History Fanfic / TravelsOfTheTrifecta

** There is a scene in Chapter 13 where Saturn quotes a line that is from both Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice and WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory, although the latter is only an implied reference.

* StereotypeFlip: Paul and Conway are a StereotypeFlip of the RichInDollarsPoorInSense trope. Conway may come from a wealthy family, but because he is a LonelyRichKid whose parents are away most of the time, he had to learn how to do things like cooking for himself, as first shown in chapter 8. As for Paul, while he comes from a middle-class background, he SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining so and Reggie always does the cooking and other chores for him when he's at home, so he has no idea how to cook or do things like the laundry.

* {{Trigger}}: In chapter 20, Barry referring to Roark as his "cousin" and Byron as his "uncle" is upsetting for Conway [[spoiler: because of how he found out that his own beloved cousin "Sloan" is actually Saturn of Team Galactic.]]

** There are several references in Chapter 20 within various characters' dialogue: Palmer says "Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a Poffin in my eye" as a reference to Pinkie Pie from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic using a similar saying that ends with "stick a cupcake in my eye". Conway's "HOLY BALONEY, FUDGE, AND MUSTARD!" line is a paraphrased quote from JohnCena of the WWE. Barry saying "Sweet crackers!" is a reference to Stormy Waters from ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021''. The part where Reggie startles both Paul and Maylene by suddenly shouting for Maylene to watch out behind her is a loose reference to the technique Marty [=McFly=] from BackToTheFuture uses to escape from bullies. Finally, Conway's "It's not you, it's my low opinion of you" and Barry's "I never forget a face, but I guess I can make an exception" are taken from a Let's Play of Final Fantasy XIII-2 done by "The Posse" and both lines were taken from things {{Medibot}} said.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The whole Regigigas subplot, in multiple ways. First, after Paul and Conway go to the trouble to find the only book on Regigigas and keep it from Brandon so that they can buy Reggie extra time to train, not only does Brandon get the book from them anyway, but he also lets Reggie off from having a time limit of "You have to battle me when I catch Regigigas" and lets Reggie come to him whenever Reggie is ready, rendering the whole "keep the book from Brandon" mission meaningless. Later, Chapter 16 adapts and follows the Regigigas story from the anime, meaning that Brandon ends up not having any of his Regis anymore, nor does he capture Regigigas like he claimed he would, making the challenge he issued to Reggie in the beginning of the story even more meaningless.]]

** There are several references in Chapter 20 within various characters' dialogue: Palmer says "Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a Poffin in my eye" as a reference to Pinkie Pie from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic using a similar saying that ends with "stick a cupcake in my eye". Conway's "HOLY BALONEY, FUDGE, AND MUSTARD!" line is a paraphrased quote from JohnCena of the WWE. Barry saying "Sweet crackers!" is a reference to Stormy Waters from Sealab2021. The part where Reggie startles both Paul and Maylene by suddenly shouting for Maylene to watch out behind her is a loose reference to the technique Marty [=McFly=] from BackToTheFuture uses to escape from bullies. Finally, Conway's "It's not you, it's my low opinion of you" and Barry's "I never forget a face, but I guess I can make an exception" are taken from a Let's Play of Final Fantasy XIII-2 done by "The Posse" and both lines were taken from things {{Medibot}} said.

* ShoutOut: You may recognize Ezekiel, a challenger at Maylene's gym, as a character from the TotalDrama series. Also, Conway's sister Franny is based off of a character by the same name from the anime ''Manga/CandyCandy''.

* UnbrokenVigil: Conway does this for Paul after his first accident on Route 216, wanting to make sure Paul survives.

* TalkingInYourDreams: Reggie talks to the spirit of his dead mother in his dreams multiple times, which started after he was struck by lightning.

* SecretKeeper: Paul and Conway each end up having a secret they're hiding after the two of them part ways in Chapter 10, and each of them has at least one Secret Keeper who knows their secret. [[spoiler: Candice, Dr. Dalton, and the Nurse Joy from Snowpoint City are the few people who know that Paul is terminally ill, and Maylene is the only person who knows that Conway is still alive and didn't die when he fell out of the helicopter. Barry also knows that Conway is alive, but he may not count as this trope because he's never told why Conway is in disguise, so he isn't entirely in on the secret.]]

* {{Trigger}}: In chapter 20, Barry referring to Roark as his "cousin" is a PTSD trigger for Conway [[spoiler: because of how he found out that his own beloved cousin "Sloan" is actually Saturn of Team Galactic.]]

* {{Trigger}}: After the events of chapter 10, Barry referring to Roark as his "cousin" is a PTSD trigger for Conway.

* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Paul may be a powerful Pokemon battler, but he is very bad at cooking. He states that he got by on his Pokemon journey by eating at restaurants/take out all the time or having Reggie cook for him when they were together. He also dismissed Pokemon Contests as being not worth his time, which comes back to bite him when Conway makes him enter one for losing a bet, and Paul doesn't even know that Coordinators have their names announced (so he thinks that simply wearing a ninja costume will hide his identity from viewers on TV).

** There are several references in Chapter 20 within various characters' dialogue: Palmer says "Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a Poffin in my eye" as a reference to Pinkie Pie from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic using a similar saying that ends with "stick a cupcake in my eye". Conway's "HOLY BALONEY, FUDGE, AND MUSTARD!" line is a paraphrased quote from JohnCena of the WWE. Barry saying "Sweet crackers!" is a reference to Stormy Waters from Sealab2021. The part where Reggie startles both Paul and Maylene by suddenly shouting for Maylene to watch out behind her is a loose reference to the technique Marty [=McFly=] from BackToTheFuture uses to escape from bullies. Finally, Conway's "It's not you, it's my low opinion of you" and Barry's "I never forget a face, but I guess I can make an exception" are taken from a Let's Play of Final Fantasy XIII-2 done by "The Posse" and both lines were taken from things LetsPlay/Medibot said.