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[[File:PokeSpe_characters.jpg|frame|<small>Center: [[Awesomeness By Analysis|Emerald]]. Clockwise from top: [[The Medic|Yellow]], [[The Hero|Red]], [[Idiot Hero|Gold]], [[Camp Straight|Ruby]], [[The Rival|Green]] (Blue US), [[Anti
''Pokémon Special'' [[Market
The primary difference between it and [[Pokémon (
The [[Manga]] series is authored by Hidenori Kusaka. It was illustrated by Mato for the first 9 volumes, and since volume 10, has been illustrated by Satoshi Yamamoto. It is published by Shōgakukan under the Ladybird Comics Special imprint. In the United States, [[Viz Media]] released only the first two chapters (corresponding to the Generation I games) originally, though they have started publishing the series again (starting with reprints of Gen I) and in order to catch up has launched Gen IV as a second series, ''Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum''. The Generation V chapter, ''Pokémon Black and White'' (marked as a "Pokémon Adventures special edition"), is currently being published with its chapters taken directly from the magazines and released in mini-volumes. For the chapters Viz hasn't gotten to yet, the go-to official English translation is the [[
While there are multiple other ''Pokémon'' manga, this is the most well known (at least in English-speaking circles). If you see a ''Pokémon'' fan talk about "the manga", this is probably what they are referring to. (Some of the other manga are listed on the main ''[[Pokémon]]'' page.)
''<small>Note: In general, we're using characters' English names where they're known, even if they haven't appeared in English versions yet. Blue and Green, however, had their names switched in translation so the boys matched the English games [[Pokémon Red and Blue]]; we're using the original Japanese designations (so Green's the boy and Blue's the girl).</small>''
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: In a world full of Japanese/Anglo names, nobody seems to comment that the Dex Holders' names are colors, jewels, and metals.
** Though Ruby, Sapphire, Crystal and Pearl are not unusual as names, well, for girls anyway. Poor Ruby and Pearl. Red is also a relatively common nickname for males, so that works too.
* [[Action Girl]]: All the main female 'Dex Holders are quite capable of battling and defending themselves. In fact, after Red, the next Dex holders that actually battled and won gym badges were Sapphire and Platinum.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Lt. Surge, Koga, Sabrina, {{spoiler|Bruno, Agatha, Lorelei, Lance, and Pryce}}, although some of these characters are more sympathetic than others and {{spoiler|most of the named Gym Leaders reform, as do all of the Elite Four members sans Agatha.}}
▲* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Lt. Surge, Koga, Sabrina, {{spoiler|Bruno, Agatha, Lorelei, Lance, and Pryce}}, although some of these characters are more sympathetic than others and {{spoiler|most of the named Gym Leaders reform, as do all of the Elite Four members sans Agatha.}}
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[Adult Child]]: Crystal's hyper mother, who jumps around, has [[Girlish Pigtails]], wears clothing someone her age normally wouldn't wear, and has a [[Verbal Tic]], though she can be serious when the time comes for it. She is also the one who forced Crys into her HGSS outfit.
** In a sense, the mangaka. Reading the author notes in the volumes will tell you what an [[Adorkable]] fanboy of the games he is.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: There is a surprisingly large amount of information on the background of the Pokémon world in the back section of the books. Information includes the main characters' teams' levels, amount of Pokémon seen and caught, Pokédex functions, maps detailing where everything took place, etc. There was even one detailing the exact duties of the Kanto/Johto Gym Leaders.
** The Pokedex pages on the netkun site provide details of various Pokémon that had been shown in the series, such as the Gym Leaders' Pokémon's genders.
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* [[Anticlimax]]: Near the end of the Ruby and Sapphire arc, {{spoiler|Wallace finally accepts his role as Hoenn's champion and prepares to battle Archie and Maxie for the fate of the region. He gets to kick ass for all of two pages before they reveal [[Always Save the Girl|they have Winona as a hostage, forcing Wallace to stand down and allow himself to get beaten to a pulp.]]}}
* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: Justified and explained in the GSC chapter, when the storage system goes down and Crystal can't drop off her captures. The Professors discuss that there's nothing stopping Crystal from carrying seven or eight or more Pokémon, but it's harder to devote enough care and attention to that many; most trainers disparage those who carry so many for that reason.
* [[Arc Welding]]: This series does an impressive job of welding all the arcs together. Volumes 29 and 38 have broken people's brains with all the different plots and characters that have come together.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Quite noticeable. Compare the Kanto group to the Hoenn or Sinnoh at the same age, the Kanto trio to them in the Sevii arc, or even Gold at the beginning to himself by the end of the GSC arc.
** Both examples are justified by the fact that they are different artists. The first one's art deteriorated with time alongside her health, as you can see between the RGB and Yellow arcs and the beginning of GSC. Mid-GSC, the artist was changed by someone who imitated her style for the rest of the arc, before he was allowed to use his style in RS and onwards.
** Satoshi Yamamoto seems to be recently experimenting with new types of bodies and faces to diversify the cast. He is also getting better at drawing more detailed clothing.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Many one-off characters from the games get their roles greatly expanded here.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Apparently the creators have a soft spot for human!Latias, as she's seen in every author note since her debut until volume 37. Here she is as a [http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/ybur_angel/301.jpg cheerleader] and here she is as an [http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/ybur_angel/311.jpg idol].
** More like Creator of the Franchise Appeal and Paying Him Your Respects, Poliwhirl is apparently Satoshi Tajiri's favorite Pokémon, which is probably why Red's first Pokémon is Poli.
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** The Unova film director bears an uncanny resemblance to Kusaka himself.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Seriously, who ''wouldn't'' love to be named Gold, Silver or Platinum? Black and Diamond are also pretty cool names.
* [[Back
** {{spoiler|As well as Guile Hideout/Archie, though he was just missing and presumed dead.}}
* [[Back
* [[Badass]]: Norman.
** Son runs away from home? Have a gorilla swing A STAIRCASE at him.
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** If any of the main characters isn't this by the end of their respective game's story arc - there is definitely something wrong with them.
** For the most part, the dominate race in the Pokémon Special world is not humans or Pokémon. [[World of Badass|It's badasses]].
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Most notably [http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/Senefen/surskitmontage.jpg Guile's Surskit] from the Emerald arc.
** [[Beware the Nice Ones|Yellow]] [[Superweapon Surprise|has a few tricks up her sleeve]].
** No, Gold's Togepi takes the cake. It took down Lance's (admittedly wounded) Dragonite before launching itself right through its Hyper Beam!
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** A much lesser version is pretty much everybody; while trainers still generally just hang back and give orders like in the games and anime, here, some actually provide physical support. A common variation is riding your Pokémon while it's fighting. Giovanni actually says a truly 'great' trainer has to hone his own body instead of just relying on your Pokémon. This is the same advice Chuck goes by and passed down to Green.
** The majority of the characters are brilliant battle strategists who make use of Pokémon and their abilities in ways most people would never even consider.
* [[Bag of Holding]]: Props and accessories appear to be kept in tiny capsules, which are then kept inside a prop case. No idea how or where the Sinnoh Trio had their bikes stashed away, though.
** Well, they are marked as ''folding'' bikes. This presumably signifies that they'd be able to fit in the Sinnoh trio's bags when not in use, or something similar.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Gold goes absolutely ballistic when the Masked Man tells him that Pokémon are just weapons to him. {{spoiler|It was a lie.}}
** Lay a hand on Blue and Silver will ''snap you in half''.
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*** The feeling may be mutual. After {{spoiler|Will and Karen are shown to have fought Silver and knocked him out, Blue is so enraged she overcomes her ornithophobia, stands up to the bird that kidnapped her and fights back using the legendary bird trio}}.
** Speaking of Blue, ruin her reunion with her parents? Watch out, Red ''and'' Green will go after you. {{spoiler|The "berserk" part was mostly Red, Green being more concerned about his grandpa, but still}}.
** Most Dex Holders have their own personal Berserk Buttons, but ''all'' of them will kick your ass if you harm or upset their friend or mistreat Pokemon.
** As Black demonstrates in Nimbasa City. He ''flips'' when he thinks White is in danger and doesn't hesitate to bring out his ''whole team'' for an ass-kicking.
* [[BFS]]: Mewtwo's [[Improbable Weapon User|Big Friggin']] '''[[Improbable Weapon User|Spoon]]'''.
* [[Big Bad]]: Giovanni will pretty much throw you into a bottomless cavern and experiment with your blood if given the chance. {{spoiler|Unless you're his son, Silver. But he will probably do the above to you if you touch the kid.}}
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*** Illiteracy is considered to be the inability to read at or above an eight grade level in the United States, so there is no lost in translation at all.
*** She could just have dyslexia. It makes sense with her frustration at trying to read the letters.
* [[Book Safe]]: Roxanne uses a book to hide her Pokeballs.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: At the end of the RGB Mt. Moon arc (in the original Viz release), Red carries an unconscious Misty out of the caves. She comes to, finds herself covered in dirt, and punches Red because she thinks he's groping her. The reprint instead extends the "dirty" complaint as the reason for the punch.
** They also cleaned up the Blue vs Sabrina fight; the re-release has Blue insult Sabrina's fashion sense instead of her "[[A
** Crystal's mom no longer gives her a [[Dope Slap]] hard enough to knock her to the ground, but instead a [[Death Glare]] that makes her physically recoil.
** Much like the anime, Lenora's apron was edited out. A bit pointless as she only wore it in a few shots, having taken it off right before battling Black.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Blue was kidnapped at age five by a giant bird {{spoiler|Ho-Oh}}, [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|giving her a crippling fear of birds]], so that she could be forced to become the underling of a [[Big Bad]]. After eleven long years of fighting for her freedom, overcoming her phobias, and generally breaking free of her past, she {{spoiler|locates her parents and goes off for a joyous and tearful reunion, only to have them disappear in front of her eyes.}} Is it any wonder she went into a near coma afterward?
** White gets hit ''hard''. Right after the highest moment of her life (working on the Pokemon Musical to the point of exhaustion to make sure it would be a hit), {{spoiler|N reveals to her that her star actress has always wanted to battle. Then her star actress abandons her, allowing White to fall off the Ferris Wheel. White is then left barely conscious on the ground below, her eyes full of tears.}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: In the beginning of the RS arc, Ruby makes an offhand remark how Mudkip is better than Treecko (appearance-wise, anyways). In the middle of the Emerald arc, which is two arcs later (which in-story is about a year), Ruby discovers that Emerald's Sceptile is in fact the same Treecko, which had since gone missing. He cheerfully asks the Sceptile if it remembers him, and sure enough, it turns out that it had been carrying a grudge for that remark. Ruby promptly gets punched in the face.
** The Fire Red and Leaf Green saga has Old Master Kimberly looking for the Old Sea Map, the item needed to find Faraway Island which is home to the "ancestor" of all Pokémon, Mew; she passes this information on to Captain Briney, only for her to learn that he's already found the island, making all her efforts moot. Seems like a one-note joke, but... Later in the Emerald saga, soil from Faraway Island, being connected to Mew's DNA, was what helped calm down all the berserk Pokémon in the Battle Frontier.
** During the GSC Arc, while the President of the Pokémon Fan Club is communicating with all his members, we catch a glimpse of a girl in a bathtub with her Tentacool, a reference to the case of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] below.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Bill and Eusine.
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** The majority of the protagonists in their introduction arcs. Red for example becomes a butt monkey to his own Pikachu.
