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* FailureGambit: What [[spoiler:Operation Prometheus]] turns out to be: after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team are, and that [[spoiler:he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions]], [[spoiler:Crocodile]] discards [[spoiler:Operation Utopia]], reorganizing all of his resources to [[spoiler:find the Poneglyph, steal it, and escape the country]]. He pulls it off thus: [[spoiler:Robin kidnaps King Cobra and Mr. 2 takes his place in the Palace, while Mr. 3 infiltrates the Marines en route to Alubarna. Crocodile throws his fight against Luffy while a body double gets himself arrested as Mr. 2, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. Mr. 3 pulls the mother of all jailbreaks while Cobra, aware of the bomb, leads them to the Poneglyph, which the Mr. 4 team smuggles out through a tunnel. Then everyone reconvenes at the coast where the Mr. 6 team is in charge of Crocodile's ship, ''Downpour'', to escape the country, while the bomb in the clock tower detonates at midnight, killing everyone who had opposed him]]. It went almost perfectly; the only flaw was that [[spoiler:Mr. 2 had an attack of conscience, causing him to expose the plot. Too late to stop Crocodile from escaping, but just in time to save Robin and Cobra from bleeding out and get rid of the bombs]].
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* FailureGambit: What [[spoiler:Operation Prometheus]] turns out to be: after realizing how powerful that Lucas and his team are, are too powerful to defeat and that [[spoiler:he was in contact with Smoker, who may his plans have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions]], been exposed, [[spoiler:Crocodile]] discards [[spoiler:Operation Utopia]], reorganizing all of his resources to [[spoiler:find the Poneglyph, steal it, and escape the country]]. He pulls it off thus: [[spoiler:Robin kidnaps King Cobra A key part of the plan is that he loses and Mr. 2 takes his place in the Palace, gets arrested, causing everyone else to let their guard down long enough for [[spoiler:Mr. 3 to pull a jailbreak while Mr. 3 infiltrates the Marines en route to Alubarna. Crocodile throws his fight against Luffy while a body double gets himself arrested 2 poses as Mr. 2, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. Mr. 3 pulls the mother of all jailbreaks while King Cobra, aware of the bomb, leads them real Cobra guiding Robin to the Poneglyph, which Poneglyph under threat of blowing up the palace. The Mr. 4 team smuggles out then absconds with the stone through a tunnel. Then everyone reconvenes at the coast where an underground tunnel while the Mr. 6 team is in charge of Crocodile's ship, ''Downpour'', to commands an escape ship on the country, while the bomb in the clock tower detonates at midnight, killing everyone who had opposed him]]. It went almost perfectly; the only flaw was coast, where every Baroque Works agent that they can jailbreak congregates]]. If it weren't for [[spoiler:Mr. 2 had having an attack of conscience, causing him to expose the plot. Too late to stop Crocodile from escaping, but just in time to save Robin and Cobra from bleeding out and get rid of the bombs]].conscience]], he would have gotten away with it flawlessly.
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* SunkCostFallacy: [[spoiler:Aokiji tells Spandam to scrap [=CP9's=] Water 7 mission, or at least, to just not send [=CP9=] after Robin, because of the risk that targeting the Straw Hats would jeopardise the Government's attempts to make "Pokémon Champion" Lucas a Warlord, Spandam]] is frustrated, but decides to continue on regardless, saying he's put in too much to stop now. [[spoiler:And since sending [=CP9=] after Robin would tip off Aokiji and Sengoku that he disobeyed orders, Spandam decides to call ''Blackbeard'', despite knowing he'd be sunk if the fact he did so became public knowledge]].
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* SunkCostFallacy: [[spoiler:Aokiji tells Spandam to scrap [=CP9's=] Water 7 mission, or at least, to just not send [=CP9=] after Robin, because of the risk that targeting the Straw Hats would jeopardise the Government's attempts to make "Pokémon Champion" Lucas a Warlord, Warlord. Spandam]] is frustrated, but decides to continue on regardless, saying he's put in too much to stop now. [[spoiler:And since sending [=CP9=] after Robin would tip off Aokiji and Sengoku that he disobeyed orders, Spandam decides to call ''Blackbeard'', despite knowing he'd be sunk if the fact he did so became public knowledge]].
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* SunkCostFallacy: When [[spoiler:Aokiji tells Spandam to scrap [=CP9's=] Water 7 mission, because the risk of targeting Nico Robin and the Straw Hats would jeopardise the Government's talks to make "Pokémon Champion" Lucas a Warlord, Spandam]] is frustrated, but decides to continue on regardless, saying he's put in too much to stop now.
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* SunkCostFallacy: When [[spoiler:Aokiji tells Spandam to scrap [=CP9's=] Water 7 mission, or at least, to just not send [=CP9=] after Robin, because of the risk of that targeting Nico Robin and the Straw Hats would jeopardise the Government's talks attempts to make "Pokémon Champion" Lucas a Warlord, Spandam]] is frustrated, but decides to continue on regardless, saying he's put in too much to stop now.now. [[spoiler:And since sending [=CP9=] after Robin would tip off Aokiji and Sengoku that he disobeyed orders, Spandam decides to call ''Blackbeard'', despite knowing he'd be sunk if the fact he did so became public knowledge]].
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* AdaptationDeviation: The Davy Back Fight Arc goes a bit differently.
** Lucas turns down Foxy's challenge on account of refusing to gamble with his teammates, and Luffy follows his example by refusing the challenge too. However, he does agree to a one-round Captain's Match against Foxy, with the loser owing the winner a favour.
** Because the Straw Hats don't participate in the Davy Back Fight, a few lessons, like Chopper becoming more mature and Zoro and Sanji learning to work together, are moved over to their training session against Lucas's team.
** [[spoiler:Aokiji doesn't battle the Straw Hats for Robin; in fact, he leaves her alone once Lucas reveals he and the Straw Hats know of her past. He is here to offer Lucas a Warlord position.]]
** Lucas turns down Foxy's challenge on account of refusing to gamble with his teammates, and Luffy follows his example by refusing the challenge too. However, he does agree to a one-round Captain's Match against Foxy, with the loser owing the winner a favour.
** Because the Straw Hats don't participate in the Davy Back Fight, a few lessons, like Chopper becoming more mature and Zoro and Sanji learning to work together, are moved over to their training session against Lucas's team.
