History FanFic / NoAntidote

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* SongFic: Every chapter ends with a two-line stanza loosely related to the chapter's events.[[hottip:*:Each comes from a song with the same title: "Antidote".]]
* SpeciesSurname: Every Pokemon is referred to by their species. This causes confusion, especially when some of them evolve.[[hottip:*:In fact, note that the word "Ivysaur" never appears on this page outside of this hottip, even when referring to post-evolution events.]] [[spoiler:The one given name is not looked upon favorably.]]

* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession of Marty]]

* DeconstructionFic: Of the whole concept of {{Mon}}s. Telling a story with Pokemon requires them to have humanlike intelligence and character. However, the idea of a human trainer only makes sense if the Mons aren't intelligent. This contradiction drives most of the story.
* EasyAmnesia: Marty even forgot his goal. Unusually for this trope, Marty has difficulty forming new memories as well and can't really remember things unless something reminds him.

* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession]]

* [=~Screw This, I'm Outta Here~=]: [[spoiler:Zubat eventually abandons the group.]]

* ItGotWorse: At first it looks like this might play out like a typical underdog story and he'll still be able to reach his goal. [[spoiler:Then Marty loses his Pokedex, and all of its knowledge]]. A setback, but with determination they can still make it right? [[spoiler:Then it becomes clear that his memory is deteriorating, and it's already bad enough that he forgets things within thirty seconds]]. At that point all hope of success is out the window.

** Even among the fanbase, it seems. [[spoiler:Consider that the word "Ivysaur" doesn't appear on this page outside of this sentence, even when referring to events post-evolution.]]

* SpeciesSurname: Every Pokemon is referred to by their species. This causes confusion, especially when some of them evolve. [[spoiler:The one given name is not looked upon favorably.]]

* [[spoiler: AccidentalMurder: Bulbasaur was just tying to help Marty by sharing the Antidote, but it not only failed to work because he was human, it compounded the problem.]]

* FantasticRacism: Not really, but Bulbasaur's understandably finds it difficult to trust Beedrill. He also is wary of Poison-types.

** The beedrills in the beginning.

* FantasticRacism: Not really, but Bulbasaur's understandably finds it difficult to trust Beedrill. He also is wary of poison types.

* HeroicBSOD: Bulbasaur's realization of his poison-type, and all of its implications, as he freezes up and [[OnceMoreWithClarity recalls memories from the rest of the story]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: Bulbasaur did not realize he is part poison-type.

That was before the Beedrills came.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Bulbasaur assumes this about the Beedrill at first, leading to FantasticRacism. [[spoiler: Ulimately {{Subverted}} completely when the swarm's reasons for attacking are revealed. To say nothing of Beedrill's status as TheWoobie.]]

* CarnivoreConfusion

* SongFic: Every chapter ends with a two-line stanza loosely related to the chapter's events.[[hottip:*:And each comes from a song with the same title: "Antidote".]]

* ToBeAMaster: was Mary's goal, till he forgot it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Bulbasaur did not realize he is part-posion type.

* [[spoiler: AccidentalMurder: Bulbasaur was just tying to help Marty by sharing the Antidote, but it not only failed to work because he was human, it caused him to die.]]

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Averted with, of all things, [[spoiler: antidotes. It was the ''Antidote'' that caused Marty's problems, not the beedrill sting.]]

* TearJerker: So, ''so'' many.

* TheWoobie: Beedrill.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Averted with, of all things, antidotes.

* DeconstructionFic

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4390479/1/No_Antidote No Antidote]] is a 2008 ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' fanfic by {{Tropers/FalconPain}}.

''"We're going to give it our all! No one will ever say that we gave up! Agreed?"''

''We're going to give it our all! No one will ever say that we gave up! Agreed?''

[[supersecretspoiler:And at what point he should be allowed to stop.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: Every Pokemon the group catches is at least partially Poison-type. This is never justified. One of them [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it later.

[[spoiler:And at what point he should be allowed to stop.]]

* DecoyProtaganist: [[spoiler: Marty]]

* [[spoiler: RousseauWasRight: Every character remotely played up as evil or scary (with the possible exception of Ekans's first trainer and a few hungry predators) winds up being a good guy. There are ''no villains'' present.]]