History Manga / PokemonSpecial

** For many bad things that Blue has done in the early chapters, she always get away scot-free. At least she [[CharacterDevelopment got better]] later on...

--> Ruby/Sapphire/Crystal: [[PhraseCatcher Liar.]]
** Later, calling him a liar becomes a RunningGag: [[spoiler:The Elite Four all think it while he brags during the Pokéathlon.]]
** The "Liar." RunningGag has been around since the GSC Chapter.

* {{Badass}}: Norman.
** Son runs away from home? Have a gorilla swing A STAIRCASE at him.

** For the most part, the dominate race in the Pokémon Special world is not humans or Pokémon. [[WorldOfBadass It's badasses]].

* BareYourMidriff: When White is hit by Razor Leaf, her clothes tear up and [[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pokemon_Adventures_White_Midriff.jpg expose her midriff up past her belly button. ]]Her clothes remain in this sate for the rest of the chapter.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The Kanto Elite Four turned up to be no different from the Team Rocket they detest initially and some scenes imply that they do team-up.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Center: [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Emerald]]. Clockwise from top: [[TheMedic Yellow]], [[TheHero Red]], [[IdiotHero Gold]], [[CampStraight Ruby]], [[TheRival Green]] (Blue US), [[AntiHero Silver]], [[WildChild Sapphire]], [[GuileHero Blue]] (Green US) and [[TeamMom Crystal]]. Not included: [[BigEater Diamond]], [[{{Determinator}} Pearl]], [[{{Ojou}} Platinum]], [[HotBlooded Black]], [[NeutralFemale White]], [[InterpolSpecialAgent Lack-Two]], Whi-Two, X, and Y from the fourth, fifth, and sixth generation chapters.-] ]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The Kanto Elite Four tuned up to be no different from the Team Rocket they detest initially and some scenes imply that they do team-up.

* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 3]]- A notable one involves Red with either Blue and Misty, Yellow and Blue, or Yellow and Misty. However, Misty has rarely appeared lately, thus the most notable ones are Red with Blue and Yellow since they Red might like Blue as seen in the RGB saga and vice versa. He might even like Yellow and vice versa.

* RedStringOfFate: Between [[spoiler:Red and Yellow at the end of the Yellow arc. Also somewhat in FRLG with Yellow's fishing line.]] However, the manga is not in color so it probably was not a red string. It might even be a String Shot from a Bug type Pokemon. The fishing rod was also not much of a Red String of Fate moment but you might never know what the intentions of the author are.

* RedStringOfFate: Between [[spoiler:Red and Yellow at the end of the Yellow arc. Also somewhat in FRLG with Yellow's fishing line.]] However, the manga is not in color so it probably was not a red string. It might even be a String Shot from a Bug type Pokemon. The fishing rod was also not much of a Red String of Fate moment

* RedStringOfFate: Between [[spoiler:Red and Yellow at the end of the Yellow arc. Also somewhat in FRLG with Yellow's fishing line.]] However, the manga was is in color so it was probably not a red string.

* RedStringOfFate: Between [[spoiler:Red and Yellow at the end of the Yellow arc. Also somewhat in FRLG with Yellow's fishing line.]]

* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 3]]- A notable one is Red, Yellow, and Misty.

** Diamond never tries to appear dumb, he just prefers to let Pearl do all the talking because it means he can [[BigEater keep eating his food]] and messes up his show with Pearl in his introduction cause he'd rather be eating with his Munchlax. [[spoiler: He works out from the word go that he and Pearl weren't supposed to be Platinum's bodyguards and is usually the one to come up with a [[AwesomeButPractical crazy but practical sollution]] to the issue at hand]]

** All hail Emerald, one of few guys in anime/manga-dom who ''actually'' uses ''gel'' to keep his ridiculous 'do. It's not even waterproof, folks

** Averted with the conclusion of the Gold/Silver/Crystal chapters when [[spoiler: every caught pokemon helps calm Lugia and Ho-oh down]] and in the Emerald chapter when Guile Hideout sets the rental pokemon on Emerald and the Frontier brains

** Red is revealed to have been a HandicappedBadass for most of the yellow and G/S/C arcs after being encased in ice. He gets better in time for his BigDamnHeroes moment at the end of the arc.