* [[Canon Foreigner|Canon Foreigners]]: Yellow and Emerald do not have game counterparts.
** Blue was based [https://web.archive.org/web/20130306164205/http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/f3/Kensugiart4.png on] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130306164204/http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/6/6f/Sugimori_Starter_artwork.png artwork] from when the First Gen was to have a gender option. When FR/LG were released, her artwork was retooled to make her the equivalent of the female character there.
* [[Call Back]]/[[Continuity Nod]]: Quite frequently are past events brought up in the present, even if said events were hundreds of chapters ago.
** Way, way back in the RBG arc, Red was led around the Safari Zone by a mechanical Pidgey. Hundreds of chapters later, there are mechanical Starly guides in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier. It also turns out that there are mechanical Hoothoot in the Johto Safari Zone.
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* {{spoiler|Celebi}} [[Deus Ex Machina|Ex Machina]]
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Given the limited amount of personality present in the game characters, the mangaka really went out of their way to create unique and often radically different characterizations for the trainers.
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]:
** [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Way too many to count. Just about every minor object introduced early in the story becomes significant later on. A noteworthy one is the book Green reads in the GSC arc...which is revealed in the FRLG arc to have been {{spoiler|written by ''Giovanni.''}}
*** This book is mentioned to tell how to evolve Rhydon in the HGSS arc, something that wasn't revealed in the games until ''two generations'' after GSC.
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* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: In most arc finales, Dex Holders [[Combination Attack|combine their attacks]] to take down the [[Big Bad]]. What's interesting is that whenever older Dex Holders show up to support the newer generation, it's always an [[Shock and Awe|electric attack]] that is the finishing blow. (Megavolt, Super Rising Thunder, Volt Tackle.)
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Part of Diamond and Pearl's act:
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* [[Contractual Purity]]: White freaks at the idea of Tep evolving and having Gigi pair up with a different, presumably larger, not-as-adorable Pokémon.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: The final battle of the Yellow Chapter briefly moves to the crater of a volcano.
* [[Conveniently Empty Building|Conveniently Empty City]]: Vermillion City was conveniently empty when Lance decimates it with a Hyper Beam due to a major event at the docks. However, Lance does acknowledge that there were probably a few people still inside.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Believe it or not, it's Ruby!
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Notable example are Platinum's real bodyguards: who's going to think much of two guys whose names are based on the word 'idiot' (Yuji and Paka)? Hell, you might think her dad was one for hiring them in the first place. After a few comical mishaps, the two get into a battle with Team Galactic, and you can see that they really are skilled battlers, displaying clever strategies and outwitting Saturn himself.
** Ruby, who normally avoids battles in public, is a very competent battler.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Blue seems to be able to deal with many problems, including a few she doesn't anticipate.
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* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: In the games and anime, the first thing the characters attack with their Pokémon is their opponent's Pokémon. Here, if you're an evil character, it's usually the trainer you're getting your Pokémon to sic.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The tone overall remains similarly lighthearted, but it is a good deal grittier than the anime and most of the original games.
* [[Darkest Hour]]: {{spoiler|The final battle/climax of the RS arc. Norman, Marge, Steven are all dead. Wallace gets the crap beaten out of him by Maxie and Archie who's both gone insane for destruction at this point. Winona is held hostage.}}
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Blue and Silver's childhood.
** Ruby and Sapphire count too.
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Platinum starts out to be quite bossy and snobbish to Diamond and Pearl (to be fair, she at first thought that they were her bodyguards) but warms up to them later.
* [[Determinator]]
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'''Gold''': (Panting) Open your ears and listen well then!!! Remember this, I am...(Gives Focus Bands to his Pokémon) '''GOLD'''! From New Bark Town!! }}
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|The end of the Fire Red and Leaf Green arc: Team Rocket has been stopped, Deoxys has been calmed, Mewtwo has found peace, Silver has accepted his father, and no one other than Orm has died despite the intense battles and the falling airship rigged with explosives. All seems well until Sird [[Made of Iron|somehow]] shows up and makes a last-ditch attempt to recapture Deoxys, which fails but causes the five dex holders present to be [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]].}}
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Koga for Janine, and (presumably) Hayate for Falkner.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The Sinnoh Trio make a lot of noise in Mt. Coronet's caves. Cyrus's response is to bury them alive in a rock slide.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Ruby running away from home because his dad won't accept he wants to be a Pokémon coordinator. Ruby is very, very camp. It honestly gets a bit awkward when {{spoiler|Norman eventually tracks him down and beats him senseless.}}
** To be fair, Norman would have accepted this if Ruby hadn't run away.
* [[Double Take]]: When Yellow's "Uncle" sees the Mask's Rocket grunts.
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]/[[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Gold mistakes Bugsy for a girl in the beginning of the G/S/C arc and actually asks "her" out.
** ''[[Memetic Mutation|He wears]]'' '''''[[Memetic Mutation|SHORT SHORTS]]!!!'''''
** In HGSS, Bugsy looks even ''more'' feminine.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: The rival is Green. The girl is Blue. But in the published English version, this is reversed because of the way the Blue and Green version were released as one, making the default name for the first gen's rival Blue.
** [[Dub
** There's some trouble with the manga-exclusive characters who of course have no English name. Some go with Coronis's translations while others go with Chuang Yi's. Though Chuang Yi is technically the "official" version, they have given new names to characters that ''did'' actually have official English names. Many stick to Coronis's as his translations are much more faithful.
** Viz getting back in the game as a third (and second "official") translation could complicate matters.
* [[Dub
** The Sinnoh Trio started their journey on September 28th, the day the ''Diamond and Pearl'' games were released in Japan. The Viz translators caught on to the reference and changed it to April 22nd, the day the games were released in America. However, this shows that Viz doesn't read ahead, as of this point of the story winter is rapidly approaching Sinnoh, necessitating the change into the ''Platinum'' outfits. Apparently in Sinnoh, it starts snowing in May.
