History Fridge / PokemonBlackAndWhite

** This could be in FrideHorror, but Litwick line gets Shadow Tag in DW, and as the ability says it inmobilize the oponent by trapping its shadow with theirs. They have own light that leechs victims life, but now also helps him by creating [[YouWillNotEvadeMe it's shadow]] [[FridgeHorror and that of it's prey]] to trap it. Made worse that they don't necesarily have to know you're around to catch you, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel your shadow just have to be in contact with theirs, and you're pretty much paralized until they find you or until their light drains your life.]]

** There's not much to consider -_- they're suppose to be based on the ones from the movie, so they're mother and son.

* Drillbur bears a strong resemblance, particularly in its facial expression, to the Mischievous Mole enemy from ''{{Mother 3}}''. The ordinary mole "evolves" into a Chimera, just like in ''Mother 3''!

** Actually, Vanillite looking like ice cream doesn't necessarily translate to it ''tasting'' like ice cream. Even if it's body is ice-based, it could just taste like regular ice, which is basically flavorless. Even if they're sweetening it or adding flavor, killing Vanillite to make them is pointless, as you could just use normal ice for effectively the same product.

** Litwick line gets Shadow Tag in DW, and as the ability says it inmobilize the oponent by trapping its shadow with theirs. They have own light that leechs victims life, but now also helps him by creating [[YouWillNotEvadeMe it's shadow]] [[FridgeHorror and that of it's prey]] to trap it. Made worse that they don't necesarily have to know you're around to catch you, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel your shadow just have to be in contact with theirs, and you're pretty much paralized until they find you or until their light drains your life.]]

*** The Explosion-Solosis connection doesn't come from dividing cells, but dividing ''atoms''. Nuclear fission, anyone?

* In the [[PokemonRubyandSapphire Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City]], there is a scientist who mentions that "I'm attempting a device that lets you see into the dreams of Pokemon!! But it's not going well..." Two generations later, you get to do just this in Pokemon Black and White.

** Or maybe it's just that it's been a long time since Magma and Aqua's schemes. The [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl universe plan in Sinnoh]] and [[PokemonGoldAndSilver radio incident in ''Johto'']] happened relatively in a close time frame and were the last teams around, while the [[PokemonRubyAndSapphire weather disaster in Hoenn]] happened ''before'' those. It hasn't happened in recent memory, so it wasn't mentioned.

** Speaking of N's lineage, let's look at his powers for a moment: He talks to Pokemon, yes, but he says in the final speech he heard your Pokemon's voices the first time he met you, where you don't seem to have a Pokemon out of its ball. This might imply, say, telepathy. I think everyone knows about a [[PokemonRubyAndSapphire green-haired, humanoid psychic type]], yes? Now, consider two things about Ghetsis. First, it's pretty clear he wouldn't be averse to horribly mistreating a Pokemon if it'd further his goals. Second, Ghetsis has red eyes, green hair and sociopathy on levels previously unknown to mankind. [[ThePokemonStory I wonder what could produce a combination like that...]] Maybe N gets his telepathy from his grandmother's side?

* When using the poketransfer, have you ever wondered where exactly are the pokemon you're transferring over coming from in-universe? My theory is that there are video games in the gen-five games based off of the other regions, like maybe some sort-of Pokemon-universe equivalent of all those video-game adaptations of sports and board games you see in [[RealLife reality]], and the machine is designed to materialize pokemon data from the games. Granted, the games are probably based more around straight-up battling in-universe than [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl saving the word from a madman wanting to recreate the universe to fit his ideals]] or [[PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver taking out a criminal organization up to no good in you region]], like they are in [[RealLife real life]].

* It's been mentioned on other pages that Cheren is said to be a strong trainer while Bianca is a weak one, despite her team being objectively better than hers. The thing is that the producers are going back to Karen's speech back in the Johto games- a truly skilled trainer tries to win with their favorites. So basically, Cheren does so well not because of the stats and moves of his team, but because he has faith in them and believes in them, even pre-character development (he just gets his priorities straight after that point). The makers are just subtly reinforcing that idea that you can be a good trainer without using all the same Pokemon everyone else does.

