History Fanfic / ColosseumOfTheHeart

** Bonnie, as always, tends to react with "SO CUTE!" to new Pokemon.
** Kairi is prone to this [[spoiler:around Pokemon, in particular a Rockruff she meets in Pyrite Town and the Larvitar and Ralts she and Riku find in the S.S. ''Libra''. "At this point she was convinced that nearly every single Pokemon in existence was incredibly cute and must be protected at all costs." For his part, Larvitar doesn't appreciate it.]]

** Kairi asks [[spoiler:her new Pokemon whether "Ralts" is her name or her species. She answers, "Yes!", before translating that Riku's Larvitar says yes too. "About being called Larvitar, that is. It'd be silly if he was called Ralts."]]

* SherlockScan: [[spoiler:Michael impresses Kairi and Riku with his analysis of the aftermath of a battle

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: As usual, the World Order prevents Sora from telling his new friends about coming from another world [[spoiler:until he has no other choice, in the wake of the Heartless attack on Pyrite Town. Kairi, Riku and Jiminy intended to follow this as well, but Kairi's Ralts quickly learns the truth using telepathy and blabs it to Riku's Larvitar.]]

* CombatCommentator: Played for laughs with TheAnnouncer of a tournament in Phenac City, who's remarkably unenthusiastic about commentating on the battles. Brock suggests that he must be new and filling in for someone else, while Bonnie says that "It's like they found some random guy off the street and stuck him up in the announcer booth!" He does improve slightly in the final match (Ash and Serena vs Brock and Bonnie), thanks to the excitement of it.
* ConfusedBystanderInterview: Following the [[spoiler:Heartless attack on Pyrite Town, Fabe appears on the local news. While obviously unaware of the full story - he believes it was an attack by some kind of Shadow Pokémon, - he does identify Ash by name, revealing him as a snagger, causing Ash to regret giving his name at the Duel Square.]]

** In Chapter 15, [[spoiler:after Sora, comparing this world to his own, offhandedly comments "Yeah, sure, I can use magic, but anyone can do that!" It takes Serena a minute to notice the implications of that (that she might be able to learn to use it using the magic staff she found earlier), but before she can ask him about it, she gets distracted by their arrival in Agate Village and the subject is dropped. It's not until the following chapter that she learns to use it.]]

* ExactWords: When Brock asks Sora if he can tell them where he's from and how he got here, Sora answers, "I'm not quite sure." Not technically a lie, since he doesn't know anything about the VoidBetweenTheWorlds he was in before, or how much he can tell them without breaking the [[AlienNonInterferenceClause World Order]]. Brock takes this to mean [[FakingAmnesia he has amnesia]], and [[SureLetsGoWithThat Sora doesn't correct him]] [[spoiler:until he absolutely has to]].

* GlobalCurrency: Sora's leftover munny from his own adventures has been converted into Poké since he arrived in Orre.

* InternalReveal: In Chapter 10, [[spoiler:Sora tells his new friends everything about the Heartless, Xehanort, etc, (complete with a LetMeGetThisStraight from Brock). In turn, Ash tells Sora, Serena and Bonnie about his own world-saving adventures and why he was called the Chosen One.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:When Sora explains how fighting Heartless has made him and his friends get stronger, Bonnie compares it to "experience points in a game".]]

* LimitBreak: Namechecked when [[spoiler:Sora's fight with a Guard Armor leads him to create a Limit Move with Ash and Pikachu, "Ten Million Volt Thunderstorm".]]

* MoneySpider: [[spoiler:When Sora explains how the Heartless leave behind munny and other useful items, the group suddenly realise that they had picked up a fair bit of it (in their bank accounts, that is) from the previous day's attack without even noticing.]]

* OutsideContextProblem: Sora has no idea what Pokémon are (much to Ash and everyone else's bafflement). In turn, [[spoiler:Ash and his friends have no idea what TheHeartless are when they show up]]. Illustrated both ways in Chapter 11, with Sora having to remember [[CallingYourAttacks to call out Pokémon attacks rather than his own spells]] during his first battle with Rufflet, while [[spoiler:a news report on the Heartless attack in Pyrite Town can only assume they were some kind of Shadow Pokémon (Fabe refers to Shadows as Sableye, Soldiers as Bisharp and Large Bodies as Snorlax). In addition, Ash and the other trainers are out of their depth in a fight against a Guard Armor, as they've almost never had to deal with an enemy attacking them directly]].