** [[spoiler:Aokiji doesn't battle the Straw Hats for Robin; in fact, he leaves her alone once Lucas reveals he and the Straw Hats know of her past. He is here to offer Lucas a Warlord position.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: During the run-up to the Water 7 Arc, it's established that Crocodile and Baroque Works, Smoker and his Marines, Lucas and his team, the Straw Hats, the Blackbeard Pirates, Cipher Pol Nine, Ace, Sabo, and ''Sengoku'' all have their reasons to go to the city - [[ThisIsGonnaSuck and that they're all going to be there at roughly the same time...]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: During the run-up to the Water 7 Arc, it's established that Crocodile and Baroque Works, Smoker and his Marines, Lucas and his team, the Straw Hats, the Blackbeard Pirates, Cipher Pol Nine, Ace, Sabo, and ''Sengoku'' all have their reasons to go to the city - [[ThisIsGonnaSuck [[GambitPileup and that they're all going to be there at roughly the same time...]]
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Newly-minted Sinnoh Champion Lucas and his team have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a draw.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Newly-minted Sinnoh Champion Lucas and his team have battled with and trained with the Elite Four and other Champions, survived Legendary rampages, and have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Incident. While Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, his team of Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all each capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a one-on-one draw.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The sidestories show Barry, Dawn, and Lucas's remaining teammembers Luxray and Togekiss trying to find a way to get Lucas back to their own world.
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* HeadDesk: Sengoku does this when his endeavour to [[spoiler:make Lucas a Warlord]] hits another snag: his suggested meeting place, Water 7, has an active undercover [=CP9=] mission underway.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The sidestories show Barry, Dawn, and Lucas's remaining teammembers Luxray and Togekiss trying to find a way to get Lucas back to their own world.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The sidestories show Barry, Dawn, and Lucas's remaining teammembers Luxray and Togekiss trying to find a way to get Lucas back to their own world.
* {{Omniglot}}: Lucas and his Pokémon are dumbfounded when Luffy understands Crobat's PokemonSpeak after only a short while ([[spoiler:likely due to the Voice of All Things]]), while it took years for Lucas to reach that level of instinctual understanding with his team.
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** In one of the sidestories, Uxie was able to fight off Barry's entire team, plus Togekiss and Luxray (Lucas's last two teammates), and was easily holding his own. Barry notices that to capture the Emotion-Knowledge-Willpower trio, Team Galactic had to pump the air around them with Ghost-type energy, their KryptoniteFactor, and use small ''armies'' of Dark-types to disable them, ''after'' they were hit with said Kryptonite.
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** In one of the sidestories, Uxie was able to fight off Barry's entire team, plus Togekiss and Luxray (Lucas's last two teammates), and was easily holding his own.without significant effort. Barry notices that to capture the Emotion-Knowledge-Willpower trio, Team Galactic had to pump the air around them with Ghost-type energy, their KryptoniteFactor, and use small ''armies'' of Dark-types to disable them, ''after'' they were hit with said Kryptonite.
** Also later, [[spoiler:Aokiji warns Spandam to make sure [=CP9=] doesn't do anything to jeopardize the Navy's talks with Lucas, including target Nico Robin or the Straw Hat Pirates when they reach Water 7.]]
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** Also, Bentham (Mr. 2), after seeing everyone party [[spoiler:after thinking they had defeated Crocodile and ended his plans]], willingly reveals himself and tells them what he knows about Operation Prometheus.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Even without taking the Straw Hats into account, Lucas is this to the original story - having ''six'' Yonkou-Commander level fighters popping into Paradise out of nowhere upends a lot of TheStationsOfTheCanon for the first half of the story.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Even without taking the Straw Hats into account, Lucas is this to the original story - having ''six'' Yonkou-Commander Emperor-Commander level fighters popping into Paradise out of nowhere upends a lot of TheStationsOfTheCanon for the first half of the story.
* SunkCostFallacy: When [[spoiler:Aokiji tells Spandam to scrap [=CP9's=] Water 7 mission, because the risk of targeting Nico Robin and the Straw Hats would jeopardise the Government's talks to make "Pokémon Champion" Lucas a Warlord, Spandam]] is frustrated, but decides to continue on regardless, saying he's put in too much to stop now.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gardevoir gives Lucas a full-force telepathic [[AngerBornOfWorry tirade]] for withdrawing her and letting himself be buried under the psychic force of the Unown, even though her own shield was cracking under the strain.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gardevoir gives Lucas a full-force telepathic [[AngerBornOfWorry tirade]] for withdrawing her and letting himself be buried under the psychic force of the Unown, even though her own psychic shield was cracking under the strain.
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* BeleagueredBoss: Sengoku is extremely tired of all the issues that have been caused by Lucas, directly or indirectly - damage to G4, [[LiteralSplitPersonality six reports from Vegapunk]] taller than his desk all ''filled'' with complaints, losing a Warlord and having to select a new one...
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* CrazyPrepared: Lucas mentions how glad he is to be a pack Rattata when thinking about his extensive supplies for what was ostensibly a simple recon mission - that turned out to be a one-way jaunt to another world.
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* CrazyPrepared: Lucas mentions how glad he is to be a pack Rattata when thinking about his extensive supplies for what was ostensibly a simple recon mission - that turned out to be a one-way jaunt to another world.
* CrushBlush: Gardevoir and Lucas have this for Lucian's Gallade (it's implied) and Dawn, respectively.
* CrushBlush: Gardevoir and Lucas have this for Lucian's Gallade (it's implied) and Dawn, respectively.
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** Tashigi also intensifies her training, both before and after the G4 incident, partly to catch up to Zoro, and later to distract herself due to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the orders of her bosses making her turn on Lucas]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Straw Hats, after meeting Lucas the first time and seeing how outclassed they are in comparison, all decide to train themselves, a ''lot'' more than they did in canon.
* ContrivedCoincidence: During the run-up to the Water 7 Arc, it's established that Crocodile and Baroque Works, Smoker and his Marines, Lucas and his team, the Straw Hats, the Blackbeard Pirates, Cipher Pol Nine, Ace, Sabo, and ''Sengoku'' all have their reasons to go to the city - [[ThisIsGonnaSuck and that they're all going to be there at roughly the same time...]]
** In one of the sidestories, Uxie was able to fight off Barry's entire team, plus Togekiss and Luxray (Lucas's last two teammates), and was easily holding his own. Barry notices that to capture the Emotion-Knowledge-Willpower trio, Team Galactic had to pump the air around them with Ghost-type energy, their KryptoniteFactor, and use small ''armies'' of Dark-types to disable them, ''after'' they were hit with said Kryptonite.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Even without taking the Straw Hats into account, Lucas is this to the original story - having ''six'' Yonkou-Commander level fighters popping into Paradise out of nowhere upends a lot of TheStationsOfTheCanon for the first half of the story.