* The HUD in the Japanese version is [[GratuitousEnglish more-or-less bilingual]]--this game ''is'' set in a facsimile of New York, after all.

** This Troper went on bulbapedia to see some more of these. The most adorable is Cleffa, Clefable, Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, and Happiny's; Friend Guard. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming They just want to help their friends.]]

** Perhaps this belongs in the FridgeHorror section, but Slowpoke gets Regenerator. Let that sink in.[[hottip:* : Hint: Slowpoke tails are considered delicacies in and around Kanto/Johto.]]
** Paras and Parasect get Damp-- Dry Skin (and 8x weakness) no more!

** Corsola gets Regenerator, too-- well, it IS based on coral!

* When you first fight the Elite Four, they make a few references to a previous challenger. [[spoiler: That was N. However, they didn't seem to care about the fact that they were swept by Reshiram/Zekrom. Before Black and White, a popular strategy against the Elite Four was to use the powerful and recently caught cover legendary. Maybe they're just used to this kind of thing.]]
* (can also be filed under horror) At first, Ghetsis's hacked Hydreigon seems like it is there for the sake of having the powerful pseudo-legendary dark type on the final bosses team just so GF could. It turns out, [[spoiler: a fast (compared to Reshiram/Zekrom) Dragon type with decent power is a rather good counter to ''your'' freshly acquired [[TakesOneToKillOne dragon]] legendary during this fight. As he clearly is shocked you managed to contact the legendary and thus can't have been factored into his plans, [[OffingTheOffspring what do you suppose he was planning with it?]]]]
* At first it's really disappointing that you can't have a Pokemon follow behind you like in HG/SS. But come to think of it, in Unova you don't see a single Pokemon just hanging out outside. In houses, sure, but not outside like in Kanto. And Unova is an urban region, far away from the others and based on New York instead of Japan. Perhaps the rules are different, and having Pokemon out in public isn't socially acceptable the way it is in Kanto and Johto?

** Yet there is a Minccino in Lacunosa Town that sits by the edge of one of the walls until night time, when everyone goes inside. It's caretaker even states that he doesn't mind it wandering around because the Minccino will return by nightfall. Note that you can only visit Lacunosa Town after the main story was completed, but it is implied that the Minccino has been doing this for a while.
*** It could be that, since it appears Team Plasma only started their "pleas" when you and your friends start your adventures, and then follow you around (coincidentally, one hopes), that they just never got round to the other side yet. The other two citys attract tourists (one's a battle plaza or a nice little forest, and the other a holiday destination) so it might be that those people have heard them before and keep their Pokemon in thier balls.

** There's not much to consider -_- they're suppose to be based of the ones from the movie, so they're mother and son.

* The desert route is essentially {{Gangsterland}}. Gangstahs? Check. (Scraggy/Scrafty) Crooks? Check. (Sandile/Krokorok/Krookodile) Pyromaniacs? Check. (Darumaka) If you ''really'' wanna stretch it, there's creeps (Frillish/Jellicant) Hobos (Dweeble/Crustle), and [[UnfortunateImplications Hispanics]] (Maractus)

**** No, police. They exist to guard an ancient city (aka before all the crime waltzed in), but became corrupted by the influence of evil and the not-so-metaphorical destruction of that which they once protected

*** This makes, sense considering that, [[spoiler:aside from his team at N's Castle]], all of the Pokémon he uses are from the surrounding area of where you fight him.
* Some Team Plasma members are really WellIntentionedExtremist[=s=] while [[spoiler:others seem to be following Ghetsis' true plan. One of the Seven Sages said they were convinced to join Team Plasma by Ghetsis offering them what they wanted, he did the same with the Grunts. Some were recruited by truly good intentions while others were recruited with the promise of power. Incidentally, this also goes with the legendaries Team Plasma is involved with, one fighting for truths, the other for ideals. Some of Team Plasma are working for Ghetsis' true purposes while some are fighting for Team Plasma's ideals. It fits with the truth/ideals and general yin/yang theme.]]