* SoreLoser: [[spoiler:After Sora and Serena defeat Vant and Serena snags his Shadow Toxel, he reacts like a ManChild, claiming he was just going to get rid of Toxel anyway.]]

* TagalongChronicler: As always, Jiminy Cricket, [[spoiler:whose journal helps Sora explain his backstory to Ash and friends, and who later accompanies Kairi and Riku on their rescue mission.]]
* TemptingFate: In Chapter 11, [[spoiler:when a Guard Armor drops out of the sky nearby, Sora starts to express confidence that they can take it easily, only to be interrupted by several dozen Soldier Heartless showing up as well, followed by ''a second'' Guard Armor.]]

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In Chapter 11, [[spoiler:Sora, Ash and Pikachu's limit break, used to defeat two Guard Armors and a bunch of Soldier Heartless. Brock and Serena both consider it overkill, while the author agrees but considers it both fun to write and WorthIt.]]

** Chapter 9: [[spoiler:In the Land of Departure, Kairi gets a call from Xion saying that they've found Sora. In Pyrite Town, the heroes visit Fateen's Fortune Telling, where Fateen not only recognises Ash as TheChosenOne but identifies Sora as a Guardian of Light, warning him that darkness is encroaching on the world. Before Sora can explain any of this to the group, the Heartless make an appearance nearby and Sora is forced to break his cover.]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: As in canon, [[spoiler:Jovi is about as exasperating to Michael as everyone else, though she does prove to be unexpectedly effective teacher to Kairi and Riku.]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: As in canon, [[spoiler:Jovi is about as exasperating to Michael as everyone else.]]

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Discussed by Sora, who struggles to get his head around it while watching a battle:

* BrutalHonesty: Bonnie has a tendency toward this when criticising Orre for being far behind the rest of the world, even when surrounded by locals such as at Phenac Stadium. While some of them are noticeable irritated by her statement, others seem to treat it as JerkassHasAPoint.

** In Chapter 15, [[spoiler:after Sora, comparing this world to his own, offhandedly comments "Yeah, sure, I can use magic, but anyone can do that!" It takes Serena a minute to notice the implications of that (that she might be able to learn to use it using the magic staff she found earlier), but before she can ask him about it, she gets distracted by their arrival in Agate Village and the subject is dropped.]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9: [[spoiler:In the Land of Departure, Kairi gets a call from Xion saying that they've found Sora. In Pyrite Town, the heroes visit Fateen's Fortune Telling, where Fateen not only recognises Ash as TheChosenOne but identifies Sora as a Guardian of Light, warning him that darkness is encroaching on the world. Before Sora can explain any of this to the group, the Heartless make an appearance nearby and Sora is forced to break his cover.]]
* WhamLine: In Chapter 8, [[spoiler:Greevil's unidentified ally warns him that there's a Keyblade user somewhere in this world (obviously the reader already knows this, but not the fact that said ally knew anything about Keyblades, or that Greevil knew enough to not need further information).]]

* DelayedReaction: While gossiping with Sora about Ash and Serena, Bonnie compares their ChildhoodFriendRomance to him and Kairi. Sora agrees before taking a moment to realise they're suddenly talking about him. As the narration puts it, "All that was missing was [[RecordNeedleScratch the cliché sound of a record scratching]]."

** On the other side, the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory'' are ignored, so Kairi doesn't decide to start training with Aqua until a few chapters in.

* OutsideContextProblem: Sora has no idea what Pokémon are (much to Ash and everyone else's bafflement). In turn, [[spoiler:Ash and his friends have no idea what TheHeartless are when they show up]]. Illustrated both ways in Chapter 11, with [[spoiler:Sora having to remember [[CallingYourAttacks to call out Pokémon attacks]] rather than his own spells during his first battle with Rufflet, while a news report on the Heartless attack in Pyrite Town can only assume they were some kind of Shadow Pokémon (Fabe compares them to Sableye, Bisharp and Snorlax). On the other side, Ash and the other trainers are out of their depth in a fight against a Guard Armor, as they've almost never had to deal with an enemy attacking them directly]].

