History Fanfic / IntelligenceFactor

* SharedDream: Musharna spend most of their lives sleeping, and their society exists within a giant, interconnected dream.

* PsychicPowers: Many of the intelligent Pokémon species are Psychic-types. The Grimmsnarl and Hatterene chapter says that the Ghost, Dark, and Fairy types are derived from a psionic field as well, with the latter two derived from emotions.

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by [=GMBlackjack=], author of ''Fanfic/SongsOfTheSpheres''. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir recounting his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP/intelligence-factor-a-survey-of-pokerin-s-sapient-species Offprint]].

* DistantEpilogue: The epilogue takes place 30 years after Tapu Lele leaves Pokérin, by which point most of the mortal characters are either old or dead.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Chapter 68, The State of Pokérinian Civilization, gives summaries of Pokérin making its first steps to joining the Federation, and what various supporting characters got up to after the crew finished their survey.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The "E" character who occasionally comments on the articles turns out to be a Gothitelle named Eulogy.]]

* YouNoTakeCandle: Siren the Roserade's writings contains poor grammar and syntax, such as “you think he be gooder by now.” Julian wonders if she's doing this on purpose to mess with him.

* SingleSpecimenSpecies: Unusually for a ''Pokémon'' fanfic, this is averted with most legendaries — it's explicitly stated that there are multiple Latis, Darkrais, Cresselias, and Tapus. It's played straight with Regigigas, though; only one has ever existed, because it was created by Zygarde for the sole purpose of shaping the world.

* FightingFromTheInside: During Lele's battle against Leon, Dominus the Orbeetle can't mind-control Dragapult because it's using Outrage.

* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Male Kangaskhan joeys never reach adult size, and become Marowak when their mothers die.

* PsychicPowers: Many of the intelligent Pokémon species are Psychic-types.

* DreamLand: Musharna spend most of their lives sleeping, and all of them are linked to the same shared dream.

* EmotionsVsStoicism: [=Porygon2=] are entirely emotionless and focus on tasks like a computer would, yet they still have desires to do things. Meanwhile, Porygon-Z has chaotic emotions that seem to change every few seconds, and its behaviours don't follow the Vulcan idea of logic.

** Scrafty's hat is rebellion. They rebel against the idea of being categorised as sapient due to the misunderstanding that the Federation are imposing it on them.
** Malamar have a tendency to be megalomaniacs, or at least a desire for power. Julian wonders if the non-megalomaniacal ones never leave their cities... or if they purge ones who have different ideals.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler:It turns out that Infinity Energy improves itself by mimicking everything around it. There were no sapient Pokémon until Pokérinians evolved and Infinity Energy could "borrow" it from them. In turn, the way Pokérinians think things such as ghosts "should" be influences the way Infinity Energy manifests.]]

''Intelligence Factor: A Survey of Pokérin's Sapient Species'' is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' crossover by [=GMBlackjack=], author of ''Fanfic/SongsOfTheSpheres''. It is written as a scientific journal by Dr. Julian Bashir that recounts his travels around the world of Pokérin to study the intelligence of Pokémon. It can be found on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823067/chapters/76090625 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://offprint.net/prose/D27Ee2UaP/intelligence-factor-a-survey-of-pokerin-s-sapient-species Offprint]].

* YouNoTakeCandle: Siren the Roserade's writings contain poor grammar and syntax, such as “you think he be gooder by now.” Julian wonders if she's doing this on purpose to mess with him.

* PlanetOfHats: Malamar have a tendency to be megalomaniacs, or at least a desire for power. Julian wonders if the non-megalomaniacal ones never leave their cities... or if they purge ones who have different ideals.

* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Even ''pictures'' of Mimikyu's true body will kill anyone who looks at them. For good reason, Dr. Bashir doesn't want this to become public knowledge.