History Characters / InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailVermillionCity

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Renji ''hates'' horror. PlayedForDrama as he ''knew'' what Chloe was into, yet his fear kept him from telling this to anyone, thus no one could reach out to her before she blew up and left for the Train. He finds it very hypocritical when Parker tells him off for not liking horror and compares it to people mistreating Chloe over not liking Pokémon (although it's more like Parker is mad that Renji didn't even ''try'' to connect with his sister and be supportive and continued to let Chloe wallow in her anger when he had all the time to help her). ''Voyage of Wisteria'' reveals that he can't take the ''Goosebumps'' cover art or the illustrations (both the original and newer versions) of ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark''. He's learning to get over it with baby steps.

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Discussed In ''Voyage of Wisteria''. It's mentioned that his mother had a serious talk with him about whether he had been using his Asperger's as an excuse to ignore Chloe's bullying and being smug about it to everyone else.

* NeverMyFault: Franklin believes he's absolved of punishment and blame because ''he'' didn't actively join in on the torture or bullying and even has notes recorded to prove his innocence. [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=] and his shadow disagree]] and his classmates hate that he's trying to "gloat" about how he'll be transferred to another school while their reputations are ruined and no school would ever want them now.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Chloe tells Atticus that her mom hates anything of the Horror genre. When Chloe wanted to watch ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'', Talia wanted to watch ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain''...but ran away when she saw ''The Mysterious Stranger'' segment. However, Talia is willing to try to understand her children's love of the macabre.

* OverprotectiveDad: After the fiasco at the school's talent show, Professor Cerise kept Chloe in the Institute after school. But the problem with this is that he doesn't give her anything to do, doesn't pay attention to her unhappiness and that it's not really solving the problem because she still has to deal with bullies from school and has no one to talk to about her problems. Mr. Bradbury even points out to Ash that a suggestion to make Chloe go to counseling was downright ''refused'' and prevented Chloe from doing outside activities. This ends up ruining the Professor's reputation for good.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Why her HannibalLecture to Ash falls painfully flat.

* HannibalLecture: Attempts to do this on Ash of all people, [[CriticalResearchFailure but due her not knowing the kid's adventures well]] nor not knowing the kid personally, [[ShutUpHannibal he tells her to shove it.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: [Invoked] The fact that he got away with physically abusing Chloe while ''also'' being around other girls who had fun tormenting her isn't lost on many mothers who are wondering if he physically abused ''their'' daughters too.
** Again, the DoubleStandard moment of Yeardley not having to be forced to follow in his parent's footsteps while Chloe must by all her peers.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[invoked]] Sara's speech on [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "crushing the weak and punishing the abnormal"]] is seen as this because the narration points out that this is a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName white girl]] leading around a group of children with different skin tones, she has a specific insult for dark-skinned Goh (who has something akin to ADHD or autism) ''and'' she shares a class with a kid who has Asperger's. This does '''not''' earn her favors with the parents of every student she strung around. It's a good thing she wasn't physically at the trial as she'd be lynched without a second thought.

A classmate of Chloe's school, Class 5-B, who likes curry and wants to get into running. What was supposed to be a gesture to befriend Chloe ended up spiraling into a domino effect that had Chloe end up on an otherworldly train with no one the wiser.

* AmbiguousDisorder: While she may just be very spoiled, Sara displays some traits that imply there's something not quite right with her. She's a compulsive liar, is ''frighteningly'' skilled at manipulating those around her and has no qualms about using them as pawns, shows a clear LackOfEmpathy, and is completely obsessed with destroying another person's life.

* AmbiguousDisorder: The author notes reveal that Franklin was written to have Asperger's Syndrome, something that co-author Crossoverpairinglover has, to highlight how not ''all'' students were aligned with Sara and to examine the DoubleStandard trope that was in play throughout the story. According to Crossoverpairinglover himself, he's more [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Playmaker]] than [[Franchise/AceAttorney Athena Cykes]] which he offered as comparisons for the 'width' of this characterization.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's revealed that she was trying to get out of a horrible relationship with a BastardBoyfriend which probably impaired her judgment skills.

** [[FatalFlaw What led to her to indirectly allow the bullying to continue]]: She genuinely thought that the other students constantly bringing up Pokémon to Chloe and suggesting that she'd work with them like her father does was them improving their behavior and becoming nicer to her by trying to include her. In reality, though, they had just gotten smarter about their bullying since the Paint Can Incident and was only bringing those things up to hurt Chloe.
** The fact that she was getting reports of the other's behavior towards Chloe in their other classes should have been a ''massive'' red flag to her that her students hadn't learned their lesson. Instead, she still assumed that they were improving their behavior by constantly telling her to get into Pokémon and asking about her father, resulting in her doing nothing more to control them. This results in her reputation to tank and her fired from the school.
** Chloe notes that this is connected to her own relationship issues, having a BastardBoyfriend.