* BroadStrokes: In the Pokémon world, the story picks up a few years after ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' and ignores ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', with Ash and Serena [[AgeLift aged up]] to 18. In addition, the events of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory'' are ignored, so Kairi doesn't decide to start training with Aqua until a few chapters in.
* CanonName: The protagonists of ''Colosseum'' and ''Gale of Darkness'' go by combinations of their English and Japanese names: Wes Leo and Michael Ryuto respectively.

** Kairi asks [[spoiler:her new Pokemon whether "Ralts" is her name or her species. She answers, "Yes!", as does Riku's Larvitar. Ralts then clarifies that he's called Larvitar. "It'd be silly if he was called Ralts."]]

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34941868/chapters/87014950 Colosseum of the Heart]]'' is an ongoing {{Crossover}} fanfic between ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' and ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', also including settings and characters from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum''. The story is written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ikell/pseuds/Ikell Ikell]] and published on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13984759/1/Colosseum-of-the-Heart as well as]] Website/FanfictionDotNet.

* MagicStaff: [[spoiler:Serena finds a Magus Staff during a Heartless attack in Phenac City, Sora recognising it as similar to the ones Donald uses.]]

* MissedHimByThatMuch: In Chapter 12 [[spoiler:when Kairi and Riku arrive in Pyrite Town not long after Sora and Ash's group left.]] The author's notes indicate this will be happening again, comparing it to the number of times Sora just missed meeting Donald and Goofy in Traverse Town.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: As in ''Colosseum'', the morality of "snagging" Shadow Pokémon is explored, with Ash and Serena being worried about becoming no better than Team Rocket but quickly deciding that Cipher needs to be stopped.

* CombatCommentator: Played for laughs with TheAnnouncer of a tournament in Phenac City, who's remarkably unenthusiastic about commentating on the battles. Brock suggests that he must be new and filling in for someone else, while Bonnie says that "It's like they found some random guy off the street and stuck him up in the announcer booth!" He does improve slightly by the final match.

** Kairi asks [[spoiler:her Ralts whether "Ralts" is her name or her species. She answers, "Yes!", as does Riku's Larvitar. Ralts then clarifies that he's called Larvitar. "It'd be silly if he was called Ralts."]]

* CombatCommentator: Played for laughs with the announcer of a tournament in Phenac City, who's remarkably unenthusiastic about commentating on the battles. Brock suggests that he must be new and filling in for someone else, while Bonnie says that "It's like they found some random guy off the street and stuck him up in the announcer booth!" He does improve slightly by the final match.

* CombatCommentator: Played for laughs with the announcer of a tournament in Phenac City, who's remarkably unenthusiastic about commentating on the battles, at least at first. Brock suggests that he must be new and filling in for someone else, while Bonnie suggests that they "found some random guy off the street and stuck him in the announcer booth!" He does improve slightly by the final match.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: As usual, the World Order prevents Sora from telling his new friends about coming from another world [[spoiler:until he has no other choice, in the wake of the Heartless attack on Pyrite Town. Kairi, Riku and Jiminy intended to follow this as well, but her Ralts quickly learns the truth using telepathy.]]

* CutenessProximity: Kairi is prone to this [[spoiler:around Pokemon, in particular a Rockruff she meets in Pyrite Town and the Larvitar and Ralts she and Riku find in the S.S. ''Libra''. "At this point she was convinced that nearly every single Pokemon in existence was incredibly cute and must be protected at all costs."]]

* MathematiciansAnswer: Kairi asks [[spoiler:her Ralts whether "Ralts" is her name or her species. She answers, "Yes!", as does Riku's Larvitar. Ralts then clarifies that he's called Larvitar. "It'd be silly if he was called Ralts."]]

* OhMyGods: Ash and Serena use Arceus this way a few times.
* OutsideContextProblem: Sora has no idea what Pokémon are (much to Ash and everyone else's bafflement). In turn, [[spoiler:Ash and his friends have no idea what TheHeartless are when they show up]]. Illustrated both ways in Chapter 11, with [[spoiler:Sora having to remember [[CallingYourAttacks to call out Pokémon attacks]] rather than his own spells during his first battle with Rufflet, while a news report on the Heartless attack in Pyrite Town can only assume they were some kind of Shadow Pokémon (Fabe compares them to Sableye, Bisharp and Snorlax). In addition, Ash and the other trainers are out of their depth in a fight against a Guard Armor, as they've almost never had to deal with an enemy attacking them directly]].