* [[Early
** In her battle against Blue, Sabrina hypnotizes her to see her greatest fear: a pagoda surrounded by birds. ''i.e.'' {{spoiler|Johto's Bell Tower.}}
** In the RGB arc, right before the start of the Pokemon League, a few GS trainer classes are seen in the crowd.
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** There was also that point where Giovanni had discovered {{spoiler|Rhydon's evolution, Rhyperior.}}
** {{spoiler|Near the end of FRLG,}} Deoxys mentions going to a faraway land that has a meteor that can help Deoxys change forms at will. {{spoiler|In Sinnoh's Veilstone City, perhaps?}}
* [[Elephant in
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Red, Green, and Blue team up with the three admins of Team Rocket against three of the Elite Four.
** And later they team up with one of the Elite Four against three new Team Rocket admins...
* [[Cute Kitten]]: Ruby has a Skitty which later evolves to a Delcatty.
* [[
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Lance does this ''a lot'' in the Yellow arc.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Subverted. Silver isn't evil, just a jerk ([[Character Development|at first]]) due to [[Freudian Excuse|a bad childhood]].
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** Maxie fits this to a tee, though.
** Also, Mars from Team Galactic, and Ariana of Team Rocket.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Aqua vs. Magma, just like in [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: Crys mainly using her legs to throw PokéBalls.
* [[Fallen Angel]]: {{spoiler|Cyrus; there's even a shot of him with his Honchkrow behind him with its wings outstretched at the end of the arc.}}
* [[Fanime]]: There's a group of fans making a serious attempt at animating the series '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100330194727/http://pokespeanime.forumotion.com/forum.htm here]'''. They apparently need more animators and illustrators so support them if you can.
* [[Fan Service]]: Red's shirtlessness at the latter part of FRLG.
** What, no mentioning Blue and her fight against Sabrina?
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* [[Fastball Special]]
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Red and Ruby's gloves.
* [[Four Is Death|Four]] [[Five
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Bill and a Rattata early in the RGB saga. Cue speeding Fearow hunting for food.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The first four generations form this.
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*** Pearl: Rash, likes to shout, but is the de-facto leader of the trio (Id)
*** Platinum: Stoic at first, but likes to experience new things and is the one who holds the trio together (Superego)
* [[Fun
* [[Funny Afro]]: The Hoenn director.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: The end of the Yellow Chapter started with [[Evil Plan]], continued into some ''heroic'' [[Gambit Roulettes]], and in the end {{spoiler|Giovanni's apparent [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment}} actually turned out to be part of Lance's plan and Yellow somehow managing to outwit him. It gets crazier later on. Suffice it to say ''everyone'' gets to play [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] at some point - even <s>Guile Hideout</s>
* [[Gambit Roulette]] which Blue uses one Lorelei.
** Also {{spoiler|we're all pretty sure Sird/Storc has one. She's just so good that we ''still'' don't have much of a clue what it is.}}
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* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Ruby and Pearl.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Red's Gyarados.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Crystal's mother to Crystal {{spoiler|after she loses the will to continue on her mission after failing to catch Suicune.}}
** Green tries this on Red during the FRLG chapter {{spoiler|after he loses to Deoxys the first time.}}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Red sees the Pokémon Fan Club newsletter with the headline "'''Shocking Case Of Poké-Love''': ''[[Naughty Tentacles|'That's the last bath I'll take with my Tentacool.']]''" This even stayed in Viz's rerelease when other stuff was edited out.
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** Steven, Platinum, {{spoiler|and her mother}} all even sign their names in English.
** Quite a bit of English is randomly splattered around. Whether or not it is grammatically accurate/correctly spelled is another matter entirely.
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: In the English translation of the Yellow chapter (aka "Yellow Caballero"). Early on, Yellow uses a fake name of "Amarillo del Bosque Verde". Unfortunately, the [[Paper
** Dahlia's catchphrase is, "Que sera sera."
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Blue's Ditto, Agatha's Arbok and its ability to change patterns.
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* [[Harmful to Minors]]: The flashback in the RS arc pretty much confirms everyone's fears that the world of Pokémon would be an incredibly dangerous place to live for little kids...{{spoiler|Little Ruby gets his head ''slashed open'' by a Salamance!}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|The Team Rocket executive trio (Sabrina, Koga, Lt. Surge), Blaine and Mewtwo, the Kanto Elite Four (save for [[Karma Houdini|Agatha]]), Will and Karen, Pryce, Courtney, Tabitha, Amber, Deoxys, Cyrus and all the Team Galactic commanders (except for Charon.)}}
* [[Helping Would Be Killstealing]]: Averted, as all (good) Gym Leaders and Elite Four members actively take part in the battle against whatever evil is plaguing their region, though the Dex Holders will still eventually be the ones who will have to take down the current [[Big Bad]].
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Gold gets one when he thought {{spoiler|Professor Oak was telling him to stop pursuing the Masked Man despite everything that he has done.}}
** Red has two. One is in the first chapter of RGB where he was defeated by Mew and later in FRLG when he was {{spoiler|defeated by Deoxys.}}
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** {{spoiler|Dia does it yet ''again'' in the Platinum arc, pushing Pearl out of harm's way as Giratina's Shadow Force hits him. Yes, he really was ''that'' close to dying.}}
* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: Don't expect any protagonist, or anyone fighting for good, for that matter, to win the match without taking a bad beating first.
* [[Hero
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]: Red brags to Blue about his two badges. She steals them, and when Team Rocket catches up to her she brags about "her" two badges. Red's not happy to see she's stealing his possessions ''and'' his lines.
* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: Noland surrenders the Jirachi report for Anabel's safety.
* [[Hot
** Sapphire once had flames bursting out of the background [[Mundane Made Awesome|when she was about to take Roxanne's test.]] She has since then mellowed out, however.