* Ghetsis's theme is often said to sound like [[{{God}} Arceus]], now who do you often think of as an [[{{Satan}} evil version of god]]?
** Not to mention that his name is derived from G-Cis or a tritone, known as being part of the 18th Century "The Devil in Music." [[spoiler:That's [[CompleteMonster more than fitting.]] ]]

*** '''WARNING''': Major guessing ahead. Consider why he had those [[spoiler: orbs]]. One could make the argument that he had the [[spoiler: orbs]] because he was trying to attain [[spoiler: the Creation trio]] to kill anyone in his way. This presents 2 flaws: Ghetsis could use any legendary to do this, and you don't [[spoiler: need the orbs to get the Creation trio]]. In addition, the killing of a trainer is likely to spark a revolt. But remember what the legendaries he was trying to acquire are capable of. This implies three things. One: [[spoiler: Ghetsis is willing to erase people from existence to continue his plans]]. Two: [[spoiler: He only gave you the orbs because he knows they are useless to both him and the player character]]. Three: [[spoiler: He wants to [[AGodAmI become God]], [[DimensionLord rule over the cosmos as a despot]] and maybe even [[MultiversalConqueror go beyond that.]] ]]

** And also, [[spoiler: where did his real parents go?]]

*** '''''[[spoiler: N's mother is Concordia.]]'''''

* [[spoiler: Ghetsis himself admits]] "The moment when someone loses all hope...I really do love to watch that moment." Now consider [[spoiler: when he revealed to N that he was an UnwittingPawn, crushing his hopes and dreams.]] The implications is that this MoralEventHorizon wasn't just done out of anger, ''[[ForTheEvulz but sadism.]]'' Indeed, [[spoiler: N's entire life of being manipulated]] could've been [[spoiler: something Ghetsis ''was turned on by.'']] He may have [[MindRape mindraped]] [[spoiler:his own son]] without him even knowing it.

*** Or the calculus variable n, making N [[spoiler:just an variable in Ghetsis' perfect formula, less predictable than Ghetsis would have liked but unfortunately necessary to complete the equation. And N does like math...]]

*** [[JossedTrope Jossed.]] His name is N[[spoiler: atural Harmonia Gropius.]] [[http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Junichi_Masuda_reveals_information_on_N Confimed here.]]

** Your Yamask/Cofagrigus can breed with other Ghost type Pokemon. [[ButYouScrewOneGoat Imagine what its thinking...]]

* Deino starts off with one head, then evolves into Zweilous, who has two heads that hate each other. Zweilous evolves into Hydreigon--who only has ''one'' brain and two brainless heads for hands.

** FridgeHorror returns-judging by their behaviour, one may end up [[TooDumbToLive killing the other.]] Leaving a single brain. Would it be stunted, or evolve? [[CompleteMonster Ghetsis]] [[FridgeHorror has]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel a]] [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Lv 54]] [[OmnicidalManiac Hydreigon.]]

**** Magic Guard. Many Clefairies and Clefables presumably cannot suffocate. Besides, we've known for a long time that pokemon aren't easy to keep consistently Frozen.

*** the Explosion-Solosis connection doesn't come from dividing cells, but dividing ''atoms''. Nuclear fission, anyone?
* This one came up after this troper finished getting a Castelia Cone in Castelia City. Basically, the Castelia Cone is ice cream that looks too similar to Vanillite. The stand where you buy these ice cream cones are opened from the spring to the fall season before it closes up in the winter because of the coldness of the weather. However, winter is also the season where Vanillite appear more in the wild because of the weather. This troper thinks that the owner of the stand leaves during the winter to capture more Vanillite and serve them to people when its spring again. To add to this, if the player were to watch the TV, there will be one instance where there is a girl that talks about buying a Castelia Cone but then it came alive and ran away. Basically, humans are eating Vanillite and are re-stocking when they come out to play.