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** Upon hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God), the Straw Hat Pirates all vow to make themselves stronger. Later after sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much kills any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the World Government. Vice-Admiral Gion even tells Lucas that learning this is one of the reasons why she didn't tell him about Rhode's arrival beforehand:
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much kills any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the World Government. Vice-Admiral Gion even tells Lucas that learning this is one of the reasons why she didn't tell him about Rhode's arrival beforehand:
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** Upon hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God), the Straw Hat Pirates all vow to make themselves stronger. Later after sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, and becomes more adept at fighting with body parts ''besides'' his fists and feet, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty muchkills killed any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with completely trusting the World Government. Vice-Admiral Gion even tells Lucas that learning this is one of the reasons why she didn't tell him about Rhode's arrival beforehand:
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much
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* {{Realpolitik}}: The Navy is so eager to [[spoiler:get "Pokémon Champion" Lucas back on their side]] that they actually offer to hang [[spoiler:the offending Celestial Dragon]] out to dry if [[spoiler:he'll accept a Warlord position]]. And despite [[spoiler:his earlier declaration of war]], [[spoiler:Lucas]], considering the resources needed to [[spoiler:find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash]], accepts under conditions.
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* {{Realpolitik}}: The Navy is so eager to [[spoiler:get "Pokémon get [[spoiler:"Pokémon Champion" Lucas back back]] on their side]] side that they actually offer to hang [[spoiler:the offending Celestial Dragon]] out to dry if [[spoiler:he'll accept a Warlord position]]. And despite [[spoiler:his earlier declaration of war]], [[spoiler:Lucas]], considering the resources needed to [[spoiler:find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash]], accepts under conditions.
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''Platinum Pirate'' is a ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum''/''Manga/OnePiece'' {{Crossover}} FanFiction by Your Teammate.
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''Platinum Pirate'' is a ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum''/''Manga/OnePiece'' ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Platinum]]''/''Manga/OnePiece'' {{Crossover}} FanFiction by Your Teammate.
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* FastballSpecial: Vaporeon, who can melt into water and back at will, becomes this for those versed in the aqua-centric Fishman Karate style. Hack's early attempts at utilizing him for this purpose cause Vaporeon to smash through five walls.
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After a freak accident with a colony of Unown in the Solaceon Ruins, newly incumbent Champion Lucas plunges into an unknown ocean. Captain Smoker and Officer Tashigi fish him out, and he joins with them on the way to Alabasta. But when he and his team meet with the Straw Hats and learn of their relationship with Vivi, Crocodile's plot begins coming apart at the seams. And that's only the beginning.
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After a freak accident with a colony of Unown in the Solaceon Ruins, newly incumbent Champion Lucas plunges into an unknown ocean. Captain Smoker and Officer Tashigi fish him out, and he joins with them on the way to Alabasta. But when he and his team team[[note]]Gardevoir, Lucario, Torterra, Crobat, Vaporeon, and Houndoom[[/note]] meet with the Straw Hats and learn of their relationship with Vivi, Crocodile's plot begins coming apart at the seams. And that's only the beginning.
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-->'''Crocodile''': Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again.
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* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to Pokémon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
* KarmaHoudini: Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
* KarmaHoudini: Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
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* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to Pokémon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
telling-off), eventually coming to the point of correcting others himself.
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** Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
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** Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
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-->'''Lucas''': Where I come from, battling is as casual a greeting as shaking hands.
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Platinum Pirate is a story where Lucas, the (male) protagonist of ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'' is TrappedInAnotherWorld - specifically, the world of ''Manga/OnePiece'' - due to a colony of Unown. It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]].
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After a freak accident with a colony of
It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13948544/1/Platinum-Pirate here]].
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** [[spoiler:Crocodile downplays this, at the end of the Alabasta arc - while he achieved his goal and stole the Poneglyph, and freed most of his men, he only has one ship left to use, his Warlord title was revoked, and Robin, the only person capable of reading the Poneglyph that he knows about, refused to tell him what it said or tried to lie to him about what it said]].
* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Crocodile]] pulls this off as part of his FailureGambit: [[spoiler: right after the war, a guard accidentally uses Vivi's Baroque Works code name in front of Lucas and Cobra and reveals himself as Mr. 2, whom the other guards carry off. It isn't until the victory feast that, overwhelmed by the sense of celebration, "Cobra" drops his Clone-Clone disguise and reveals himself to be the actual Mr. 2 all along, giving Crocodile plenty of time to escape while everyone else's guard was down.]]
* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Crocodile]] pulls this off as part of his FailureGambit: [[spoiler: right after the war, a guard accidentally uses Vivi's Baroque Works code name in front of Lucas and Cobra and reveals himself as Mr. 2, whom the other guards carry off. It isn't until the victory feast that, overwhelmed by the sense of celebration, "Cobra" drops his Clone-Clone disguise and reveals himself to be the actual Mr. 2 all along, giving Crocodile plenty of time to escape while everyone else's guard was down.]]
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** [[spoiler:Crocodile [[spoiler:Crocodile]] downplays this, this at the end of the [[spoiler:the Alabasta arc - arc]]: while he achieved his goal and stole [[spoiler:stole the Poneglyph, and freed most of his men, men]], he lost most of his resources along the way: [[spoiler:he only has one ship left to use, his Warlord title was revoked, and Robin, the only person capable of reading the Poneglyph that he knows about, refused to Poneglyph, would not tell him what it said or tried to lie to him about what it said]].
was on the Poneglyph]].
* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Crocodile]] pulls this off as part of his FailureGambit: [[spoiler: right after the war, a guard accidentally uses Vivi's Baroque Works code name in front of Lucas and Cobra and reveals himself as Mr. 2, whom the other guards carryoff. off]]. It isn't until the victory feast that, overwhelmed by the sense of celebration, "Cobra" [[spoiler:"Cobra" drops his Clone-Clone disguise and reveals himself to be the actual Mr. 2 all along, giving Crocodile plenty of 2]]. And by the time that happens, [[spoiler:Crocodile has not only escaped jail, he's escaped to escape while everyone else's guard was down.]]the coast with the Poneglyph in tow]].
* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Crocodile]] pulls this off as part of his FailureGambit: [[spoiler: right after the war, a guard accidentally uses Vivi's Baroque Works code name in front of Lucas and Cobra and reveals himself as Mr. 2, whom the other guards carry
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** When Lucas is warning off the Foxy Pirates, he says "I suggest you surrender now or prepare to fight."
** When Lucas is warning off the Foxy Pirates, he says "I suggest you surrender now or prepare to fight."
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* MythologyGag:
**MythologyGag: When Lucas is warning off the Foxy Pirates, he says "I suggest you surrender now or prepare to fight."
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Straw Hat pirates are concerned when Luffy returns from beating up Bellamy and retrieving Cricket's gold ''more'' serious than when he left. They're right when he shows them Lucas's new bounty posters and exactly what he got them for.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Straw Hat pirates Pirates are concerned when Luffy returns from beating up Bellamy and retrieving Cricket's gold ''more'' serious than when he left. They're right when he rightfully concerned, as Luffy shows them Lucas's new bounty posters and exactly what he got them for.