** Pearl also counts as he has tons of willpower and shouts more than needed.
** ''Black''.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Somewhat. In the GSC arc, Both Red and Sabrina bathe in Mt. Silver's therapeutic hot springs to aid the healing of their injuries.
** Sapphire and Flannery ''fought their official gym battle'' while bathing in the Lavaridge hot springs.
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** Red in the beginning, but he grew out of it by the end of the first arc.
** Diamond too, {{spoiler|until we find out he was [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].}}
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Platinum, thanks to her not divulging her name for a while and translations not agreeing on an [[In
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Quite frequently are Pokeballs modified or launched in an unusual manner for various effects in battle.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Lt. Surge, officially an [[Anti
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]: Some of the supporting cast like the Pokémon Fanclub President and the Swimmers.
** The Galactic grunts. Dia notes that they have a [[Hive Mind]] and cannot think on their own.
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]: Emerald has his hair shaped like a croissant, apparently to make himself look taller. Doesn't really help.
** The Sinnoh chairman has his in a large swirl.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Mewtwo's giant psychic spoon of awesomeness.
* [[Improvised Zipline]]: Ruby uses his Pokeblock case to slide down a line that has one end tied to his Marshtomp's arm and the other to ''Courtney's''.
** Janine uses her Ariados to go across buildings.
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]
** The original Viz printing of Chapter 12 literally translates Razor Leaf as "Leaf Cutter".
** Chapter 26 translates it as "Pokémon House", not Pokémon Mansion.
** Viz couldn't make up their minds with the Pokémon's nicknames until they finally got consistent in the GS arc.
** In volume 6, Green's sister was referred to as May. In volume 14, she was correctly identified as Daisy.
** Viz isn't sure whether or not one member of the Team Rocket Elite Trio is named Ryo or Al.
* [[Inconveniently
* [[Indy Ploy]]: How some of the protagonists foil the villain's plans. Especially Gold.
** After doing said [[Indy Ploy]] Gold will claim that it was all part of the plan, despite that it obviously wasn't.
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Ruby/Sapphire/Crystal: [[Phrase Catcher|Liar.]] }}
** Later, calling him a liar becomes a [[Running Gag]]: {{spoiler|The Elite Four all think it while he brags during the Pokéathlon.}}
** The "Liar." [[Running Gag]] has been around since the GSC Chapter.
* [[In
** Diamond is called "Dia" as well. Crystal's name is usually shortened to just "Crys" and Latios and Latias call Emerald "Rald".
* [[Irony]]: Bianca's Oshawott gets beat up by a rather vicious-looking, wild Audino. Audino mainly exist in the games to be [[Pinata Enemy|beaten up for experience points]].
** Meta shipping example. The [[Ferris Wheel Date Moment|Ferris Wheel scene]]. Dear ''lord'' the [[Ship Sinking|Ferris]] [[Trauma Conga Line|Wheel]] [[Break the Cutie|scene]].
* [[
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: Dia and Pearl officially feel this way for Platinum after the mishaps in Veilstone City.
* [[Jerkass]]: Quite possibly Volkner, who uses up so much electricity running his gym just because he's bored...resulting the rest of Sunyshore to go into a total blackout.
** Oh, Blue and Green, so much in the first arc. With Green, he spends alot of his time acting smug and superior to Red, and constantly [[Ignored Epiphany|refuses to change]] even after working with him several times. And as for Blue, it gets pretty far out when, a lot of chapters after {{spoiler|she returns the badges she had stolen from Red, reedeming her a little, it turns out those were ''fake''.}} The both of them finally change their behavior at the Pokémon League tournament though. [[Character Development]] at it's most noticable, as they go on to become Red's best friends.
* [[Jerk
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Karen and Will. They tried to [[Mind Rape]] Blue, beat Silver senseless, mocked Blue for caring about him, made it very clear that they're working for the [[Big Bad]] [[For the Evulz]], and the only reason why they stopped working for him was not because they saw the light...it was because they got scared shitless. And though it may match up with the games, are these the kind of people you want in your {{spoiler|league-recognized Elite Four}}? Geez, at least Koga helped out the good guys a few times and had enough moments where he redeemed himself. And Bruno's more sinister involvment in the Kanto Elite Four was due to mind control. Will and Karen have no such excuse.
** Agatha is an even worse example. She masterminds the plan to commit mass genocide on all humanity, escapes without punishment, and is never seen again.
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* [[Lamarck Was Right]]: Gold's Pichu. Justified in the context of the games, where learned moves can be inherited from the father.
* [[Large Ham]]: Black. '''"I'M GONNA BE CHAMPION OF THE POKÉMON LEAGUE!!!"''' indeed.
* [[Lava Is Boiling Kool
* [[The Leader]]: Considering its [[Geodesic Cast]], there are several. Notably Trainers Red, Gold, and Platinum of their respective branches of the Dex holders. Also Erika is the leader of the Kanto Gym Leaders.
* [[Level Grinding]]: Directly referenced by Byron [
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Dragonite in all of its appearances. A cute, gentle-looking, cream-colored dragon who always poses a threat to the protagonists.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Most of the characters pretty much stay in the same outfits all the time with minor allterations between arcs until future games give them new threads.
** Justified in that they usually spend their time roaming around.
** Taken to extremes when in the RS arc we're given a peek inside in Ruby's closet...and all his spare clothing is ''completely identical'' to his normal outfit - so much so that he didn't really miss out on anything when he made a more civil outfit for Sapphire!
* [[Load
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Platinum would probably count.
* [[Long Runner]]: Despite the many different Pokémon manga made over the years (and many are still being made), only Pokémon Special (and a gag manga that never reached American shores) started when the franchise did and will likely continue for as long as it has to.
