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* When the player apprehends an outlaw, if the reward is monetary, Magnezone calls it "the bounty on this outlaw's head." Does that mean that the outlaws are executed after capture?
** That phrase can refer to someone captured alive.

* Does [[spoiler:the ending]] of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1 remind anyone of [[DrivenToSuicide Suicide?]]

** [[spoiler: Since the human CHOSE to have their memories erased, it may be implying that the human had a shitty life and didn't want to remember it.]]

** This brought up by your partner in Gates of Infinity while who wants you to stay with them realized that you have friends and family who you love and love you back and would rather have you stay with them then being forever separated from them.
* When Team Skull is staying at the Guild before the big expedition, if you look at the seating arrangement in the mess hall when the guild members are eating, the player character and his/her partner have to sit next to Team Skull! While they probably wouldn't intentionally stir up trouble in front of Wigglytuff and Chatot at that point, it would probably make for very tense mealtimes for the partner character especially, who is seated right next to Skuntank. The partner character doesn't necessarily know that Team Skull is playing innocent in front of Wigglytuff, and is probably worried about what Skuntank might do, especially if it involves both of them eating next to each other (considering that the infamous Perfect Apples incident involved stolen food, the partner character might be worried about Skuntank snatching his/her food). This could possibly make the timid partner character even more of a potential woobie. And obviously, [[SmellySkunk just sitting next to Skuntank at the dining table is bad enough.]]

* This may be crossing into YMMV territory, but in the theory that all three games take place in the same timeline, what exactly happened to [[spoiler:Hydreigon in ''Explorers: Darkness/Time/Sky'' during the bad future? Being the Voice of Life, he must have frozen (or worse) considering if the world ends, he dies, so if the world freezes, he freezes too.]]

* You didn't really rescue that Manaphy egg so much as kidnap it.

FridgeLogic

** Come to think of it, how do they deliver mail addressed to "Mankey"?
** I know that the Japanese language depends heavily on context and subtle nuances, but this is ridiculous.

FridgeBrilliance
* I was never sure how Team Skull got their name until now. It's because they're all Poison types, and a skull and crossbones is a common symbol for something being poisonous. Also, that same marking is on Koffing's body, so it could have been named in honor of him as well.

** And now [[spoiler:Dakrai]] has gone from a maniacal and [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans utterly]] [[ForTheEvulz sadistic]] entity to a [[JerkassWoobie sad]] and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds destructive]] being. Giving [[spoiler:Ghetsis]] the gold medal for worst sentient in the known Pokémon multiverse.
** Nope, [[spoiler:that honour belongs to Purple Eyes from VideoGame/PokemonRanger Guardian Signs. [[MisanthropeSupreme He not only tried to kill every human in existence]], even [[{{God}} ARCEUS]] deems it unsafe for him to be in the mortal plane. Even Ghetsis wasn't whisked off to be judged. [[ParanoiaFuel Yet.]]]]

** As well as the fact that Grovyle refers to the once-human player as his friend and partner, implying that the player was once a trainer, and Grovyle was his/her Pokemon. It's entirely possible that the player used said TM on Grovyle, if not for the mission than to give him a more diverse move pool for battles.

** It could also be due to the fact that he would need a quick escape after 'stealing' the Time Gears. Tunneling though the ground sounds like a pretty good escape route. It might even be a reference to Dig's overworld function in the main series.

* When Team Skull is staying at the Guild before the big expedition, if you look at the seating arrangement in the mess hall when the guild members are eating, the player character and his/her partner have to sit next to Team Skull! While they probably wouldn't intentionally stir up trouble in front of Wigglytuff and Chatot at that point, it would probably make for very tense mealtimes for the partner character especially, who is seated right next to Skuntank. The partner character doesn't necessarily know that Team Skull is playing innocent in front of Wigglytuff, and is probably worried about what Skuntank might do, especially if it involves both of them eating next to each other (considering that the infamous Perfect Apples incident involved stolen food, the partner character might be worried about Skuntank snatching his/her food). This could possibly make the timid partner character even more of a potential woobie. And obviously, just sitting next to Skuntank at the dining table is bad enough.

** This is not true of Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky. [[spoiler:After Darkrai pushes you through the time vortex, you unwillingly lose all of your memories and transform into a Pokemon.]]

* When Team Skull is staying at the Guild before the big expedition, if you look at the seating arrangement in the mess hall when the guild members are eating, the player character and his/her partner have to sit next to Team Skull! While they probably wouldn't intentionally stir up trouble in front of Wigglytuff and Chatot at that point, it would probably make for very tense mealtimes for the partner character especially, who is seated right next to Skuntank. The partner character doesn't necessarily know that Team Skull is playing innocent in front of Wigglytuff, and is probably worried about what Skuntank might do, especially if it involves both of them eating next to each other (considering that the infamous Perfect Apples incident involved stolen food, the partner character might be worried about Skuntank snatching his/her food). This could possibly make the timid partner character even more of a potential woobie.