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* {{Realpolitik}}: [[spoiler: The Navy is so eager to get "Pokémon Champion" Lucas back on their side that they actually offer to hang the offending Celestial Dragon out to dry if he'll accept a Warlord position. And despite his earlier declaration of war, Lucas, considering the resources needed to find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash, accepts under conditions.]]
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* {{Realpolitik}}: [[spoiler: The Navy is so eager to get [[spoiler:get "Pokémon Champion" Lucas back on their side side]] that they actually offer to hang the [[spoiler:the offending Celestial Dragon Dragon]] out to dry if he'll [[spoiler:he'll accept a Warlord position. position]]. And despite his [[spoiler:his earlier declaration of war, Lucas, war]], [[spoiler:Lucas]], considering the resources needed to find [[spoiler:find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash, leash]], accepts under conditions.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats after Gardevoir's powers convinces him that she's innocent.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats—and by extension, lets the Straw Hats after leave—after Gardevoir's powers convinces him that she's innocent.
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of ''One Piece'' due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back.
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of ''One Piece'' due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back. In fact, the first side story confirms that Lucas will need help to get back home:
-->'''Uxie''': He has no way to return on his own. Instead, an opening must be given.
-->'''Uxie''': He has no way to return on his own. Instead, an opening must be given.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. 3 due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.]]"\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.]]"\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou CantKillYouStillNeedYou: In Chapter 4, when Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing learns of Mr. 3 due 3's failure to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr.kill Vivi and the Straw Hats ''after'' learning about the Marines' new ally who defeated Mr. 1, he is furious:
-->'''Crocodile''': Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.]]"\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted]]\\
''(chokes and dehydrates Mr. 3by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded for several moments before throwing him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into against a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Wordschair)''\\
-->'''Crocodile''': Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
--> "Mr.
-->'''Crocodile''': Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted
''(chokes and dehydrates Mr. 3
"Words
-->'''Crocodile''': Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again.
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus turns out to be - after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, and that he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides to abandon Operation Utopia, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to the Straw Hats, Alabasta, and the Marines. He does this by having Mr. Three infiltrate the Marines to free him after he throws his fight with Luffy, pull a KansasCityShuffle with Mr. 2, and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with the Poneglyph and his men]].
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus What [[spoiler:Operation Prometheus]] turns out to be - be: after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, are, and that he [[spoiler:he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides actions]], [[spoiler:Crocodile]] discards [[spoiler:Operation Utopia]], reorganizing all of his resources to abandon Operation Utopia, [[spoiler:find the Poneglyph, steal it, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to escape the Straw Hats, Alabasta, country]]. He pulls it off thus: [[spoiler:Robin kidnaps King Cobra and Mr. 2 takes his place in the Marines. He does this by having Palace, while Mr. Three infiltrate 3 infiltrates the Marines en route to free him after he Alubarna. Crocodile throws his fight with Luffy, pull against Luffy while a KansasCityShuffle with body double gets himself arrested as Mr. 2, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. Mr. 3 pulls the mother of all jailbreaks while Cobra, aware of the bomb, leads them to the Poneglyph, which the Mr. 4 team smuggles out through a tunnel. Then everyone reconvenes at the coast where the Mr. 6 team is in charge of Crocodile's ship, ''Downpour'', to escape the country, while the bomb in the clock tower detonates at midnight, killing everyone who had opposed him]]. It went almost perfectly; the only flaw was that [[spoiler:Mr. 2 had an attack of conscience, causing him to expose the plot. Too late to stop Crocodile from escaping, but just in time to save Robin and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with Cobra from bleeding out and get rid of the Poneglyph and his men]].bombs]].
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* ArmorPiercingAttack: As it turns out, Ghost and Dark-type attacks attack the soul directly, and can bypass a Logia's protection. Moreover, spars with Vice-Admiral Gion reveal that Observation Haki is more Psychic-leaning than Fighting, and thus Dark-type attacks can apparently interfere with it.
** [[spoiler: Aokiji is alarmed when Houndoom's Inferno leaves him with a burn even through his ice body.]]
** [[spoiler: Aokiji is alarmed when Houndoom's Inferno leaves him with a burn even through his ice body.]]
* BeamSpam: Lucas and all six of his Pokémon do this as a final demonstration of their power and a message to Saint Rhode about who exactly he pissed off: a synchronized Hyper Beam barrage that Vice-Admiral Gion barely manages to deflect.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. 3 due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.]]"\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
* CrazyPrepared: Lucas mentions how glad he is to be a pack Rattata when thinking about his extensive supplies for what was ostensibly a simple recon mission - that turned out to be a one-way jaunt to another world.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, [[YouHaveFailedMe I would kill you right now.]]"\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
* CrazyPrepared: Lucas mentions how glad he is to be a pack Rattata when thinking about his extensive supplies for what was ostensibly a simple recon mission - that turned out to be a one-way jaunt to another world.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Lucas and his team have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a draw.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Newly-minted Sinnoh Champion Lucas and his team have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a draw.
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus turns out to be - after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, and that he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides to abandon Operation Utopia, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to the Straw Hats, Alabasta, and the Marines. He does this by having Mr. Three infiltrate the Marines to free him after he throws his fight with Luffy, and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with the Poneglyph and his men]].
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* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus turns out to be - after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, and that he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides to abandon Operation Utopia, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to the Straw Hats, Alabasta, and the Marines. He does this by having Mr. Three infiltrate the Marines to free him after he throws his fight with Luffy, pull a KansasCityShuffle with Mr. 2, and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with the Poneglyph and his men]].
* {{Futureshadowing}}: A sidestory chapter has Tapu Fini, through a lingering connection between the Unown and the Rainbow Mist, show Dawn, Barry and Lucas's Luxray and Togekiss a future scene of Lucas at Water 7, when Luxray and Togekiss have somehow already joined him.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The sidestories show Barry, Dawn, and Lucas's remaining teammembers Luxray and Togekiss trying to find a way to get Lucas back to their own world.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The sidestories show Barry, Dawn, and Lucas's remaining teammembers Luxray and Togekiss trying to find a way to get Lucas back to their own world.
* KansasCityShuffle: [[spoiler: Crocodile]] pulls this off as part of his FailureGambit: [[spoiler: right after the war, a guard accidentally uses Vivi's Baroque Works code name in front of Lucas and Cobra and reveals himself as Mr. 2, whom the other guards carry off. It isn't until the victory feast that, overwhelmed by the sense of celebration, "Cobra" drops his Clone-Clone disguise and reveals himself to be the actual Mr. 2 all along, giving Crocodile plenty of time to escape while everyone else's guard was down.]]
* MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades: The Revolutionaries give Gardevoir a pair of shotel blades to amplify her fighting skills, which she wields (along with its ring-shaped sheath) with her telekinesis.
* MythologyGag:
** When Lucas is warning off the Foxy Pirates, he says "I suggest you surrender now or prepare to fight."
* MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades: The Revolutionaries give Gardevoir a pair of shotel blades to amplify her fighting skills, which she wields (along with its ring-shaped sheath) with her telekinesis.
* MythologyGag:
** When Lucas is warning off the Foxy Pirates, he says "I suggest you surrender now or prepare to fight."
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Robin's worries on how her own existence is a crime and how no-one can face the world and win are rebuffed by the Straw Hats, Ace and [[spoiler:Sabo]] sharing their own experiences with the subject.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Straw Hat pirates are concerned when Luffy returns from beating up Bellamy and retrieving Cricket's gold ''more'' serious than when he left. They're right when he shows them Lucas's new bounty posters and exactly what he got them for.
** The latter part is showcased by Lucas tossing [[spoiler: Aokiji]] a Rawst Berry and some Moomoo Milk after their battle, which in seconds, heal burns and restore stamina that would've taken days to restore naturally.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his gruff demeanor and desire to capture Luffy, Smoker allows the Straw Hats and Robin to leave Alabasta unhindered, as thanks for helping the Marines and Lucas stop Crocodile from taking over the country.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Despite his gruff demeanor and desire to capture Luffy, Smoker allows the Straw Hats and Robin to leave Alabasta unhindered, as thanks for helping the Marines and Lucas stop Crocodile from taking over thecountry.country.
** Vice-Admiral Gion is also one. Not only does she serve as MsExposition for Lucas to learn about the power levels of this world, she also takes the time to spar and teach his team what they will be facing in the future... because she knows that as soon as the Saint Rhode of the World Nobles arrives, any chance that Lucas will remain allied with them will drop to nil.
* {{Realpolitik}}: [[spoiler: The Navy is so eager to get "Pokémon Champion" Lucas back on their side that they actually offer to hang the offending Celestial Dragon out to dry if he'll accept a Warlord position. And despite his earlier declaration of war, Lucas, considering the resources needed to find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash, accepts under conditions.]]
** Despite his gruff demeanor and desire to capture Luffy, Smoker allows the Straw Hats and Robin to leave Alabasta unhindered, as thanks for helping the Marines and Lucas stop Crocodile from taking over the
** Vice-Admiral Gion is also one. Not only does she serve as MsExposition for Lucas to learn about the power levels of this world, she also takes the time to spar and teach his team what they will be facing in the future... because she knows that as soon as the Saint Rhode of the World Nobles arrives, any chance that Lucas will remain allied with them will drop to nil.
* {{Realpolitik}}: [[spoiler: The Navy is so eager to get "Pokémon Champion" Lucas back on their side that they actually offer to hang the offending Celestial Dragon out to dry if he'll accept a Warlord position. And despite his earlier declaration of war, Lucas, considering the resources needed to find a way back home for a rather long and loose leash, accepts under conditions.]]
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* StoryBreakerPower: Gardevoir's PsychicPowers do quite a bit in up-ending the story, from ferrying Lucas and Smoker across Alabasta in the blink of an eye, to sharing Robin's DarkAndTroubledPast to everyone including Vivi and Smoker, to [[spoiler: restoring Sabo's memories of his brothers]].
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* ShipTease: Lucas apparently has some with Dawn, given Gardevoir and Barry's remarks about their missing counterpart.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Lucas is one, given his homeworld's culture. He and his Pokémon are eager to spar and test themselves against everyone they meet, from Smoker and Tashigi to Vice-Admiral Gion, from the Revolutionaries to [[spoiler: Admiral Aokiji]]. In fact, challenging [[spoiler: Aokiji]] to a battle is one of his conditions to [[spoiler: accepting the World Government's offer of a Warlord position]], leaving everyone else amazed that he is challenging [[spoiler: one of the world's strongest men]] for ''fun''.
* StoryBreakerPower: Gardevoir's PsychicPowers do quite a bit in up-ending the story, from ferrying Lucas andSmoker his allies across Alabasta in the blink of an eye, to sharing Robin's DarkAndTroubledPast to everyone including Vivi and Smoker, to [[spoiler: restoring Sabo's memories of his brothers]].brothers]].
* ThatCameOutWrong: When Kohza becomes aware of the Baroque Works moles in his ranks, he orders his men to root out everyone with the right tattoo, and to tear their clothes off if they have to. Then he realizes what he said, does a VerbalBackspace, and specifies the sleeves.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarizing Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match, his supply of supernatural medicines and produce, and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best, has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realizes that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
* SpiritedCompetitor: Lucas is one, given his homeworld's culture. He and his Pokémon are eager to spar and test themselves against everyone they meet, from Smoker and Tashigi to Vice-Admiral Gion, from the Revolutionaries to [[spoiler: Admiral Aokiji]]. In fact, challenging [[spoiler: Aokiji]] to a battle is one of his conditions to [[spoiler: accepting the World Government's offer of a Warlord position]], leaving everyone else amazed that he is challenging [[spoiler: one of the world's strongest men]] for ''fun''.
* StoryBreakerPower: Gardevoir's PsychicPowers do quite a bit in up-ending the story, from ferrying Lucas and
* ThatCameOutWrong: When Kohza becomes aware of the Baroque Works moles in his ranks, he orders his men to root out everyone with the right tattoo, and to tear their clothes off if they have to. Then he realizes what he said, does a VerbalBackspace, and specifies the sleeves.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarizing Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match, his supply of supernatural medicines and produce, and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best, has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realizes that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarizing Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realizes that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much kills any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the World Government.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much kills any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the World Government. Vice-Admiral Gion even tells Lucas that learning this is one of the reasons why she didn't tell him about Rhode's arrival beforehand:
--> …Consider it the last lesson I can pass on to you: one person’s unexpected arrival can start or stop a war.
--> …Consider it the last lesson I can pass on to you: one person’s unexpected arrival can start or stop a war.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. 3 due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, I would kill you right now."\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, I would kill you right now."\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
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* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile WhatTheHellHero: Gardevoir gives Lucas a full-force telepathic [[AngerBornOfWorry tirade]] for withdrawing her and letting himself be buried under the psychic force of the Unown, even though her own shield was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. 3 due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not thatcracking under the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, I would kill you right now."\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."strain.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:Bentham]], after Operation Prometheus. While he hasn't attained a bounty yet, he was still willingly part of Baroque Works. Smoker notes that this part of Bentham's career can be stricken from his record if he and his crew works alongside the Marines, which the former agent agrees to.
