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* [[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''.

*** 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}}.

* [[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:

* [[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!

* [[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.

* [[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]]

'''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]].}}

* [[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.

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.}}

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: "I shall guard the exit...'''With! My! Life!'''" {{spoiler|Didn't work as he got swatted off pretty quickly.}}

** Also in the RS arc...

* [[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.

* [[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:

'''Platinum''': I definitely did not. Stop being a pest. }}

** There's also:

'''Dia''': EEHH?!! }}

*** (Viz's English version changes the wording but otherwise keeps both gags intact.)

** 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.

'''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)

'''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.

* [[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.

* [[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}}.

* [[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.

'''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

* [[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.

'''Yellow:''' {{spoiler|Turn that Pokémon against the world...?! No! You can't! '''''LANCE, IT'S INSANE!!'''''}} }}