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** Sabrina has never been hinted as being [[{{Asexuality}} asexual]] in canonical material.

** [[spoiler:Iris's adoptive father did this to Ash in a dream/vision Iris had in chapter 40, basically tearing out one of his eyes when Ash declared his intentions to take Iris with him after her family were rescued.]].

** The Gligarman Interlude ends with the title character and the Night Watchers [[spoiler: failing to prevent Roberts from being shot, Hunter J and the Pride Sniper [[KarmaHoudini slipping away from capture with their money in tow]], and their contractor having the way clear for his election. However, it is stated that Roberts has a hope for recovery, the Goldenrod Police Department is going to start working along with the Night Watchers, and Gligarman has started training his daughter so she can join him (and eventually succeed him) in his fight against crime.]]

** [[spoiler: A conversation Hilda has with Belladonna implies that Belladonna's father spreading his seed around so widely caused it, increasing the number of bloodliners enough to tip over some threshold and reawaken old bloodlines]].
** [[spoiler: The original Raikou]] hints that similar events occurred during the Kalos war with the Ultimate Weapon three millenia ago, and also during meteor showers, hinting that these could have something to do with it.

** [[spoiler: When Ash confronts Sabrina, he calls her out on her admitting to have murdered innocent people. She replies it's more akin to weeding than murder.]]

* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Downplayed example. [[spoiler: The reason why Blake doesn't start a relationship with Yancy is partly because of his upcoming mission to Orre, in case he doesn't come back, and partly because he doesn't want to endanger her. Yancy however takes it well and understands it.]]

** The Bloodliner King and Ash's father are both characters who Ash met before in the anime that [[spoiler: Sabrina]] was able to identify in his memories. [[spoiler: The same character]].

** In Chapter 29 the Zoro Farfect'd from a oneshot fic of the authors, Fanfic/TheEditWarForAshsFreedomToNotBeBetrayed, appeared in the fic, as well as the concept of Ash's Pokemon, particularly his Tauros, breeding that he first played with in another oneshot called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12085488/1/I-have-HOW-many-Pokemon I have HOW many Pokemon]].

** Ash receives a Moon Ball from Karen in Chapter 30. In Chapter 31, after Dexter has mass-replicated it, he accidentally uses one to catch [[spoiler: ''that'' Jigglypuff, of all things.]]

** The 32 Grimer Ash catches in Chapter 23 along with Muk are as [[TheGlomp hug-happy as he is]]. [[spoiler: This comes in handy during the Saffron Gym battle in Chapter 34/35, since it allows them to smother a group of Wobbuffet without risk of getting countered.]]

* CloneDegeneration: Seen in the Mewtwo Interlude [[spoiler: with Ambertwo's body fading away inside the tank.]] The characters' thoughts imply Mewtwo is the only one who actually survived the cloning process. The main story later expands on this, as the human DNA is much harder to stabilize than Pokémon DNA, [[spoiler: though Mewtwo discovers thanks to the mind-controlled Nurse Joy that Bloodliner DNA could be used to overcome this issue.]]

** Later in the finals, [[spoiler: faced against Paul's Torterra, Ash tells Red that in order to win, Red needs to evolve his Charmeleon. Red and everyone else thinks he's crazy, but Ash insists that he can see his Charmeleon has the power to evolve, and just needs the motivation to do so. Red then awkwardly gives Charmeleon a pep speech, and to everyone's shock, he ''does'' evolve.]]

** Some hints regarding the origins of Bloodliners. While it hasn't been specified yet, it's strongly implied that events like Kalos' Ultimate Weapon and meteor showers in Hoenn might have influenced them. Dr. Fuji apparently had discovered how they were born, although he was killed by Mewtwo and the secret died with him.

** Dan's Pokémon manage to take out several of Sabrina's before going down. [[spoiler: This impresses Sabrina enough to spare his life.]]

** In the climax of the Mars Gaiden, [[spoiler: Kibou, also seven years old, is killed by Mars' uncle when he smacks her on the head with a club.]]

* DontTellMama: Iris and Axew convinced their Dragonite big brother to train them by offering not to tell their mother about him getting into fights.

** PlayedForLaughs with the recurring Jigglypuff, who is this to Ash and the rest of his Pokémon. [[spoiler: And he ends up catching her by accident.]]

** In Chapter 33, [[spoiler: Ash's female companions run into Belladonna and company while looking for him. After explaining the situation, Belladonna invites herself to go along to help them find him, despite Misty and Iris not trusting her.]]

** General [=DeEsper=] demanded that nobody interfered in his duel with Sir Aaron, and he stuck to it. [[spoiler: Of course, he never said that ''he'' couldn't interfere with Lucario and Alakazam's battle.]]
** Blake also uses this [[spoiler: when he tells Yancy "You can call me Nate".]]

* BeeAfraid: Beedrill swarms are a recurring threat. They've been very dangerous to humans for a long time, so there were multiple attempts to cull them that turned out to be counter-productive.
** Hex's mother died shielding her daughter from a swarm.

* DrinkBasedCharacterization: The Clay Interlude has Pan order a glass of milk while at the Dicey Café. In this case, it's to help underscore his status as a serious badass, since he's on a hunt for the Bloodline King. That's not to say he doesn't genuinely like milk, though, and it's established that he picked up a fondness for the drink while in Johto.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: DUring Ash's League battle against Cross, [[spoiler:Charizard delivers one to Cross's Incineroar during their League battle; as Incineroar rants about how Cross has a clear goal to prove his strength by facing Ho-oh in battle, Charizard counters that Ash has a larger-scale goal ''and'' a plan for what he'll do with himself after achieving said goal]].

** [[spoiler: Hilda]] is not generally depicted in league with villains.

* BoomHeadshot: The Bloodliner Hunter kills the (unnamed) shapeshifting bloodliner who wears the mask possessed by a shard of ZZAZZ this way. [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill Then he empties the entire gun's load in his head to blast his brains and the maks to pieces, just to be sure he's dead]].

** In the first part of Katie Gaiden, she thinks to herself about John Archer that "he’d probably give an olive branch to a Draconid who’d probably sic a hungry Salamence to devour him", in reference to his encounter with Zinnia (though it's implied she does not know about it).

** Frederick Sweitenia. [[spoiler: He makes a deal with the Bloodliner Hunter to hunt down Bloodliner teenagers who are going to compete in the Johto League, and hired Hunter J and the Pride Sniper as part of a plot to get rid of his main opponent in the upcoming Senator elections.]]

* DestinationDefenestration: Blaine's Magmortar blasts a Team Rocket grunt and his Gengar through a window at the Pokémon Mansion.

* DoNotGoGentle: In the Twenty Gyarados Bill oneshot [[spoiler: the soldiers facing against Bill realize they're almost certainly going to die, but decide to go down fighting, [[TakingYouWithMe and manage to take a few of the remaining Gyarados in the process]].]]

** In the 2019 Holiday Special, Katie is shown visiting [[spoiler:John Archer's]] grave to wish him a merry Christmas.

** Ash admits that Misty looks good in a swimsuit. Later he gets a similar reaction about seeing Iris while bathing under a waterfall, and during the shopping spree in Chapter 31, he gets it ''threefold'' with Misty, Iris and [[spoiler: Anabel]]. Then even more during Chapter 36, while they're enjoying a day off at the beach.

* EdibleBludgeon: In the Holiday Special, Mina has a dream about SantaClaus fighting [=MissingNo=] with a giant candy cane.

* EvilIsPetty: A relatively mild example is Joshua in the Oak's Summer Camp Gaiden. He's not above cheating to get ahead, and gets [[SoreLoser so upset when Ash beats him in a baseball game]], [[spoiler: he actually tries to sabotage him in a Rhyhorn race, fully aware that he could have gotten himself or others seriously hurt.]]