** Red has survived things considered near impossible to bounce back from, even by Dex Holder standards. Plus, he tanks Pokemon moves like a boss on a regular basis, and has thrown down with Pokemon one and one when needed. The most recent example is ''Deoxys itself''.

*** Granted, in Hokkaido, which is what Sinnoh is based off of, does have winters lasting up to half a year, but May is still pushing it.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Center: [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Emerald]]. Clockwise from top: [[TheMedic Yellow]], [[TheHero Red]], [[IdiotHero Gold]], [[CampStraight Ruby]], [[TheRival Green]] (Blue US), [[AntiHero Silver]], [[WildChild Sapphire]], [[GuileHero Blue]] (Green US) and [[TeamMom Crystal]]. Not included: [[BigEater Diamond]], [[{{Determinator}} Pearl]], [[{{Ojou}} Platinum]], [[HotBlooded Black]], [[NeutralFemale White]], [[InterpolSpecialAgent Rakutsu]], Faitsu, X, and Y from the fourth, fifth, and sixth generation chapters.-] ]]

** The first chapter begins with a bunch of kids in pallet town trying to catch a Nidorino but falling. Red shows up and shows them how it's done with his Poliwhirl and the kids realising it's Red, the best pokémon trainer in Pallet town. Skip ahead to the start of Fire Red/Leaf Green and almost the exact scene plays out with Venusaur instead of Poliwhirl and the kids recognizing Red as the best trainer in Kanto.

* CastOfSnowflakes: It was always there, but Yamamoto is really improving with this. More characters are coming out with a variety of faces and body types (with the occasion {{Gonk}} thrown in). What's especially noteworthy are the Plasma grunts; each of them look distinctly unique despite them all having the same uniform.

* [[spoiler:Celebi]] [[DeusExMachina Ex Machina]]

* TheChosenOne: Suicune, choosing its partner is a major storyline in the G/S/C arc.
** Raikou and Entei as well but this has less focus.

** Though some just lose interest in their original motives for villainy, [[spoiler: Lance, Sabrina, Lt. Surge, Koga, Lorelei, Bruno, Will and Karen for example]] and [[HeelFaceTurn decide to become good]], while others end up getting redeemed through the situation at hand ([[spoiler: Giovanni and Pryce.]])

** Played for fanservice at the end of [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] when Red's clothing is so damaged he decides to just go shirtless
** Black and White are on the receiving end of this courtesy of [[spoiler:Virizion]]. Whites's lower half of her shirt rips, offering some fanservice and bare midriff at her expense

** Also, many fans seem to be under the impression that only one of every "starter" Pokémon exists; Kimberly has all three Johto starters, Tucker has a Charizard, and an army of Galactic grunts commanded a bunch of Charmeleon and Combuskin.

* CovertPervert: Believe it or not, it's Ruby!

* CrazyPrepared: Blue seems to be able to deal with many problems, including a few she doesn't anticipate.

* CurbStompBattle: Thinking that Byron was responsible for [[spoiler:her father's kidnapping, Platinum quickly knocks out both his Bronzongs with one Flamethrower from Ponyta.]]
** Also Red's first few battles up until he battles Misty

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Blue and Silver's childhood.

* DeclarationOfprotection: Dia and Pearl officially feel this way for Platinum after the mishaps in Veilstone City.

* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler: The end of the Fire Red and Leaf Green arc: Team Rocket has been stopped, Deoxys has been calmed, Mewtwo has found peace, Silver has accepted his father, and no one other than Orm has died despite the intense battles and the falling airship rigged with explosives. All seems well until Sird [[MadeOfIron somehow]] shows up and makes a last-ditch attempt to recapture Deoxys, which fails but causes the five dex holders present to be [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]].]]

