History Characters / AshesOfThePast

** There's also the unexplainable thing that Pokémon around Ash have for evolving in spontaneous and sometimes inexplicable ways. With enough time, he can evolve anything.

Ash's former rival, now one of his closest friends. Having retired from Pokémon League competition to become a researcher, Gary attempted to Cyrus's attempt to reshape the world, [[CaptainObvious only to fail]]. Afterwards, Ash restored his memories, and now Gary goes around investigating the numerous changes to the timeline that Ash's time traveling adventure is causing. Unlike those mentioned above, Gary's Pokémon were not restored, as Ash didn't know them well enough to do so.

* PragmaticVillainy: The reason why the department the trio is in exists, as you can't rule and/or extort the world ''if there is no world''. Also, his opinion on attempts to reshape reality (via legendary Pokémon or otherwise) are incredibly low.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Surprisingly enough, yes. He's harsh but he'll tolerate failure if there is a legitimately good reason for it.

** Giovanni is willing to take on ''[[OlympusMons Mewtwo]]'', but not on Ash.

** Giovanni is willing to take on [[OlympusMons Mewtwo]] but not on Ash.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Quite a lot. As the Pokemon usually do not talk, and a number of them never really established a gender, interpretation can run pretty wild here. Usually PlayedForLaughs though.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: One of the most notable in the series, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by several years.

* UnexpectedCharacter: On top of being a [[spoiler:Unovian]] Pokémon, Ash expected the first [[spoiler:Legendary Pokémon on his team to be one of the Beasts, not him]].

* RunningGag: Ever since Cerulean, Ash has been habitually destroying gyms, mostly unintentionally. Reached a point where his first two Johto League gym battles were done outside. And by the end of the third, Whitney had most certainly wished she had followed their examples.

* {{Badass}}: Invented an Electric-type Hyper Beam. It impressed [[Spoiler: Raikou, so much he wants to lose to Ash just to learn it!]]

* {{Badass}}: Invented an Electric-type Hyper Beam. It impressed [[Spoiler Raikou, so much he wants to lose to Ash just to learn it!]]

* {{Badass}}: Invented an Electric-type Hyper Beam. It impressed [[spoiler Raikou, so much he wants to lose to Ash just to learn it!]]

* {{Badass}}: Invented an Electric-type Hyper Beam. It impressed [spoiler Raikou, so much he wants to lose to Ash just to learn it!]]

** An example is the battle with Molly, he condenses ''several billion gallons of water'' into a droplet the size of a finger nail then hits Vaporeon with it, Ash who is several hundred meters above the fight has to anchor himself with Aura because the backlash.

!!Dexter/Porygon

* {{A Load of Bull}}: Just five this time instead of 30. Professor Oak was on the verge of crying when he heard, only to quickly change his tune when Dexter mentioned that it was originally thirty.

!![[spoiler: Houndour]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: One of the most notable in the series, considering that Squirtle predates Gurren Laggan by several years.
* Expy: Of Kamina.

'''Tropes that apply to all of them:'''

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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pokemon Of Mass Destruction]]:

!!Riolu/[[spoiler: Lucario]]

* {{A Load of Bull}}: Just five this time instead of 30.

* {{Spared By The Adaptation}}: Dexter becoming a Porygon basically saves the line from being {{Exiled From Continuity}}. It is even noted the only two Pokemon Ash hasn't seen yet are Porygon2 and PorygonZ.

* {{Spared By The Adaptation}}: Dexter becoming a Porygon basically saves the line from being {{Exiled From Continuity}}

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* {{Spared By The Adaption}}: Dexter becoming a Porygon basically saves the line from being {{Exiled From Continuity}}

* AdaptationalBadass: