History Fanfic / AshesOfThePast

* AbsenceOfEvidence: [[spoiler: When the head of a Team Rocket satellite organization in Canalave City stops sending dues back home, Cassidy and Butch are sent to investigate, but not only is he nowhere to be found, they cannot find ''any'' evidence of organized activity in the city at all. This makes Giovanni highly suspicious because crime doesn't just ''stop'', and he sends in the trio to investigate]].

** Solidad, who May faces in the Kanto Grand Festival, likes researching her foes to figure out the best way to take them out. She was completely unaware of Joltik though, and as a result prepared to fight Blaziken, leaving her caught off guard by both the Pokemon and the tactics she used with Manaphy.
** The Fossil Pokemon mass revival early in Sinnoh likewise takes the gang by surprise.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Trading as an evolution mechanic is replaced with simple battle experience or some other condition, such as Chuck's Machoke evolving mid-battle, or Clamperl simply being needing to be immersed in [=DeepSeaScale=]/Tooth-mineralized water to evolve.

* MeteorOfDoom: [[spoiler: The Delta Episode. And despite what Zinnia thinks, it's going to take a lot more than just Rayquaza to get rid of this mountain-sized problem.]]

* BadBadActing: A lot of Ash's Pokémon, from [[NotSoAboveItAll Charizard and Lucario]] to Pikachu, [[spoiler: Mawile and Latias]], are often [[LargeHam excessively overdramatic]] or [[{{Corpsing}} get the giggles]] when [[ILetYouWin they have to take a dive]] during beginners training.

** [[spoiler: Ash's Mawile]] finds out that her Mega-Evolution has Huge Power, by sending her friend [[spoiler: Goodra]] into the wall with a single punch.

** Serena becomes Dawn's pen-pal midway through the Battle Frontier.

** The night before Ash's Battle Factory match against Noland, Noland's Articuno asks [[spoiler: Entei]] if he has any tips for battling Ash's Pokémon. [[spoiler: Entei]] answers that [[spoiler: Mawile]] is weak to Ground attacks and to not let your guard down around her, advice for a Pokémon Ash probably ''isn't'' going to use tomorrow.

* IChooseToStay: James's [[spoiler:Moltres]] was captured by accident, but when James gives her the option to be released, she chooses to remain instead.

* InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler:Mawile]] insists that [[spoiler:Larvitar]] is her little brother by virtue of the fact that he hatched after her, even though (due to time travel) he's actually ''three years older than her''. And as of Chapter 121, [[spoiler:he's twenty times larger than her, too, but...]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Mawile]]:''' ...nope. Still my little brother.

-->'''[[spoiler:Mawile]]:''' Little brother means little brother. Size doesn't matter.

** This is apparently [[spoiler:Mawile's]] hobby: help as many Pokémon as she can to fly.

** Ash hatches a [[spoiler: Mawile]].

** After another example in Chpter 221, May says that they should make an "Ash Sayings Book" of all the silliest ones. Pikachu says that he could contribute a few, but Lucario says "hundred" before his {{Beat}} is over.

* SuperMode: The author writes in the concept of Mega Evolution further down the line, and starting in Johto, we see several examples, good, bad, and neutral. SpoileredRotten, but if you care...[[labelnote:Protagonist-wise,]]Ash's Charizard evolves between both X and Y forms during the [[Anime/{{Pokemon3}} Greenfield incident,]] without the use of Charizardite, the Unown proving to distort reality enough for that (and later, his girlfriend Charla from the Charicific Valley can loan him her Charizardite Y). Pidgeot has evolved twice, both times in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, without a Pidgeotite. Using the actual Mega Stones, Ash's first usable one is a Heracronite, which he obtains from Chuck; he learns what it is shortly before taking on the Mahogany Gym. His Squirtle creates Squirtilite, and while the stone explodes after one use, it works effectively for that use, and he knows how to make more. Then he obtains Latiosite and Latasite from the [[Anime/PokemonHeroes Altomare incident]], and the two dragons take turns training with him; he also relieves Annie and Oakley of their Beedrillite, which he gives to Casey. Much later, Gary gives him an Absolite after an Absol native to [[Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker Forina]] chooses to join Ash, and the Rota Kingdom loans him their Lucarionite. Apart from Ash, Misty obtained a Gyaradosite from the Lake of Rage, Brock obtained a Steelixite from Steven in Granite Cave, Max discovers that he had been carrying a Manectite after his starter evolves, the group finds a Banettite in the ruins containing the giant Claydol (which Casper managed to use by Cerulean), and May is trying hard to get her hands on a Blazikenite, and she does manage to find an Altarianite, though she only managed to use it during the Grand Festival. Gary has in his possession a Lopunnite that he hasn't found a permanent use for yet, his starter uses a Blastoisinite, he's trained a Sableye enough to use a Sablenite, and it's implied that he has or knows where to obtain a Sharpedonite and Houndoomite. Ash and friends also discover an Audinite, which they give to the Team Rocket trio for their recently acquired medic/chef after the Groudon/Kyogre clash. They repay the favor with a Sceptilite that they picked up from the Team Rocket armory along with their keystone. In the Ever Grande Conference, Ritchie was briefly seen using Galladite. Professor Oak also borrowed Tyranitarite, Pidgeotite, Houndoomite, Glalitite and Mawilite for an experiment.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:Antagonist-wise,]]Tyson, the Rocket Admin at the Lake of Rage, had a Tyranitarite, and the antagonist from the Mirage Kingdom, Colonel Hansen, used a Gengarite. Annie and Oakley attempted to use a Beedrillite on a borrowed Pokémon; it didn't work, as they had no bond with it, and Ash ultimately took it off their hands. Cassidy has an Aggronite, Butch has a Charizardite (unknown which one), and the agents under them (Ariana, Proton and Petrel) have an Abomasite, a Slowbronite, and an Aggronite. One Phantom Pirate had Kangaskhanite, but he couldn't use it on account of being unable to send out his Pokémon.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:and Other]]Gurkinn, a.k.a. the Mega Evolution guru, has a Lucarionite. Jasmine has a Steelixite, Clair and the dragon clan have in their possession an Ampharosite, Sceptilite, and Altarianite, Agatha has a Sablenite, Lance has a Salamencite, Steven has a Scizorite, Mawilite, Steelixite, Aerodactylite, and Aggronite, Mr. Stone and Winona both have a Pinsirite, Tate and Liza have a Galladite and Gardevoirite, respectively, Giovanni has a Kangaskhanite, Greta has a Medichamite, Spencer has a Venusaurite, Anabel has an Alakazamite, and Misty's sisters have a Slowbronite. One Silver Conference contestant used Blazikenite, Metagrossite and Garchompite, Rebecca, a trainer Ash met in [=LaRousse=] City has a Tyranitarite, some participants in the Indigo Conference have Kangaskhanite and Sharpedonite, and the man who looked after the Mudkip where Brock got his Marshtomp has a Swampertite, though it's implied he has no use for it currently. During the Groudon/Kyogre clash, Rayquaza swallows the meteor Ash got from Mt. Chimney, enabling Rayquaza to go Mega.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Doorstopper}}: As of the 180th update, the fic now exceeds a ''million words''. It also has 240 chapters.

** Mawile apparently one tried to get ''Tyranitar'' to fly by bribing some Pidgey, but she couldn't get enough to pull it off.

* IntellectualPropertyReligion: In-universe, with Squirtle saying that '''Gurren Lagann'' may be a TV show, but it's also a philosophy and a way of life.

** Dexter lampshades vhow it says a lot about them when rampaging revived Fossil Pokemon are almost a regular thing.

** Iris has one when she's Reminded, as she tries to reconcile her memories of Ash the doofus kid, with those of Ash Ketchum the League Champion.

** Phantom's Chatot is nicknamed Casey. [[spoiler:It confuses a certain Zapdos when he meets the smaller Flying type, given that he was recently playing baseball with a trainer with that same name]].

*** It's taken UpToEleven during Ash's first meeting with Morrison, when his Beldum evolves while it is being sent out of the Poké-ball, before it's even fully formed.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Invoked explicitly by Arceus to the God Squad during their ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' run: none of the Creation Trio can use their time/space/symmetry powers ''because'' it's a cutscene, allowing them to be overwhelmed by a horde of Sableye.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Aside from several times in-story where battle plans don't always work out due to overlooked details, one prominent example occurs during the events of PokemonDestinyDeoxys. May, Brock and Drew have intercepted the haywire robots, have found the core robot, have gotten a pass up to it to give the main control room a chance to reset them... only to realize that they never ''told'' anyone in the control room to ''do'' anything.