* DragonRider: Green and Wally both have dragon-like Pokémon.
** Lance, Clair and Drake too.

** There's some trouble with the manga-exclusive characters who of course have no English name. Some go with Coronis's translations while others go with Chuang Yi's. Though Chuang Yi is technically the official version, they have given new names to characters that ''did'' actually have official English names. Many stick to Coronis's as his translations are much more faithful.
** Viz getting back in the game as a third (and second official) translation could complicate matters.
* DubInducedPlothole: The Viz versions rarely used nicknames in the RGB arc, so when the Yellow arc rolled around, Red's Pikachu seemingly got one out of nowhere and everyone acted like it always had one. To make things worse, they kept switching back and forth between nicknames and actual names. Even in the same chapter. Thankfully, as of the GS arc, the translators have become more consistent with nicknames.

* EvilRedhead: Subverted. Silver isn't evil, just a jerk ([[CharacterDevelopment at first]]) due to [[FreudianExcuse a bad childhood]].

* MarketBasedTitle: Besides renaming the series from "Special" to "Adventures" in Singapore and the US, Viz also gave the Generation IV and V chapters "Diamond and Pearl/Platinum" and "Black and White" subtitles and numbering them from the beginning in order to set them apart from each other and the Generation II/III chapters, as multiple arcs were being published at once (and briefly all three at the same time). Generations II and III themselves have "Gold & Silver" and "Ruby & Sapphire" labels on the covers, but continue their numbering from the previous chapters.
** Additionally, the addition of the "/Platinum" was done to differentiate from the ''PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' manga series that Viz had just finished up localizing.

** Black and White are on the receiving end of this courtesy of [[spoiler:Virizion]].

* BareYourMidriff: When White is hit by Razor Leaf, her clothes tear up and [[http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pokemon_Adventures_White_Midriff.jpg---expose her midriff up past her belly button. ]]Her clothes remain in this sate for the rest of the chapter.

* BareYourMidriff: When White is hit by Razor Leaf, her clothes tear up and expose her midriff up past her belly button. Her clothes remain in this sate for the rest of the chapter.

** Silver inverts this: he's a JerkAss with no heroic actions in the games who only learns to trust and care for his Pokémon after you beat him at victory road, whereas here he's driven for vengeance for Green and himself but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold will help people in trouble from time to time]].

* BadassNormal: When Team Rocket attack Indigo Plateau and the Gym Leaders retaliate, some of the Gym Leaders fight with their ''own fists'' alongside of their Pokémon. Among the confusion, you can see that Falkner slams one grunt to the ground, Janine performs a flying kick in a grunt's face, Clair is whipping them, and Chuck is throwing six of them at a time. Pity there was only one shot of Green apparently kicking someone off panel.
** Red is revealed to have been a HandicappedBadass for most of the yellow and G/S/C arcs after being encased in ice. He gets better in time for his BigDamnHeroes moment at the end of the arc
** In a later panel(volume 14, page 32 to be exact) Green is explicitly shown punching someone to the ground.
** A much lesser version is pretty much everybody; while trainers still generally just hang back and give orders like in the games and anime, here, some actually provide physical support. A common variation is riding your Pokémon while it's fighting. Giovanni actually says a truly 'great' trainer has to hone his own body instead of just relying on your Pokémon. This is the same advice Chuck goes by and passed down to Green.
** The majority of the characters are brilliant battle strategists who make use of Pokémon and their abilities in ways most people would never even consider.