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* How does a 1-metre, 150kg Cryogonal have '''''Levitate'''''!?
** Same reason why Munna and Musharna clearly float but ''don't'' have it. An Arceus did it.
** Don't forget the Magnemite family. Beldum and Metang, as well.
*** Magnemite DOESN'T have it anymore. Presumably for balance reasons, since ground is one of its 3 weaknesses vs. a whopping THIRTEEN resistances. It can, however, learn a move that changes its ability to Levitate... which is deemed an electric move.
**** Actually, Magnemite NEVER had it. At all. And it was able to learn Magnet Rise in Gen IV.
*** The Beldum line and Bronzor line can have levitate. And are part PSYCHIC. So, there you go.
*** Neither Beldum's line nor Magnemite's have ever had Levitate. What they do have is Magnet Rise, a move that gives them the same advantages of Levitate for 5 turns.
** Why does Watchog's pokedex entry say it spits seeds when it doesn't learn bullet seed? Why can't Purrloin and Liepard naturally learn thief? It will forever be a mystery...
** Carnivine similarly has no excuse.
** Venomoth and Beedrill, too.
*** They both have wings, but are already poison / bug. Why wouldn't they be able to avoid ground moves?
*** [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The Dev Team Didn't Think Of Everything]].
*** No, because they DONT levitate; [[FridgeBrilliance they fly.]] If there was some "Flapping Wing" ability that was functionally the same, they probably would have got it. But there isnt.
*** That doesn't really explain Flygon though...
*** For that matter, Eelektross has Levitate. Sure, its pre-evolutions appear to be floating, but Eelektross... isn't. Its battle animation clearly indicates that it is standing on its... [[BuffySpeak leg-fin things.]] So what does ''it'' have Levitate? To give an Electric type an immunity to its only weakness, thus causing it to have no weaknesses? ...I think I just answered my own question.
* Either the Atlantean civilization that inhabited the Abyssal Ruins started off underwater or had the audacious foresight necessary to predict that they would end up sinking and put water-based booby traps in their temples accordingly.
** I think if and when it was ever above water, the traps actually caused whirlwinds, not torrents of water.
* Why give Delibird the "Insomnia" ability in the Dreamworld, when it already has "Vital Spirit"?
** Follow the fridge brilliance above, it's already following its dreams?
** So that you can't get one with Hustle from the Dream World?
* How can Cryogonal learn Attract when it doesn't even have a gender?
** To make matters worse, Larvesta, Volcarona, Ferrothorn and Ferroseed CAN'T. And they HAVE genders!
** It's mustache is just that sexy?
*** It's the new MemeticSexGod of Pokemon.
* If Cofagrigus is stated to be covered in gold and is in the mineral breeding group, then why isn't it part Steel?
** More importantly, why can't normal moves hit it if it's solid?
** It can't be part Steel, silly, it's made of gold!
** Maybe since the sarcophagus isn't alive, it doesn't actually affect the damage that Cofagrigus takes from an attack?
* Eelektross is mentioned as coming out of the ocean in its pokedex entries and is an eel/lamprey, so why isn't it a Water type and why is Tynamo found in a ''cave''?
** Doesn't even get any Water moves.
*** Nor is it even part of a water-based egg group.
** It said that it came from the Ocean. Who's to say it didn't end up reaching that cave and evolving into the floating electric sardine we see today?

* One trainer on Route 15 says that she's looking for Pokemon that have escaped from the Poke Transfer Lab. Notice how the whole northeast of Unova is full of Gen I-IV Pokemon. Yes, that's right: Unova's being overrun by invasive species that are probably wreaking havoc on the ecosystem now [[WhatTheHellPlayer because you wanted to keep the Pokemon from your old games.]]]