* [[Love Triangle]]: [[Triang Relations|Type 3]]- A notable one is Red, Yellow, and Misty.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Silver is Giovanni's long-lost son.}}
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Pretty much every character who has a skirt.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Elesa is first formally introduced with her on her knees and her rear facing the audience.
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** Bianca appears to be incapable of standing up straight as her rear is almost always thrust out. It's all the more pronounced whenever she falls down [[Dojikko|(which is often)]].
** Skyla's hot pants are indeed short enough that part of her rear is visible.
* [[Market
* [[Married At Sea]]: Wally's cousin and her fiance during the Emerald Saga.
* [[Meido]]: Latias's initial human disguise. Later on she's a journalist, then a nurse. All of them are rather modest, but really cute.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Ruby {{spoiler|when he realized that he had been mistreating Mimi and caused her to run away.}}
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The FR/LG arc opens on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfai1op9xS8 a fight between a Gengar and a Nidorino].
** Blue is also a [[Mythology Gag]] to a then unreleased female protagonist. Considering the timing of the manga, she was put into it way after she was canceled.
** Blue's bubble microphone and Pika's babysitting of Yellow's Caterpie are homages to the ''[[Hey You, Pikachu!]]'' game.
** At the Goldenrod Game Corner, someone is playing Pokemon Pinball.
** Todd is given a job to take pictures at ''[[Pokémon Snap]]'''s Pokémon Island.
** Guile's plans in the Emerald chapter are pretty much identical to [[Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker
** Heck, there are a few shout outs to the Anime such as Mewtwo's limiting armor from the Fire Red Chapter, hell Mewtwo himself has a personality similar to the Mewtwo from ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]''.
*** The "eyelash of Mew" fossil from the first movie was retconned into Mewtwo's backstory in Special, as well.
** Sird is based on a design from the Pokémon trading card game.
** It turns out that, much like in the anime's first movie, {{spoiler|several characters were turned to stone due to Mewtwo using a blast to cancel out another Pokémon's attack.}}
** Hayley, from ''[[My Pokémon Ranch]]'', makes a cameo appearance during the battle at Sky Pillar. Likewise, earlier during the FRLG arc, Bridgette from ''Pokemon Box Ruby & Sapphire'' is an important supporting character.
** When the Shadow Triad are discussing about the Dark Stone and Zekrom, said Pokemon is depicted in a pose reminiscent of Ryouga's first transformation from ''[[Pokémon Re
** Grimsley plays Card Flip, a minigame that hasn't appeared since Gen II.
* [[Naughty Is Good]]: Gold and Blue.
** Gold's Togepi, thanks to its role model. It even has a Naughty nature.
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: See [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
* [[Never Mess
** Old Lady Kimberly too or she'll hit you hard with her staff.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Except for the 'Rival' Dex Holders (except Bianca), Emerald, and Blue (in the first 3 arcs), all of the main characters have a hat. Yellow's is the most ornate, though. {{spoiler|It also has the most plot significance, not only because it hides her real gender but also because the feathers in it are actually the Rainbow Wing and Silver Wing.}}
** {{spoiler|Ruby's hat also covers a scar that he got from rescuing Sapphire from a Salamence when they were younger.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Buck tries to protect the Magma Stone from Team Galactic. By doing so, he awakens their true target, Heatran, and leads them right to it.
** Everything that the Johto trio did to get Arceus away from Team Rocket in fact allowed the bad guys to capture and control it.
** The Dark Stone is protected in Lenora's impenetrable underground office/gym and the only key is destroyed. {{spoiler|Black, however, remembers how to get in from his Gym challenge and a Plasma grunt disguised as Brycen tricks him into opening it.}}
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* [[No Name Given]]: Lady Platinum Berlitz's first name was unknown for the first part of the D/P section of the series, likely because Kusaka was waiting for confirmation on the third game's title before naming her.
** A few reoccurring characters don't get formally named, such as Crystal's mother.
* [[Non
** Red's Pika to Red and Yellow, later Chuchu to Yellow(and to a lesser extent Ratty/Ratchan), being the series mascot probably helps.
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: As if she wasn't a screamin' [[Badass Normal]] ''already'', Sapphire caught a tree limb - a full-sized ''tree limb'' - ''with a human and a Zigzagoon on it - '''after dropping FROM HIGHER UP'''!'' [[No One Should Survive That|And she's perfectly fine afterwards]].
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** Diamond {{spoiler|apparently knew that he and Pearl weren't supposed to be following Platinum around the whole time.}}
* [[The Ojou]]: ''Lady'' Platinum Berlitz, Misty, and Erika.
* [[Off
** In Jupiter's debut...well...erm...''legs do not connect to the body that way.''
** Quite a few instances depict Platinum with her diamond ring on her right hand and her pearl ring on her left (when it should have been vice versa).
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* [[Out of Focus]]: [[Justified Trope|Red in the Yellow Chapter]], and Gold and Silver during a good deal of the ''GSC'' arc, which switches to Crystal unexpectedly after a cliffhanger.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Gold goes so far as to deliberately give the police an incorrect description of Silver in order to be this.
* [[Open
* [[Orwellian Retcon]]: Sometimes minor to major details (art and dialogue) from the magazines get changed around in the official volumes. For example, Platinum's scarf, Pokédex, Pokétch, and bike were originally pink, but they were changed to red later.
* [[Out of Order]]: It's pretty hard to piece together a timeline from the magazine releases alone due to the confusing way they're released. Fans have to wait until the volumes come out to figure out when what happens.
** Viz released the fourth gen chapter and the fifth with no plans on the third gen ones.
* [[Pacing Problems]]: Both the Platinum and HGSS chapters ran into this, even with being serialized in multiple magazines.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Literally shown [https://web.archive.org/web/20150223122046/http://jb2448.info/Pokemon_Adventures_35/Pokemon_Special_v35_c390/Pokemon_Special_v35_c390_117-neuquant here], where the Poketch clowns are painting the panels black for the flashback in the page.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: For some reason all the 'Dex Holders, except for Ruby and Blue, either has only one parent or none at all (and the latter two don't exactly have perfect family histories).