* This may be crossing into YMMV territory, but in the theory that all three games take place in the same timeline, what exactly happened to [[spoiler:Hydreigon in ''Explorers: Darkness/Time/Sky'' during the bad future? Being the Voice of Life, he must of frozen (or worse) considering if the world ends, he dies, so if the world freezes, he freezes too.]]

* One of the [=NPCs=] in Post Town is a Trubbish who is somewhat self-conscious about his stench, and mentions that the main character doesn't seem to mind the smell compared to most other Pokémon. Considering garbage as a whole seems non-existent in the Pokémon world, they would be far more used to the smell of garbage than any of the other Pokémon.

** It could also be due to the fact that he would need a quick escape after 'stealing' the Time Gears. Tunneling though the ground sounds like a pretty good escape route.

** I'm not sure if this makes it better, but [[spoiler: since the human CHOSE to have their memories erased, it may be implying that the human had a shitty life and didn't want to remember it.]]
** As far as I know, this is not true of Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky. [[spoiler:After Darkrai pushes you through the time vortex, you unwillingly lose all of your memories and transform into a Pokemon.]]

* As a member of Wigglytuffs' guild, the player must give 90% of what they make to the Guildmaster, and while the game doesn't make it clear whether this money is mostly for the guild itself instead of simply to line the Guildmaster's pockets, one of the ten "rules" for the guild is basically "Don't run away, ever, or we will hunt you down." Extortion much?

* At first, I thought it was unusual that Grovyle happened to know Dig, as it is a move that Grovyle could only learn by TM and not part of the line's level-up moveset. However, if you think about what his goal is, it makes perfect sense that he would have purposely learned a Ground type move like Dig in preparation for fighting Dialga, since none of his naturally-learned moves would be effective against Dialga, but a move like Dig would be (Dialga resists Grovyle's Grass type but is weak to Fighting and Ground).

* At first, I thought it was unusual that Grovyle happened to know Dig, as it is a move that Grovyle could only learn by TM and not part of the line's level-up moveset. However, if you think about what his goal is, it makes perfect sense that he would have purposely learned a Ground type move like Dig in preparation for fighting Dialga, since none of his naturally-learned moves would be effective against Dialga, but a move like Dig would be (Dialga resists Grovyle's Grass type but is weak to Fighting and Ground).

* When Azurill is trapped in a nightmare, it's mentioned that they can't feed him anything in that state. It's only fitting that the stage that takes place in his nightmare doesn't have any food and your hunger bar drops more quickly - you're suffering the same hunger Azurill is.

* When Azuril is trapped in a nightmare, it's mentioned that they can't feed him anything in that state. It's only fitting that the stage that takes place in his nightmare doesn't have any food and your hunger bar drops more quickly - you're suffering the same hunger Azurill is.

** Except [[spoiler: Hydreigon was talking about the other humans he brought to try and fight the Bittercold. Never mind the games almost certainly take place in different worlds (Rescue team is implied to take place in HumanitysWake due to laboratory ruins, while Explorers' human, as far as we know was native and not from a different world at all, both of which are impossible in the Gates to Infinity world), but Hydreigon specifically mentions having brought the humans to the Pokémon world, when he had no presence in the previous games.]]
*** [[spoiler: There's nothing saying that the three world's aren't one. Remember, one of them had to deal with Time Travel, what with distant futures and whatnot. Not to mention that it's also very likely that all of the game's happen on different continents of the planet. So, for all we know, Hydreigon might've actually brought some humans that ''didn't' get sent home.]]
* The idea that the Pokémon are more bitter than they are in the previous games might seem somewhat arbitrary, but think about it-Post Town doesn't have anything resembling a system of Rescue Teams or an Explorer's Guild, and there was no place for Pokémon to submit requests before your partner started building Paradise. If you got lost, misplaced an item in a dangerous area or otherwise got in over your head, you couldn't count on veterans to bail you out. No wonder most Pokémon felt their efforts didn't matter in the end.
* This may be crossing into YMMV territory, but in the theory that all three games take place in the same timeline, what exactly happened to [[spoiler: Hydreigon in ''Explorers: Darkness/Time/Sky'' during the bad future? Being the Voice of Life, he must of frozen (or worse) considering if the world ends he dies, so if the world freezes he freezes too.]]
* More sad than horrifying, but you know in Gates To Infinity where the lights [[spoiler: were actually humans being sent back]]? It was bad itself, but considering [[spoiler: Hydreigon mentions to you that people will lose their memories of you when you vanish (doesn't happen), think of all the friendships the other humans made that are now forgotten in time. Or worse, what about the possibility of their companions getting slain or brutalized by Munna's gang. Imagine waking up somewhere and wondering why some mons beat you senseless]].
* The biggest one is where are all the humans? While it could be argued that they don't exist here, not only are they mentioned but both artificial Pokemon and what looks like remains of human architecture can be found. [[AfterTheEnd Was human civilization destroyed?]]

** As far as I know, this is not true of Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky. [[spoiler:after Darkrai pushes you through the time vortex, you unwillingly lose all of your memories and transform into a Pokemon.]]

** As far as I know, this is not true of Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sku. [[spoiler:after Darkrai pushes you through the time vortex, you unwillingly lose all of your memories and transform into a Pokemon.]]