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:Bentham]], after Operation Prometheus. While he hasn't attained a bounty yet, he was still willingly part of Baroque Works. Smoker notes that this part of Bentham's his career can be stricken from his record if he and his crew works alongside the Marines, which the former agent agrees to.
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:Bentham]], after Operation Prometheus. While he hasn't attained a bounty yet, he was still willingly part of Baroque Works. Smoker notes that this part of Bentham's career can be stricken from his record if he and his crew works alongside the Marines, which the former Mr. 2 agrees to.
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:Bentham]], after Operation Prometheus. While he hasn't attained a bounty yet, he was still willingly part of Baroque Works. Smoker notes that this part of Bentham's career can be stricken from his record if he and his crew works alongside the Marines, which the former Mr. 2 agent agrees to.
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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:Bentham]], after Operation Prometheus. While he hasn't attained a bounty yet, he was still willingly part of Baroque Works. Smoker notes that this part of Bentham's career can be stricken from his record if he and his crew works alongside the Marines, which the former Mr. 2 agrees to.
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* NoSell: Crocodile eventually figures out that, as a Logia-user, he can just turn his brain to sand to prevent Gardevoir from targeting his mind. This forces her to take a different approach in dealing with him.
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''"Looks like we're going to be partners from now on. Together, we'll see all this world has to offer."'' When Incumbent Champion Lucas was called in to investigate a mysterious buildup of psychic energy in the Solaceon Ruins, he didn't expect for his wish from so long ago to come true, in potentially the worst (or best) way possible.
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When Incumbent Champion Lucas was called in to investigate a mysterious buildup of psychic energy in the Solaceon Ruins, he didn't expect for his wish from so long ago to come true, in potentially the worst (or best) way possible.
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* CutenessOverload: Koala lasts about 3 seconds before succumbing to Vaporeon's [[PuppyDogEyes Baby-Doll Eyes]].
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* CutenessOverload: Koala lasts about 3 seconds before succumbing to Vaporeon's [[PuppyDogEyes Baby-Doll Eyes]].Eyes]], and it's stated that he gave Hack the same treatment upon seeing Fishman Karate for himself.
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** Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously, especially after he's deemed an outlaw by the World Government.
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** Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously, especially furiously after he's deemed an outlaw by the World Government.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarising Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realises that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarising summarizing Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realises realizes that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
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** After hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God) and sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.
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** After Upon hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God) and God), the Straw Hat Pirates all vow to make themselves stronger. Later after sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.early.
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* NoodleIncident: Lucas's comments on Gardevoir's early attempts at using Teleport allude to one of these, which led to her being known as "Jungle Girl Kirlia" for a time.
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* NoodleIncident: Lucas's comments on Gardevoir's early attempts at using Teleport long-range Teleports allude to one of these, which led to her being known as "Jungle Girl Kirlia" for a time.
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Platinum Pirate is a story where Lucas, the (male) protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum is TrappedInAnotherWorld - specifically, the world of Manga/OnePiece - due to a colony of Unown. It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]].
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Platinum Pirate is a story where Lucas, the (male) protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'' is TrappedInAnotherWorld - specifically, the world of Manga/OnePiece ''Manga/OnePiece'' - due to a colony of Unown. It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]].
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* BerserkButton: Pretty much ''everything'' about the Celestial Dragons rapidly becomes this for Lucas and his team after they meet one "Saint" Rhodes at G4.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** Lucas doesn't take people referring to his Pokémon as anything less than his partners well, and he tells Smoker off after he says "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]" one too many times.
** Pretty much ''everything'' about the Celestial Dragons rapidly becomes this for Lucas and his team after they meet one "Saint"Rhodes Rhode at G4.
** Lucas doesn't take people referring to his Pokémon as anything less than his partners well, and he tells Smoker off after he says "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]" one too many times.
** Pretty much ''everything'' about the Celestial Dragons rapidly becomes this for Lucas and his team after they meet one "Saint"
* CutenessOverload: Koala lasts about 3 seconds before succumbing to Vaporeon's [[PuppyDogEyes Baby-Doll Eyes]].
* CuttingThroughEnergy: Vice-Admiral Gion and her Haki-powered iaijutsu barely manages to deflect the combined force of ''six'' Hyper Beams at once.
* CuttingThroughEnergy: Vice-Admiral Gion and her Haki-powered iaijutsu barely manages to deflect the combined force of ''six'' Hyper Beams at once.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Due to Torterra being a completely OutsideContextProblem for him, an Earthquake to the foundation of Rain Dinners and Ace's brief appearance in Nanohana causes Crocodile to briefly believe that ''Whitebeard'' has decided to pay him a visit.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Due to Torterra being a completely OutsideContextProblem for him, an Earthquake to the foundation of Rain Dinners and Ace's brief appearance in Nanohana causes Crocodile to briefly ([[EntertaininglyWrong and erroneously]]) believe that ''Whitebeard'' has decided to pay him a visit.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Robin still leaves Alabasta with the Straw Hats, but this time isn't a stowaway.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to pokemon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to pokemon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
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* InSpiteOfANail: Robin still leaves Alabasta with the Straw Hats, but this time it isn't as a stowaway.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring topokemon Pokémon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to
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* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants, and the humans from said world have access to medicine and technologies that impressed ''Vegapunk''.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-level pokemon (which seem to be, as a rule, roughly equal to the Warlords or high-level Vice Admirals), and, to quote WordOfGod...
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-level pokemon (which seem to be, as a rule, roughly equal to the Warlords or high-level Vice Admirals), and, to quote WordOfGod...
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* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon Pokémon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants, and the humans from said world have access to medicine and technologies that impressed ''Vegapunk''.
*OvershadowedByAwesome: OvershadowedByAwesome:
** Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start trainingfuriously.
furiously, especially after he's deemed an outlaw by the World Government.
** When Laffitte infiltrates Mariejois to present his then-unknown Captain Teach as Crocodile's Warlord replacement, he isn't pleased when the room brushes him off to discuss the better candidacy of "Pokémon Champion" Lucas.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-levelpokemon Pokémon (which seem to be, as a rule, roughly equal to the Warlords or high-level Vice Admirals), and, to quote WordOfGod...
*
** Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training
** When Laffitte infiltrates Mariejois to present his then-unknown Captain Teach as Crocodile's Warlord replacement, he isn't pleased when the room brushes him off to discuss the better candidacy of "Pokémon Champion" Lucas.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-level
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats after being convinced she's innocent thanks to Gardevoir's powers.