** Platinum also turns out to have both a mother and father.
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** The formerly evil gym leaders get some in the GSC arc. Koga shows up with Bruno to save Red and Green, Lt. Surge helps free the brainwashed Team Rocket soldiers from the Masked Man's control, and Sabrina helps out Red, at the same time asking if Eevee is well, showing regret on how helping to torture it years ago.
* [[Playing Tennis With the Boss]]: Guile can reflect Pokémon attacks back with his sword.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: As per with the rest of the franchise. Except for Falkner, but that's only because he's a Gym Leader as well. On the plus side, it's actually expected of the Gym Leaders to handle criminal organizations.
* [[Precision F
* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: In the Chuang Yi version, Yellow is referred to as "he" by her uncle and Professor Oak when they speak to Crystal. In the Japanese a genderless pronoun was used. It's much harder to hide her gender when talking about her in English.
** Somewhat averted in the Viz version, as Oak and Wilton avoid using pronouns when they talk to Crystal about Yellow. Surprisingly, they do it in a way that doesn't sound too awkward.
* [[Punctuated!
** Also in the RS arc...
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* [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away]]: {{spoiler|Wallace and Gold}} gets thrown one of these in the R/S and GSC arcs respectively.
** Dia also got thrown with one of these in the DP arc, but he manages to retaliate quickly.
* [[Red String of Fate]]: Between {{spoiler|Red and Yellow at the end of the Yellow arc. Also somewhat in FRLG with Yellow's fishing line.}}
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Besides Red and Green, Archie and Maxie.
** Sapphire and Ruby too.
* [[The Rival]]: Red and Green (Blue in the US version), Gold and Silver, Crystal and Eusine, Ruby and Sapphire.
* [[Scissors Cuts Rock]]: Red's Pikachu is able to take out Brock's Onix with a well-placed Thundershock.
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: Bill, mainly because of [[Accent Adaptation]] and his Southern accent is a substitute for [[Kansai-ben]] - Which is similar to this trope and is intended as a subversion of [[The Idiot From Osaka]]. Or maybe not. While [[The Idiot From Osaka]] trope is that for some reason has caught up in the West, the larger Japanese Osaka stereotypes, are that they came from a merchant city and are totally sharp, witty, and moneygrubbing. Which is the actual raeson for the idiot trope. - The inhabitants of the [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|more samurai-dominated Edo]], who valued reserve and dignity, considers the Osakans as brash, loud, rude, and uncouth, therefore below themselves.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: "Team Rocket's Battleship has transformed into a mid-air battle stadium!"
* [[Rummage Fail]]: Neatly averted as the top half of the Pokéballs are transluscent so you can see the Pokémon inside. Handy!
* [[Running Gag]]: In the early parts of the DP arc, Platinum would try to imitate some actions that seem new and interesting to her. But quickly stops when Pearl notices. And when confronted by Pearl about said action:
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'''Platinum''': (Nonchalant) I did not.
'''Pearl''': You definitely did!
'''Platinum''': I definitely did not. Stop being a pest. }}
** There's also:
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'''Dia''': EEHH?!
'''Pearl''': Put the food down already!
'''Dia''': EEHH?!! }}
*** (Viz's English version changes the wording but otherwise keeps both gags intact.)
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** Also at the GSC Finale: "GOLD!!" and "Argh, RED!!"
* [[Selective Localization]]: A bit of an inversion, as Viz chose ''not'' to alter Unown's messages in the Ruins of Alph. Instead they just added notes of what it translates to ("''Ananuke'' = Escape", for instance). It's not clear why they didn't bother, considering how they often alter art for [[Bowdlerization]] purposes.
* [[Sempai
** By the end of the FRLG arc, Silver refers to Green as sempai as well.
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: At one point early on in the series, Blue asks Red how many Pokémon he thinks there are. He responds that it's common knowledge that there are 150, but she informs him that there's actually a 151st Pokémon--Mew. However, the 150th Pokémon is Mewtwo, and at this point in the story he's still being created. Of course, casual fans probably would've been confused if they switched the two's numbers, so it's forgiveable.
** It could be that he was quoting an estimate since not even Prof. Oak knows all the Pokémon thus why he gives out pokedexs. 150 could be a rough estimate of native Kanto Pokémon.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Maybe not in that degree at that point of the story.
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'''Sapphire''': F-Friend?! (Blushes and waves arms frantically) I don't have such a strange friend! }}
** Also, Black and White. (Not that they actually are, as of yet)
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'''White''': He's not my boyfriend, he's my employee! }}
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Tate is mistakenly referred to as a girl in the Chuang Yi version.
* [[Shoot the Medic First]]: Sird gets Yellow to use her powers in vain to tire her out, knowing that she'd have no chance if Yellow was conscious. This is mostly due to what happens when Yellow [[Superweapon Surprise|synchronizes her spirits with her Pokémon's]], but Yellow being The Healer wouldn't be helpful to Sird, either.
* [[Shout
** The Safari Zone logo looks like the [[Jurassic Park]] logo.
** Dia has a Wii and all its different controllers in his room. Similar to the games where the player character always has the current Nintendo console in their room.
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: Everything that Pokémon do is based on some bit of flavor text from the games (generally accompanied by Pokédex citation), and any inconsistency with the game mechanics is explicitly [[Handwaved]] as a special case.
** Some rather noticeable inconsistencies aren't [[Handwaved]] though.
** The rental Pokémon Emerald uses at the Battle Factory? Yes, those are actual rental Pokémon straight out of the games. Also, Emerald himself is quite the meta-gamer, using and acknowledging many game mechanics and strategies used in competitive battling.
