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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 [[Useful Notes/Singapore|Singaporean]] version by [http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/new2/ecatalogtitle.php?title=POKÉMON+ADVENTURES Chuang Yi Comics].

*** She could just have dyslexia. It makes sense with her frustration at trying to read the letters.

* [[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.

** 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.

** 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?}}

* [[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]].

** Maxie fits this to a tee, though.

** Also, Mars from Team Galactic, and Ariana of Team Rocket.

* [[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.}}

*** 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)

* [[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> ''{{spoiler|[[Idiot Hero|GOLD]] disguised as Guile Hideout''!}}

** {{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.

* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: Noland surrenders the Jirachi report for Anabel's safety.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Gold. Professor Oak even tells Crys to watch over him since almost no one can really stop him when he gets agitated. Except her. She doesn't take that as a compliment.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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 [http://www.otakuworks.com/view/75801/Pokémon-adventures/vol-34-chp-377/read/15 here.]

** At the Goldenrod Game Corner, someone is playing Pokemon Pinball.

** Todd is given a job to take pictures at ''[[Pokémon Snap]]'''s Pokémon Island.

*** 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.

** 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]]

** 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.}}

* [[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.

* [[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-Pint|Emerald's]] attention.

** 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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Bruno

** Red as well as Giovanni.

* [[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.