as Krystal Spectrum has gotten {{[[Stripperiffic |other comments}}]] on her out fits.

* [[Send in Thethe Clones]]: The Daemon Army

* [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: Roy's Ego... but only to irritate and annoy Roy for the most part.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Royal MacKealan / MacKealan / MacKealen / MacKaelen

* [[There Are No Girls Onon the Internet]]: Subverted... the Internet seems to have been invented and solely consist of [[Me's a Crowd|female members]] at times.

* [[The Starscream]]: Lady Kiss Void. However, Perfection was heading this way, as well (Yes, this is in the right spot in the list for [[Spell My Name Withwith a "The"|TheStarscream]]).

* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: Rocket Logistics.

* [["Wake -Up Call" Boss]]: The fight with the Rocket Admin, Selina could count as this.

** Technically this coupled with [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]] for Daebi/Celetwo

* [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]: {{spoiler|Lady Kiss Void pretended to be Stoenn Spectrum after Rocket Logistics took over. Citing grave errors in Rocket Logistics take over--that Titan Co. must return to "his" control. She pulled this while in her [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]] without anybody noticing too [[Flat What]].}}

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