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* RedBaron: Lucas and his team get some after snubbing one of the Celestial Dragons, earning them the monikers of "Pokémon Champion" Lucas, “Lady Devil” Gardevoir, “Cobalt Jackal” Lucario, “Slicing Wings” Crobat, “Living Tsunami” Vaporeon, “Devil’s Dog” Houndoom and “Island Tortoise” Torterra, all wanted alive and none with a starting bounty of ''below 360 million''.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats afterbeing convinced she's innocent thanks to Gardevoir's powers.powers convinces him that she's innocent.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats after
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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of One Piece due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - Rhodes pretty much killed any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the Government.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - Rhodes pretty much killed any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the Government.
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* StoryBreakerPower: Gardevoir's PsychicPowers do quite a bit in up-ending the story, from ferrying Lucas and Smoker across Alabasta in the blink of an eye, to sharing Robin's DarkAndTroubledPast to everyone including Vivi and Smoker, to [[spoiler: restoring Sabo's memories of his brothers]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world ofOne Piece ''One Piece'' due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarising Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realises that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In addition to working his body to approach the One Piece standard, Lucas learns some water-throwing Fishman Jujutsu techniques from Hack, mostly used with a [[ElementalShapeshifter water-melted]] [[EquippableAlly Vaporeon]].
** After hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God) and sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion -Rhodes the World Noble "Saint" Rhode demanding Gardevoir be handed over to him pretty much killed kills any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the World Government.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After summarising Vice-Admiral Gion's report that, due to the actions of one imbecilic World Noble, an ambassador/leader of a foreign nation with charisma to match and his retinue of loyal, otherworldly companions with powers that can match even the Navy's best has now declared himself completely opposed to the World Government, the Government representative has to take a moment of composure before passing the report on. And when Tashigi realises that the Admirals might be sent against Lucas for this slight, and that Lucas might actually ''win''...
--> '''Tashigi:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This. Is. A disaster.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In addition to working his body to approach the One Piece standard, Lucas learns some water-throwing Fishman Jujutsu techniques from Hack, mostly used with a [[ElementalShapeshifter water-melted]] [[EquippableAlly Vaporeon]].
** After hearing what happened to Lucas (being screwed over by a so-called God) and sharing the story with the Skypieans, Luffy learns some new tricks from Gan Fall, Wiper, and the others, even learning Gear Second a few arcs early.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion -
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* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. Three due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. Three 3 due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
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* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants,
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* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants, and the humans from said world have access to medicine and technologies that impressed ''Vegapunk''.
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* BittersweetEnding: The end of the Alabasta arc is this. [[spoiler:Crocodile escaped with the Poneglyph and most of his men - but the civil war didn't break out into open fighting, saving thousands of lives, Robin got to leave with the Straw Hats, Crocodile was still stripped of his Warlord title,
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* BittersweetEnding: The end of the Alabasta arc is this. [[spoiler:Crocodile escaped with the Poneglyph and most of his men - but the civil war didn't break out into open fighting, saving thousands of lives, Robin got to leave with the Straw Hats, and Crocodile was still stripped of his Warlord title, title.]]
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''"Looks like we're going to be partners from now on. Together, we'll see all this world has to offer."'' When Incumbent Champion Lucas was called in to investigate a mysterious buildup of psychic energy in the Solaceon Ruins, he didn't expect for his wish from so long ago to come true, in potentially the worst (or best) way possible.
Platinum Pirate is a story where Lucas, the (male) protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum is TrappedInAnotherWorld - specifically, the world of Manga/OnePiece - due to a colony of Unown. It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]].
!!Tropes included in Platinum Pirate include:
* BerserkButton: Pretty much ''everything'' about the Celestial Dragons rapidly becomes this for Lucas and his team after they meet one "Saint" Rhodes at G4.
* BittersweetEnding: The end of the Alabasta arc is this. [[spoiler:Crocodile escaped with the Poneglyph and most of his men - but the civil war didn't break out into open fighting, saving thousands of lives, Robin got to leave with the Straw Hats, Crocodile was still stripped of his Warlord title,
* BreakTheCutie: Tashigi is devastated when the orders of her bosses mean that she has to fight Lucas and his team, who she had come to view as close friends.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: This seems to be Gardevoir's job with Lucas - she is, in many ways, his Nami.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Lucas and his team have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a draw.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Due to Torterra being a completely OutsideContextProblem for him, an Earthquake to the foundation of Rain Dinners and Ace's brief appearance in Nanohana causes Crocodile to briefly believe that ''Whitebeard'' has decided to pay him a visit.
-->Something was wrong, and after a second, he realized what it was. The ground was trembling, very slightly but getting more and more severe by the second. The Warlord's mind raced, desperately seeking a reason behind the tremors. An earthquake? But Alabasta was a desert kingdom! He'd done his research, there hadn't been any seismic events here in decades, centuries even! The only thing it could be was—\\
Unbidden, a spike of fear found its way into the Warlord's heart as he came to a single, terrifying conclusion, and he had just enough time to utter a curse before the ceiling of his hideout collapsed down on him.
* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus turns out to be - after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, and that he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides to abandon Operation Utopia, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to the Straw Hats, Alabasta, and the Marines. He does this by having Mr. Three infiltrate the Marines to free him after he throws his fight with Luffy, and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with the Poneglyph and his men]].
* InSpiteOfANail: Robin still leaves Alabasta with the Straw Hats, but this time isn't a stowaway.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to pokemon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
* KarmaHoudini: Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
** [[spoiler:Crocodile downplays this, at the end of the Alabasta arc - while he achieved his goal and stole the Poneglyph, and freed most of his men, he only has one ship left to use, his Warlord title was revoked, and Robin, the only person capable of reading the Poneglyph that he knows about, refused to tell him what it said or tried to lie to him about what it said]].
* NotSoStoic: Gardevoir and Vivi both break down in tears after Gardevoir uses her PsychicPowers to let them see Robin's DarkAndTroubledPast.
* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants,
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-level pokemon (which seem to be, as a rule, roughly equal to the Warlords or high-level Vice Admirals), and, to quote WordOfGod...
-->Giratina is currently chilling in the Distortion World. When Lucas fought it during the Coronet Incident it was more along the lines of “calmed it down by letting it battle its rage out” and by fought I also lean more towards “survived after it fought Cynthia’s entire team.”
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his gruff demeanor and desire to capture Luffy, Smoker allows the Straw Hats and Robin to leave Alabasta unhindered, as thanks for helping the Marines and Lucas stop Crocodile from taking over the country.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats after being convinced she's innocent thanks to Gardevoir's powers.