* CharacterShilling: ''Definitely'' benefits a lot from this in the first two parts of ''Blossoming Trail.'' Throughout the entirety of [[DarkandTroubledPast Chloe’s backstory]], and the [[FromBadtoWorse rapidly spiraling situation back in Vermillion City]], the story likes to bring attention to the many things he had done for his star student. Much is made of the fact that he was one of the few bright spots in Chloe’s life back home, and that he was, bar none, the ''[[OnlySaneMan only]]'' [[AdultsAreUseless adult]] who did ''anything'' to help her at the time. Both Chloe and Professor Cerise acknowledge that Mr. Bradbury [[ParentalSubstitute was a better father figure]] to her than the Professor ever was, the latter even admitting it to his face. However, all of this seems to somewhat gloss over the fact that ''that really wasn’t Mr. Bradbury’s job.'' By taking it upon himself to do things like submit Chloe’s writing to a contest or invite her to a horror convention ''without'' going through her parents first, [[DeconstructedTrope Mr. Bradbury merely proved that he bought into]] Chloe’s belief that [[ParentalNeglect she couldn’t trust her parents to care about her]], and reinforced that she was ''right'' not to confide in them. Not only that, but while no one can deny that Mr. Bradbury [[CoolTeacher did a lot to stick his neck out]] for ''[[TeachersPet Chloe]],'' his treatment of the ''rest'' of his class left something to be desired. ''[[AmbiguousDisorder Goh]]'' never really seemed to register on the teacher’s radar, which is understandable, considering how he did most of his schoolwork at home. But as for the students who bullied Chloe- well, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure he did more to curb their bullying than any other teacher at the school…]] [[ZigZaggingTrope but that simply took the form of making them write reflections on their behavior and warning them that actions have consequences]]. He never took steps to approach the students as ''individuals'' and try to reform them… the bullies’ ''parents'' only learned what their children had been doing when they were exposed for the world to see, and there was really nothing they could do to help. The impression the reader gets is that Mr. Bradbury simply [[BeyondRedemption didn’t see the bullies as worth the effort of instructing them]]... ''not'' the best attitude for [[ApatheticTeacher a teacher]] to have. For all Mr. Bradbury talked about how everyone neglected Chloe and failed to see her true talents, ''he'' [[{{Hypocrite}} seemed to get so caught up in Chloe’s talents that he neglected the rest of the children under his care]]. It takes the narrative until the end of ''Blossoming Trail'' and the start of ''Voyage of Wisteria'' to acknowledge that while Mr. Bradbury had good intentions, he ''may'' have made mistakes in his execution - [[NotSoDifferentRemark much like every other character in the story]].

* PyrrhicVillainy: They bullied Chloe until she ultimately ran away from home, which leads to them losing their chances of education, lost the trust of their parents and family, their friends, and who knows what else. Even getting to be Pokémon Trainers (their ultimate goal) feels like salt in the wound considering how much damage that was left in their wake.

* {{Workaholic}}: Their sole defining trait is that they're always busy with their work. This gets {{deconstructed}} in ''Voyage of Wisteria''; with all the investments they had, they never ''had to'' work that long or that much. But by doing so for money's sake and "the future" meant that they didn't consider being a family for Goh and taught him to just focus on work, work, work and not...I don't know...''actually being there for his friend''?! Goh even points out that they only have work in their lives, nothing else.

* CharacterShilling: ''Definitely'' benefits a lot from this in the first two parts of ''Blossoming Trail.'' Throughout the entirety of [[DarkandTroubledPast Chloe’s backstory]], and the [[FromBadtoWorse rapidly spiraling situation back in Vermillion City]], the story likes to bring attention to the many things he had done for his star student. Much is made of the fact that he was one of the few bright spots in Chloe’s life back home, and that he was, bar none, the ''[[OnlySaneMan only]]'' [[AdultsAreUseless adult]] who did ''anything'' to help her at the time. Both Chloe and Professor Cerise acknowledge that Mr. Bradbury [[ParentalSubstitute was a better father figure]] to her than the Professor ever was, the latter even admitting it to his face. However, all of this seems to somewhat gloss over the fact that ''that really wasn’t Mr. Bradbury’s job.'' By taking it upon himself to do things like submit Chloe’s writing to a contest or invite her to a horror convention ''without'' going through her parents first, [[DeconstructedTrope Mr. Bradbury merely proved that he bought into]] Chloe’s belief that [[ParentalNeglect she couldn’t trust her parents to care about her]], and reinforced that she was ''right'' not to confide in them. Not only that, but while no one can deny that Mr. Bradbury [[CoolTeacher did a lot to stick his neck out]] for ''[[TeachersPet Chloe]],'' his treatment of the ''rest'' of his class left something to be desired. ''[[AmbiguousDisorder Goh]]'' never really seemed to register on the teacher’s radar, which is understandable, considering how he did most of his schoolwork at home. But as for the students who bullied Chloe- well, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure he did more to curb their bullying than any other teacher at the school…]] [[ZigZaggingTrope but that simply took the form of making them write reflections on their behavior and warning them that actions have consequences]]. He never took steps to approach the students as ''individuals'' and try to reform them… the bullies’ ''parents'' [[AdultFear only learned what their children had been doing when they were exposed for the world to see, and there was really nothing they could do to help]]. The impression the reader gets is that Mr. Bradbury simply [[BeyondRedemption didn’t see the bullies as worth the effort of instructing them]]... ''not'' the best attitude for [[ApatheticTeacher a teacher]] to have. For all Mr. Bradbury talked about how everyone neglected Chloe and failed to see her true talents, ''he'' [[{{Hypocrite}} seemed to get so caught up in Chloe’s talents that he neglected the rest of the children under his care]]. It takes the narrative until the end of ''Blossoming Trail'' and the start of ''Voyage of Wisteria'' to acknowledge that while Mr. Bradbury had good intentions, he ''may'' have made mistakes in his execution - [[NotSoDifferentRemark much like every other character in the story]].

[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailRedLotusTrio Red Lotus Trio]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]) | [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheInfinityTrain Infinity Train]] ([[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPassengers Passengers]] [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheApex The Apex]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailCageOfFlauros Cage of Flauros]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheUnsubsCrew The Unsub's Crew]])| [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonWorld Pokémon World]] ('''Vermillion City''' [[[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailKetchumFamily The Ketchum Family]], [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailPokemonTrainers Pokémon Trainers]]) -] ]]]]