*** [[spoiler: Even Casey, Captain Phantom's Pokémon, defects to Ash's side when his captain picks a fight with Ho-Oh.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: {{In-universe}}, Ash is cast as Genghis Khan, of all people, in one of Cleavon Spielbunk's movies. Gary hangs a lampshade on how ridiculous this is.

* TheCallPutMeOnHold: [[spoiler: Since Gary and Zoey were taking on Cyrus during the original timeline's collapse, Ash can't initially remind their new timeline's selves unlike all the rest, until the Lake Trio does some troubleshooting]].

* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Barry's new Smeargle is resigned to this role for his trainer, especially since said trainer wants him to use Sketch to collect ''Legendary Signature Moves''.

** [[spoiler:And as of "Celebi, Voice of the Forest", the Retcon has officially occurred, interfering with Creation to make Fairy types a thing, and Mega Evolutions appearing at the point where Sammy travelled back to. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And apparently making Max fail on a Pokémon Types test.]]]]

* ClingyJealousGirl
** [[spoiler:Latias]] shows a bit of this with Ash when one of his opponents is a {{Fangirl}}.
** Juvia, Mavis's Primarina, apparently thinks that every female that gets within ten feet of her Alolan Ninetales teammate Gray is immediately attracted to him.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman[=/=]MySuitIsAlsoSuper:
** Ash's Aura Guardian outfit is attuned to his own aura, and each part gives him a special ability: from the NiceHat that gives him a Dark-subtype, to the boots that allow him to [[WallCrawl walk on walls]] and [[InASingleBound jump really high]].
** [[spoiler: Just like in the games, Cosplaychu's outfits give her new moves when she wears them]].
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Barry's new Smeargle has resigned himself to this role in regards to his trainer.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: In Oreburgh City, the group meets a reanimated Tyrunt, a Pokémon whose evolutionary line is known for its brutality, that is a pacifist and dislikes seeing other Pokémon getting hurt.

* HypocriticalHumor: On occasions, Ash complains or wonders how some Pokémon is using a move they can't learn in games but common sense says should be able to use (like Rock Throw - all you have to do is... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin pick up a rock and throw it]]). This is in spite of his Pokémon using moves they can't learn (Earthquake, used by [[spoiler:Pikachu]], or Aeroblast, used by [[spoiler:Pidgeot]]), moves that don't even exist (Volt Crash), attacks that aren't even moves at all (half the things [[spoiler:Squirtle]] does), and even [[spoiler:being able to use Pokémon moves (for example, Shadow Ball) himself]]. He is sometimes called on this, and admits it is a fair counter-point.
** Buneary tells Pachirisu that eating nuts is stereotypical... while eating a carrot, which the latter lampshades.