** Also, Bentham (Mr. 2), after seeing everyone party [[spoiler:after thinking they had defeated Crocodile and ended his plans]], willingly reveals himself and tells them what he knows about Operation Prometheus.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of One Piece due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - Rhodes pretty much killed any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the Government.
* VillainousValor: '''Honesty''' - Mr. One reports his failure to kill Lucas in to Crocodile, despite blatantly admitting that he knows the rules of Baroque Works mean he has to be killed for his failures.
* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. Three due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, I would kill you right now."\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
Platinum Pirate is a story where Lucas, the (male) protagonist of VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum is TrappedInAnotherWorld - specifically, the world of Manga/OnePiece - due to a colony of Unown. It can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/platinum-pirate-pok%C3%A9mon-one-piece.962305/ here]].
!!Tropes included in Platinum Pirate include:
* BerserkButton: Pretty much ''everything'' about the Celestial Dragons rapidly becomes this for Lucas and his team after they meet one "Saint" Rhodes at G4.
* BittersweetEnding: The end of the Alabasta arc is this. [[spoiler:Crocodile escaped with the Poneglyph and most of his men - but the civil war didn't break out into open fighting, saving thousands of lives, Robin got to leave with the Straw Hats, Crocodile was still stripped of his Warlord title,
* BreakTheCutie: Tashigi is devastated when the orders of her bosses mean that she has to fight Lucas and his team, who she had come to view as close friends.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: This seems to be Gardevoir's job with Lucas - she is, in many ways, his Nami.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Lucas and his team have pretty much SeenItAll after the Galactic Incident, and while Lucas decides to TakeALevelInBadass so that he can fight on his own, Gardevoir, Houndoom, Torterra, Vaporeon, Lucario, and Crobat are all capable of fighting Vice-Admiral Gion, who was canonically under consideration to be a full Admiral during the timeskip, to a draw.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Due to Torterra being a completely OutsideContextProblem for him, an Earthquake to the foundation of Rain Dinners and Ace's brief appearance in Nanohana causes Crocodile to briefly believe that ''Whitebeard'' has decided to pay him a visit.
-->Something was wrong, and after a second, he realized what it was. The ground was trembling, very slightly but getting more and more severe by the second. The Warlord's mind raced, desperately seeking a reason behind the tremors. An earthquake? But Alabasta was a desert kingdom! He'd done his research, there hadn't been any seismic events here in decades, centuries even! The only thing it could be was—\\
Unbidden, a spike of fear found its way into the Warlord's heart as he came to a single, terrifying conclusion, and he had just enough time to utter a curse before the ceiling of his hideout collapsed down on him.
* FailureGambit: [[spoiler:What Operation Prometheus turns out to be - after realizing how powerful Lucas and his team were, and that he was in contact with Smoker, who may have alerted Marine Headquarters about his actions, Crocodile decides to abandon Operation Utopia, and settles for causing as much damage as he can to the Straw Hats, Alabasta, and the Marines. He does this by having Mr. Three infiltrate the Marines to free him after he throws his fight with Luffy, and then escaping on ''Downpour'' with the Poneglyph and his men]].
* InSpiteOfANail: Robin still leaves Alabasta with the Straw Hats, but this time isn't a stowaway.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Smoker, and a few other Marines, start off referring to pokemon as "It" instead of "He" or "She". Smoker starts correcting himself after spending enough time with Lucas (and a minor telling-off).
* KarmaHoudini: Cyrus escaped into the Distortion World at the end of Platinum, and Cynthia and Lucas couldn't pursue him because Giratina was on a rampage.
** [[spoiler:Crocodile downplays this, at the end of the Alabasta arc - while he achieved his goal and stole the Poneglyph, and freed most of his men, he only has one ship left to use, his Warlord title was revoked, and Robin, the only person capable of reading the Poneglyph that he knows about, refused to tell him what it said or tried to lie to him about what it said]].
* NotSoStoic: Gardevoir and Vivi both break down in tears after Gardevoir uses her PsychicPowers to let them see Robin's DarkAndTroubledPast.
* OutsideContextProblem: Pokemon are this for the One Piece world. Beings capable of using powers like a Devil Fruit that ''aren't'' weak to water, capable of fighting off the Navy's strongest combatants,
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Luffy and the Straw Hats realize quickly that they're this compared to Lucas's team, and it drives them to start training furiously.
* PhysicalGod: Legendaries seem to be this as a general rule of thumb - Giratina was capable of fighting an entire ''team'' of Champion-level pokemon (which seem to be, as a rule, roughly equal to the Warlords or high-level Vice Admirals), and, to quote WordOfGod...
-->Giratina is currently chilling in the Distortion World. When Lucas fought it during the Coronet Incident it was more along the lines of “calmed it down by letting it battle its rage out” and by fought I also lean more towards “survived after it fought Cynthia’s entire team.”
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his gruff demeanor and desire to capture Luffy, Smoker allows the Straw Hats and Robin to leave Alabasta unhindered, as thanks for helping the Marines and Lucas stop Crocodile from taking over the country.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Smoker, despite having essentially captured Robin at the end of Operation Prometheus, lets her leave with the Straw Hats after being convinced she's innocent thanks to Gardevoir's powers.
** Also, Bentham (Mr. 2), after seeing everyone party [[spoiler:after thinking they had defeated Crocodile and ended his plans]], willingly reveals himself and tells them what he knows about Operation Prometheus.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Lucas is sent into the world of One Piece due to an encounter with a colony of Unown. And unfortunately, he doesn't (at the moment) know of any way back.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An inversion - Rhodes pretty much killed any chance of Lucas ever willingly working with the Government.
* VillainousValor: '''Honesty''' - Mr. One reports his failure to kill Lucas in to Crocodile, despite blatantly admitting that he knows the rules of Baroque Works mean he has to be killed for his failures.
* YouHaveFailedMe: ''Barely'' averted. Crocodile was ''this'' close to flat out killing Mr. Three due to his screwups ruining Operation Utopia, but decided against it.
--> "Mr. 3. Your defeat and carelessness have introduced a significant threat to my plan. When coupled with this new development, it is more likely than not that the plan has been ruined beyond any chance of salvation. Under any other circumstances, I would kill you right now."\\
As fast as blinking, Crocodile had lifted Mr. 3 by his neck, and the room watched with horror as his skin started to shrivel up. Crocodile regarded him with dark disdain as he gasped for mercy… and then roughly tossed him into a vacant chair, sending both crashing to the ground as he took his own seat.\\
"Words cannot express how lucky you are, then, that if I am to salvage anything, I cannot afford to lose any of my best agents. Let the pain you feel now serve as a warning for what will happen if you ever fail me again. Now drink."
