History Fanfic / PokeWars

* [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victims]]: [[spoiler:The Muk that attacked Hearthome were much more cunning and deliberate in their wiping out the population of the city. With that in mind, it's hard to feel sorry for them after Gengar absorbs them all]].

* CerebusRetcon: When Gengiga and Alakalossal appeared in the anime they were just whacky {{Filler Villain}}s that parodied giant monster movies. ''Poke Wars'' explores just how dangerous two giant Kaiju could be in a more serious work with no DeusExMachina Jigglypuff to stop them. For example Gengiga effortlessly committing a genocide of Poison Pokemon in Sinnoh and all four Regis were needed to stand up to his SuperpowerLottery.

* CrazySurvivalist: Kaiza definitely counts. Lt. Surge has some shades of this.

* DropTheHammer: Andre from ''Downfall of a Champion'' fights with a sledgehammer.

* KnightOfCerebus: While this fic was ''never'' Pichus and Clefairys, the arrival of the Muk truly set the [[DarkerandEdgier tone]] [[AnyoneCanDie of this story]], causing the first main character deaths outside of secondhand accounts and flashbacks.
** Uxie ups the ante a billion fold, with his skills turning Ho-oh's failing plan and organization into a cold, cruel, LawfulEvil army of {{Hero Killer}}s.
* KungFuSonicBoom - When Regigigas punches Ho-oh, the shockwave produced blows a crater in the ground.

** JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Paul has Marcie's corpse thrown off the train they're on to distract the Drapion despite everyone's protest because they needed the time, there was no way to know if she was contaminated, and they can't afford dead weight.]]

** The [[PetalPower Carnevale Masquerade]] comination move as used by Roserade and Masquerain consisted of a beautiful dance combined with a shower of petals and a sweet odor. It was intended to be used as a flashy non-damaging move in a Pokémon contest. Using against a horde of bug Pokémon resulted in PinkMist.

* [[HumanPopsicle Mon Popsicle]]: Kyogre freezes Manaphy in a pyramid of ice.
* [[PeoplePuppets Mon Puppets]]: Ho-oh takes control of [[spoiler:Mewtwo's]] body with an orb of creation.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: "Hellgar", a rocket fuel that was rejected for being too toxic and corrosive to use in the Mossdeep Space Center's rocketry programs found a new use as ''flamethrower'' fuel.

* GenreShift[=/=]GenreRoulette: ''The Subsistence'', ''The Coalescence'' are mostly adventure stories with elements of SurvivalHorror. The next story, ''The Incipience'', shifts in tone to something resembling a political intrigue thriller. ''The Exigence'' returns to the old formula. ''The Pokémon They Carried'' and ''Poke Wars: The Divergence'' are straight-up MilitaryScienceFiction. ''Hell in Sinnoh'' is [[AfterTheEnd post apoc]] slice of life. ''Dawn of a New Era'' has a action-adventure and SurvivalHorror aspect in the first chapter. The next chapter is a MilitaryScienceFiction slice of life story. ''Downfall of a Champion'' is a mix of adventure and SurvivalHorror.

* BizzareAlienBiology: Legendaries have quadruple helices in their genetic code

* FantasticShipPrefixes: Human-Legendary Coalition ships bear the prefix "HNS" for "Human Naval Ship".

** This becomes Infi default response to anyone too grievously wounded on the train to make the trip to Pastoria. A quick stab to the heart to put them out of their misery was the most energy and humane way of killing them, and even Newton could argue given the situation was that bad.

* OutDamnedSpot: Suicune goes right into this trope after personally killing quite a few humans.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Ho-Oh is a genocidal KnightTemplar who wants to KillAllHumans in the fics, while its lore in the games suggests that it's reclusive but benevolent. Uxie is also a villainous character in contrast to Uxie in the games, who is potentially dangerous but only uses its mind-wiping powers to defend itself or on people with bad intentions. Uxie directly helps to save the world with the rest of its trio in ''Diamond'' and ''Pearl'' by freeing Dialga or Palkia from Cyrus, as well as in ''Legends: Arceus'' by aiding in the construction of the Red Chain. Also Bug-Type Pokémon, who are just as friendly and trainable as any other type in the games but AlwaysChaoticEvil here.