* SuperMode: The author writes in the concept of Mega Evolution further down the line, and starting in Johto, we see several examples, good, bad, and neutral. SpoileredRotten, but if you care...[[labelnote:Protagonist-wise,]]Ash's Charizard evolves between both X and Y forms during the [[Anime/{{Pokemon3}} Greenfield incident,]] without the use of Charizardite, the Unown proving to distort reality enough for that (and later, his girlfriend Charla from the Charicific Valley can loan him her Charizardite Y). Pidgeot has evolved twice, both times in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, without a Pidgeotite. Using the actual Mega Stones, Ash's first usable one is a Heracronite, which he obtains from Chuck; he learns what it is shortly before taking on the Mahogany Gym. His Squirtle creates Squirtilite, and while the stone explodes after one use, it works effectively for that use, and he knows how to make more. Then he obtains Latiosite and Latasite from the [[Anime/PokemonHeroes Altomare incident]], and the two dragons take turns training with him; he also relieves Annie and Oakley of their Beedrillite, which he gives to Casey. Much later, Gary gives him an Absolite after an Absol native to [[Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker Forina]] chooses to join Ash, and the Rota Kingdom loans him their Lucarionite. Apart from Ash, Misty obtained a Gyaradosite from the Lake of Rage, Brock obtained a Steelixite from Steven in Granite Cave, Max discovers that he had been carrying a Manectite after his starter evolves, the group finds a Banettite in the ruins containing the giant Claydol (which Casper managed to use by Cerulean), and May is trying hard to get her hands on a Blazikenite, and she does manage to find an Altarianite, though she only managed to use it during the Grand Festival. Gary has in his possession a Lopunnite that he hasn't found a permanent use for yet, his starter uses a Blastoisinite, he's trained a Sableye enough to use a Sablenite, and it's implied that he has or knows where to obtain a Sharpedonite and Houndoomite. Ash and friends also discover an Audinite, which they give to the Team Rocket trio for their recently acquired medic/chef after the Groudon/Kyogre clash. They repay the favor with a Sceptilite that they picked up from the Team Rocket armory along with their keystone. In the Ever Grande Conference, Ritchie was briefly seen using Galladite. Professor Oak also borrowed Tyranitarite, Pidgeotite, Houndoomite, Glalitite and Mawilite for an experiment.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:Antagonist-wise,]]Tyson, the Rocket Admin at the Lake of Rage, had a Tyranitarite, and the antagonist from the Mirage Kingdom, Colonel Hansen, used a Gengarite. Annie and Oakley attempted to use a Beedrillite on a borrowed Pokémon; it didn't work, as they had no bond with it, and Ash ultimately took it off their hands. Cassidy has an Aggronite, Butch has a Charizardite (unknown which one), and the agents under them (Ariana, Proton and Petrel) have an Abomasite, a Slowbronite, and an Aggronite. One Phantom Pirate had Kangaskhanite, but he couldn't use it on account of being unable to send out his Pokémon.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:and Other]]Gurkinn, a.k.a. the Mega Evolution guru, has a Lucarionite. Jasmine has a Steelixite, Clair and the dragon clan have in their possession an Ampharosite, Sceptilite, and Altarianite, Agatha has a Sablenite, Lance has a Salamencite, Steven has a Scizorite, Mawilite, Steelixite, Aerodactylite, and Aggronite, Mr. Stone and Winona both have a Pinsirite, Tate and Liza have a Galladite and Gardevoirite, respectively, Giovanni has a Kangaskhanite, Greta has a Medichamite, Spencer has a Venusaurite, Anabel has an Alakazamite, and Misty's sisters have a Slowbronite. One Silver Conference contestant used Blazikenite, Metagrossite and Garchompite, Rebecca, a trainer Ash met in [=LaRousse=] City has a Tyranitarite, a participant in the Indigo Conference had a Kangaskhanite, and the man who looked after the Mudkip where Brock got his Marshtomp has a Swampertite, though it's implied he has no use for it currently. During the Groudon/Kyogre clash, Rayquaza swallows the meteor Ash got from Mt. Chimney, enabling Rayquaza to go Mega.[[/labelnote]]

** May notes that Skitty using Assist works, but they should still use some TMs to get her a more reliable moveset.

** Roland, after evolving into a Gallade, mentions that he's ''just'' gotten used to being able to NoSell Dragon types when facing one.

* ChekhovsArmoury: At the beginning of the Hoenn saga, Norman gives Max a box of Pokémon accessories that includes a Magnet, a Shell Bell, an odd-looking scarf, a Toxic Orb, and a couple of shining stones. The Magnet becomes useful immediately because Max's starter is an electric-type, and knowledge of the Pokémon he befriended in canon makes it easy to guess what the Toxic Orb and one of the stones will be used for, but the other three items... [[spoiler:The other stone is a Moon Stone, and it gets used in the Delta Episode.]]

* ChekovsArmoury: At the beginning of the Hoenn saga, Norman gives Max a box of Pokémon accessories that includes a Magnet, a Shell Bell, an odd-looking scarf, a Toxic Orb, and a couple of shining stones. The Magnet becomes useful immediately because Max's starter is an electric-type, and knowledge of the Pokémon he befriended in canon makes it easy to guess what the Toxic Orb and one of the stones will be used for, but the other three items... [[spoiler:The other stone is a Moon Stone, and it gets used in the Delta Episode.]]

** A mass revival of Fossil Pokemon occured in Sinnoh 6 despite not happening the fist time around.