*** Crystal is the same, having broken her arms as a kid and learned to do things with only her legs. The result: near superhuman strength in her legs, which is why she uses them so often.
*** Gold is able to shoot poke-balls with unerring accuracy because of his skills with a pool cue
*** Red has survived things considered near impossible to bounce back from, even by Dex Holder standards. Plus, he tanks Pokemon moves like a boss on a regular basis, and has thrown down with Pokemon one and one when needed. The most recent example is ''Deoxys itself''.
**** Every single one of the Dex Holders is or becomes this one way or another.

* BigEater: Diamond. He's seen eating in almost every round.
** This trait is also shared with practically every single one of his Pokémon.
*** Hell his initial pokémon, Munchlax, is one of the franchises poster kids for big eaters and is only really out done by Diamond himself
** Platinum too if [[http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=23uo841&s=7 this picture]] is any indication.
*** It is taken out of context... Platinum was trying to synchronize with Diamond's Munchlax in order to break the illusion in a gym battle. So if anyone asks, she's acting

*** [[spoiler:Tragically, Musha no longer likes the taste of Black's dreams, so he runs off]].
**** [[spoiler:Aaand... he's back. Evolved, even]].

*** Black, to an extent, gets this when [[spoiler:Musha pulls a ScrewThisImOuttaHere]].
* BrickJoke: In the beginning of the RS arc, Ruby makes an offhand remark how Mudkip is better than Treecko (appearance-wise, anyways). In the middle of the Emerald arc, which is two arcs later (which in-story is about a year), Ruby discovers that Emerald's Sceptile is in fact the same Treecko, which had since gone missing. He cheerfully asks the Sceptile if it remembers him, and sure enough, it turns out that it had been carrying a grudge for that remark. Ruby promptly gets punched in the face.

* ButtMonkey: Bill and Eusine.

* TheCall: Most Dex holders but Yellow and Crystal stand out as being chosen by Pokemon (Pika and Suicune)and tasked with a mission (find Red, stop the Mask of Ice)

** Diamond, following an injure, cries out "I'm Pokeaayy" while covering his eyes with pokeballs
*** [[spoiler: Pearl desperatly [[PleaseWakeUp cries at him to get up and say "I'm pokeaayy"]] after he get's hit by Gratina]]

** ChekhovsSkill: Before a Gym battle Platinum will typically learn a new skill, which she will then have to use in said Gym Battle to beat the Leader.

** played for fan service at the end of Fire red/Leaf green when Red's clothing is so damaged he decides to just go shirtless

* ProperlyParanoid: As the Kalos kids accidentally gave their names to a Team Flare member, they have taken several steps to ensure that they will not be located so easily, such as forgoing hotels, avoiding any type of communication device, and avoiding other people in general. Above all else, Y stresses the importance of the five of them having to stick together no matter what. [[spoiler: When Shauna runs off on her own, she easily gets lured by what she believes is someone who shares her interests and ends up BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]

The {{manga}} series is authored by Hidenori Kusaka. It was illustrated by Mato for the first 9 volumes, and since volume 10, has been illustrated by Satoshi Yamamoto. It is published by Shōgakukan under the Ladybird Comics Special imprint. In the United States, Creator/VizMedia released only the first two chapters (corresponding to the Generation I games) originally, though they have started publishing the series again starting with reprints of Gen I and continuing from there (albeit with some quirks, such as skipping Gen III entirely until recently). While Viz is playing catch-up, the go-to official English translation is the {{UsefulNotes/Singapore}}an version by [[http://www.chuangyi.com.sg/new2/ecatalogtitle.php?title=POKÉMON+ADVENTURES Chuang Yi Comics]] (which also can be found [[http://jb2448.info/ here]]).

** Surprisingly, Kusaka ''didn't'' come up with the idea of Agatha's Arbok's changing patterns giving it various status buffs; that ability was based on some concept art that would've been too complicated to incorporate into the games.

** Silver inverts this: he's a JerkAss with no heroic actions in the games who only learns to trust and care for his Pokémon after you beat him at victory road, whereas here he's driven for vengeance for Green and himself but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold will help people in trouble from time to time]]