* LaResistance: Lugia's corps of Legendaries and Ash's band are the biggest examples.

* RatedMForManly - Intense battle sequences fueled by RuleOfCool and badasses all around pretty much add up to this.
* RazorFloss - Ariados silk can take this form.
* RazorWind - Aside from the standard Razor Wind and Air Cutter attacks from the Pokémon canon, Samurai eventually gains the ability to swing his katana with such force that he can generate a blade of air.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Blaziken is reluctantly promoted to leader of the group because of his battle prowess.

* AxCrazy: Lt. Surge seems to show signs of this.

--> My pack is strong. You may have taken many of us, but not all of us are gone, and you will not take another! I will show you their strength, for I carry it on my back! '''I will defeat you for those that have fallen'''!

--> There was now little to nothing that could stop him, and that which could would be dealt with swiftly and mercilessly before it even realized it could even prove to be a nuisance to him. The universe demanded diversity, and Uxie would make sure to catalogue it before he was forced to subtract from his equation.

** ''The Subsistence'' - Tracy fights uses a lead pipe, and [[WeaponOfChoice doesn't feel comfortable with anything else]].

Each of the six stories covers a specific arc, but they all tie together into one basic plot: Ho-oh has declared war on humans by removing Pokémon [[PowerLimiter dampeners]], making attacks obscenely powerful and ordering the Pokémon to go into a [[KillEmAll homicidal spree]]. In response to it, humanity bands together to fight and survive the [[DeathWorld deathtrap their world has become]].

* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Andrew mention this, even using the example of the Skitty and Wailord to point of how weird are egg groups sometimes. Everyone is shocked from the revelation, but he quickly rectifies that it only have happened on in vitro fertilization experiments because in nature, [[UnfortunateImplications it would be physically impossible to make them breed…]] Later, Jennifer comments [[TakeThat how Arceus have created the world in such a strange way.]] Andrew responds to her telling that a popular theory is that Wailord and Wailmer where, a long time ago, Pokémon who lived on land.

* BigDamnVillains: Near the end of ''Start of Chaos'', Alakazam's attack on the hideout Dawson's group is taking refuge in is halted when '''Team Rocket''' swoops in on them. It sort of helps that the hideout belonged to the group, and justified because they detected a signal there. To be specific, it's the one near the Lake of Rage.

* TheRival - Sandslash and Pikachu had this going on in ''The Coalescence''.
* RuleOfCool - The battle sequences practically ''run'' on high-test Rule Of Cool.

* TeleFrag -

* VillainousRescue: At the finale of ''Start of Chaos'', Dawson's party, which also consists of Lance and Clair, are rescued from Alakazam's army by [[spoiler:Team Rocket]].

* WaveMotionGun: Hyper Beam's been turned into this.

Each of the six stories covers a specific arc, but they all tie together into one basic plot: Ho-oh has declared war on humans by removing Pokémon [[PowerLimiter dampeners]], making attacks [[UpToEleven obscenely powerful]] and ordering the Pokémon to go into a [[KillEmAll homicidal spree]]. In response to it, humanity bands together to fight and survive the [[DeathWorld deathtrap their world has become]].

* InvulnerableKnuckles - averted '''[[UpToEleven with a vengeance]]''' in chapters 8 and 9 of ''The Exigence''. [[spoiler:It looks like Blaziken will take a '''long''' while to recover after breaking both hands and one leg while attacking the Golem.]]

** The author as well due to the anime's LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters he tends to treat almost all of his characters as expendable.

* TeleFrag - Sabrina's justification for not teleporting from city to city.

* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: A solid 7 on the scale ''at minimum''. Usually around 8-9 on the scale.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Gengiga.]]

* InternalReveal: With his [[MentorOccupationalHazard dying breaths]], Professor Oak reveals to Ash [[spoiler:that he was the boy "Sammy" who Ash befriended after Celebi temporarily brought him to the present from the past in ''Pokemon [=4Ever=]'']].

* InternalReveal: With his [[MentorOccupationalHazard dying breaths]], Professor Oak reveals to Ash [[spoiler:that he was the boy "Sammy" who Ash befriended after Celebi temporarily brought him to the present from the past in ''Pokemon [=4Ever=]'']].