* [[Soap Opera Disease]]: {{spoiler|Giovanni; the only reason we know he has anything is a comment of his that "this body is wasting away".}}
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|N has Gigi abducted along with her handler, then has her dropped into a Servine's waiting coils to be strangled. This makes Gigi realize her battling potential, so she willingly decides to side with him.}}
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* [[Super Dickery]]: On the netkun site's previews, it looked like Skyla just killed Black by shoving him off the Celestial Tower. Reading the actual chapter shows that her Swanna was there to catch him.
* [[Surprise Creepy]]: The artwork, especially Mato's, is rather cutesy, the plot usually starts out lighthearted, it's ''Pokémon'' for god's sake, so it's a bit of an eye-popper when some of the more violent actions come up.
** [[Pokémon
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Diamond is a skilled cook and Poffin maker.
** Also, Emerald's Sceptile and Sudowoodo show remarkable skill in cooking and once faced off against each other in a cook-off for [[Bratty Half
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Koga gives [[The Rival|Green]] the choice to be used as a hostage to persuade [[The Professor|Professor Oak]] to work for Team Rocket, or die painfully. [[The Rival|Green]] decides to go down fighting.
* [[Taken for Granite]]
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** A better example would be his Pokédex, which Yellow also takes. She gives it back, though (along with Pika) but in GSC she gets her own Pikachu and in FR/LG her own Pokédex.
*** Actually, she gets Red's original Pokédex back, as Red got a new one from Professor Oak.
* [[Taught
* [[Three Amigos]]: Each set of regional Dex Holders, except for Kanto with the eventual inclusion of Yellow.
* [[Title Drop]]: in the FRLG saga, Mewtwo when he saw Red and Green trade their starter Pokémon.
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Blue's parents. Maybe. {{spoiler|We don't know how visible Deoxys's black holes are. Blue saw one of them clearly even without her Silph Scope, though...why didn't they see ''that?'' Or their daughter in a weird and unnatural pose? ''What were they thinking?!''}}
** Potentially justified, {{spoiler|their daughter was missing for 11 years, maybe presumed dead, to find out that she's ''right there'', the entire world may've just disappeared to them}}.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Train Station Goodbye]]: How {{spoiler|Black and White part ways at Nimbasa}}.
* [[Trauma
** Also Emerald's Sceptile and (possibly) Silver's Sneasel.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Wanda, who is conventionally pretty, has a [[Gonk]] husband.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Happens many times with varying [[Justified Trope|justifications]]. Exceptions include...
** {{spoiler|Pryce, who was lost in the timestream after his fight with Gold.}}
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* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]
* [[Villainous Rescue]]: {{spoiler|For a [[Big Bad]], Giovanni certainly saves the heroes a lot, particularly during the Yellow Arc, freeing Red from his frozen prison and saving Yellow when she was battling Lance.}}
* [[Wax On, Wax Off]]: It helped Gold's Cyndaquil evolve into Quilava, but the Day Care Granny really just wanted some stuff lying around the house to be done.
* [[Well
** And, of course, Maxie and Archie, but this is a bit questionable, since they're batshit insane.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Where there were certainly hints towards this, {{spoiler|seeing Sird in a Team Galactic uniform certainly counts, as well as the revelations that she was [[The Mole|a mole]] sent to investigate Team Rocket}}.
** {{spoiler|Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, and Silver getting turned to stone at the end of the FRLG Arc.}}
** {{spoiler|Gigi leaves White for N.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Ruby took two separate tongue-lashings from Sapphire and Wallace, in that order, though not back-to-back. Read the entry for more details.
** Cheren calls Black out for selfishly going off on his own when they had already promised each other (with Bianca) that they'd start off together.
* [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]] / [[Leaning
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Birds for Blue, until the GSC finale.
** Sapphire easily loses to Tucker, implying that she's still terrified of Salamance.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: ''Every single one'' of the Pokedex Holders.
* [["With Our Swords" Scene]]: After the Sinnoh Gym Leaders get thrashed at Spear Pillar, three of them pass on one of their Pokémon to Platinum so that she can fight in their stead. {{spoiler|Subverted in that the Pokeballs immediately get busted so that she can't call them out. Double-subverted in that she's allowed to keep them anyways for another mission.}}
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Whenever Platinum brings out Ponyta to a gym challenge, expect the poor horse to be quickly beaten to the ground.
** Poliwhirl/Poliwrath tends to suffer from this in Red's battles.
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* [[World of Badass]]: Oh yeah. Even [[Butt Monkey|Bill]] gets a moment or two, like shielding [[Ship Tease|Daisy]] from debris and then ignoring the fact that he was hurt so that he could help the Dex Holders.
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Gold at the climax of GSC.
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'''Gold''': ''Don't be stupid! Who's fighting for you? ...I've been thinking...the reason why I chose to battle... I can't say whom I'm fighting for...it's too mushy for me! But in my battles, I fight for myself! And I don't care if by fighting my own battles, I end up helping people. If you've benefited from my selfish acts, then so be it. Silver, Crys, after meeting you guys...I've been able to travel to different places, meet different people. We've had our share of battles, and it's been really fun...I've enjoyed myself!'' }}
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Bruno
** Red as well as Giovanni.
* [[Year Outside, Hour Inside]]: According to Juan, [[Zig
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Out of all the 'Dex Holders, only Crystal and Platinum have unnaturally dark blue hair. Aside from the rest of the cast, there's Wallace, Claire, Brawly, Riley and other characters that also have unnaturally colored hair.
* [[You're Insane!]]: Yellow <s>says</s> screams this to Lance at the end of her saga.
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'''Yellow:''' {{spoiler|Turn that Pokémon against the world...?! No! You can't! '''''LANCE, IT'S INSANE!!'''''}} }}
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