History Fanfic / PokemonShadowOfTime

* ContrivedCoincidence: Suggested; [[spoiler:by apparent sheer coincidence, Ash's Johto and Unova teams meet up when the Unova team dig themselves to exactly the spot where the Johto team were contemplating their next move on Route 27, while the Hoenn and Sinnoh teams ran into each other at Treecko's tree]].

* ShipToShipCombat: When Ash's Johto and Unova team meet, they immediately start arguing about whether Misty or Iris was a better fit for Ash, advantages ranging from Iris being more available to travel where Misty is 'confined' to the gym to Misty being more comfortable with her titles.

** Notably, Pikachu apparently doesn't have a particular preference, so long as he has 'Ashlings' to play with in his old age; Charizard is also noted to not have a particular preference as he met most of the girls, while Sandile knows Ash is reluctant to end up with anyone and Heracross prefers to focus on the current situation.

** Notably, Pikachu apparently doesn't have a particular preference, so long as he has 'Ashlings' to play with in his old age; Charizard is also noted to not have a particular preference as he met most of the girls.

* InterspeciesAdoption: Invoked as it is noted that those Pokemon Ash hatched from eggs- Phanphy/Donphan, Scraggy and Noibat/Noivern- all think of Ash as ‘Dad’ rather than as a trainer (also applies to Togepi, but only in the sense that Togepi saw Ash as Misty’s partner rather than seeing him as ‘Daddy’ on his own). Even aside from this, Ash's Pokémon are described as seeing each other as family, such as Noctowl and Pidgeotto briefly fighting because Noctowl sees Pidgeotto as having 'betrayed the parliament' before it's explained exactly why Pidgeot never came back, Snivy referring to Ash as her 'idiot brother', and Heracross thinking of Phanphy as a brother after retrieving his egg.
** Interestingly turns out to be defied by Rowlett; the Toucannon and Pikipek nest Rowlett lived with actually ''was'' Rowlett's family, as his mother was a Dartrix who left his egg in the nest after spending time with a Trumbeak.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Gligar/Gliscor seems to be this for the Sinnoh team, to the extent that the other five have basically forgotten about him and already act like they’ve found everybody by coming together themselves.

** Notably, Pikachu apparently doesn't have a particular preference, so long as he has 'Ashlings' to play with in his old age.

* BrokenBird: All of Ash's female companions are 'damaged' in some way, with Misty latching on to Ash after he was the first person to show true concern for her and Serena suffering from some form of SplitPersonality that she can only 'control' because all of her identities share an attraction for Ash.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The main reason Ash avoids possible romance with his travelling companions is that he worries about being like his father and is convinced the girls deserve better, even though he privately confirms that he had feelings for Misty, May, Dawn, Iris and Serena.

* NoodleIncident: The events of ''Coliseum'' and ''XD: Gale of Darkness'' happened over ninety years ago, leading to a war that crippled the planet because others didn't "finish the job", resulting in such continued scars as a lack of aircraft and Kalos being decimated outside of the major towns.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: From Ash and Pikachu's perspective, Brock ''not'' flirting with a Nurse Joy is weird enough for them to both wonder about it.

* LittleGirlBigGun: When facing a Shadow Tyranitar, Clair uses a massive grenade launcher to take on the corrupted Pokémon, which is a very large gun compared to her established size.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13433054/1/Pokemon-Shadow-of-Time Pokemon: Shadow of Time]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2375531/Ron-the-True-Fan Ron the True Fan]] (co-written with [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2122272/Takeshi-Yamato Takeshi Yamato]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2483468/117Jorn 117Jorn]]) is a ''Pokemon'' fic where Ash is sent back to the beginning of his journey in a new timeline, after it is revealed the Cyrus (the leader of Team Galactic) has basically destroyed reality in his attempts to manipulate it. The plot bears some similarities to ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', with other plot elements taken from ''Fanfic/{{Symbiosis}}'' and ''Fanfic/TheSunSoul'', but the original fics are acknowledged, the authors’ permission to use these characters or themes has been confirmed, and various new twists are included to distinguish the two, such as the lack of Bloodliners and Ash’s Pokemon retaining some of their future moves rather than starting over from scratch.

* ExoticExtendedMarriage: Due to [[spoiler:his status as the Crown Prince of Rota, Ash is actually legally obliged to practice polygamy]].

* NoodleIncident: The events of ''Coliseum'' and ''XD: Gale of Darkness'' happened over ninety years ago, leading to a war that crippled the planet because others didn't "finish the job", resulting in such continues scars as a lack of aircraft and Kalos being decimated.

* ShoutOut: The ''Franchise/{{Jaws}}'' theme somehow plays whenever Gible is digging through the ground, with Chimchar explicitly deciding not to analyse how that works.

* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: Ash learns that [[spoiler:he is actually a direct descendant of Sir Aaron of Rota, and is thus essentially Rota’s Prince]].

* TalkingAnimal: To a point; while Ash’s Pokemon can’t talk to humans directly, Chimchar was able to communicate by writing messages to explain that they were looking for their lost trainer.

* UptownGirl: Serena in this new timeline is essentially part of a noble family, but she is still attracted to Ash despite her mother advising Serena to find someone of her own social status, [[spoiler:before Ash is revealed to technically be the Crown Prince of Rota]].

* BrokenBird: All of Ash's female companions are 'damaged' in some way, with Misty latching on to Ash after he was the first person to show true concern for her.

* AssholeVictim: When Charizard and Pignite find themselves back to Charmander and Tepig and in the company of Damian and Shamus, they immediately attack their prior trainer (Charmander actually crippling Damian’s legs) before running off to find Ash.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the new timeline, Delia Ketchum is [[spoiler:Giovanni’s sister, as well as being a former member of the Elite Four, prompting Giovanni to order Team Rocket to leave Ash in peace to avoid the wrath of his sister]].

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Shadow Pokemon are powerful, but are also notoriously hard to train, with the result that Professor Oak is obliged to give Ash another Pokemon to balance out Pikachu even though Pikachu shows no sign of going berserk.

* IJustWantToBeBadass: As in Reset Bloodlines, many of Ash’s de-evolved Pokemon want to return to their fully-evolved state as soon as possible; the only exception so far shown is Turtwig, who was never comfortable as Torterra and would prefer to remain small and agile as he never felt he was a good fit as a large potential powerhouse.

* InterspeciesAdoption: Invoked as it is noted that those Pokemon Ash hatched from eggs- Phanphy/Donphan, Scraggy and Noibat/Noivern- all think of Ash as ‘Dad’ rather than as a trainer (also applies to Togepi, but only in the sense that Togepi saw Ash as Misty’s partner rather than seeing him as ‘Daddy’ on his own)

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13433054/1/Pokemon-Shadow-of-Time Pokemon: Shadow of Time]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2375531/Ron-the-True-Fan Ron the True Fan]] (co-written with [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2122272/Takeshi-Yamato Takeshi Yamato]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2483468/117Jorn 117Jorn]]) is a Pokemon fic where Ash is sent back to the beginning of his journey in a new timeline, after it is revealed the Cyrus (the leader of Team Galactic) has basically destroyed reality in his attempts to manipulate it. The plot bears some similarities to Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines, with other plot elements taken from Fanfic/{{Symbiosis}} and Fanfic/TheSunSoul, but the original fics are acknowledged, the authors’ permission to use these characters or themes has been confirmed, and various new twists are included to distinguish the two, such as the lack of Bloodliners and Ash’s Pokemon retaining some of their future moves rather than starting over from scratch.