** [[spoiler:Chapter 26 has [=MissingNo=] show Ash a vision of another possible one, which it claims used to be ''the'' future until about a week beforehand. Not many of the details are known as of yet, but the conversation shown to Ash establishes that things went ''very'' wrong in Alola, resulting in Nihilego swarms, and that there was a "Bloodline War". [=MissingNo=] then draws a picture indicating that said Bloodline War was Ash and numerous other Bloodliners taking on the Bloodline King after he kidnapped May and Serena, and that Shadow Pokémon, Ultra Beasts, Mirage Pokémon, and Primal Kyogre and Groudon were involved somehow]].

* BeingWatched: [[spoiler:Anabel]] feels this way when the group arrives to Mewtwo's lair.

** Georgia went through a mental list of gym leaders and Elite Four who had to be removed for committing crimes shortly after she was introduced. In order of increasing severity of their crimes, a Flying-type gym leader who was a PeepingTom, a Bug-type gym leader who was a home invader and burglar, a Normal-type Elite Four who was involved in rigged matches, a Poison-type gym leader who committed sabotage, a Ghost-type gym leader who committed several murders and a Dark-type gym leader who was the leader of an ApocalypseCult. [[spoiler: The Ghost-type gym leader was elaborated on and it turns out he was responsible for murdering Georgia's parents as a SerialKiller, thus providing the motivation for Georgia to become a Buster]].

* OneHundredAndEight: Many years ago, an ancient civilization imprisoned its 108 most evil and dangerous criminals in a death pit, where they inevitably died. Their souls eventually merged to form a Spiritomb.

** Ash's Froakie is briefly seen by Pikachu through a videocall between Professor Oak and Professor Sycamore, during the Indigo League.

** Twenty Gyarados Bill [[spoiler: despite being fatally wounded during his final rampage, succeeded in ensuring that people will never, ''ever'', laugh at him anymore, [[GoOutWithASmile and smiles in triumph as he dies]].]]

* BadassGay:
** If Paul's internal monologue is any indication, Wallace qualifies.
** Drayden has a grandson named Watson, who's a very well-respected policeman in Opelucid City. He's also HappilyMarried to another man.

** Team Cipher is the main threat of the ExpandedUniverse oneshots and are strongly hinted that they will join the main story ensemble later, while Team Galactic appears to be the overall BigBad for the The Wild Boy of Sinnoh spinoff and an even greater GreaterScopeVillain for Ash via Cyrus. And then there's Lusamine, who is manipulating the events of the beforementioned oneshots from the shadows (including keeping contact with Team Skull through Guzma) and is aware of Cipher's actions, forming another ensemble with them. [[spoiler: Not to mention that it's hinted she played a large role in the BadFuture [=MissingNo=] showed to Ash.]]

** Team Cipher is the main threat of the ExpandedUniverse oneshots and are strongly hinted to they will join the main story ensemble later, while Team Galactic appears to be the overall BigBad for the The Wild Boy of Sinnoh spinoff and an even greater GreaterScopeVillain for Ash via Cyrus. And then there's Lusamine, who is manipulating the events of the beforementioned oneshots from the shadows (including keeping contact with Team Skull through Guzma) and is aware of Cipher's actions, forming another ensemble with them. [[spoiler: Not to mention that it's hinted she played a large role in the BadFuture [=MissingNo=] showed to Ash.]]

** Originally, the candidates for being Big Bad of the main story were Cyrus (for being the one who started the story's events), Giovanni (for being the most present), and the Bloodline King (who has been lingering around in the shadows but impacting the story heavily). As the story progressed, however, Giovanni's goals became clearer and his level of direct antagonism towards Ash decreased, leaving the Bloodline King/[[spoiler: Ash's father]] to take over as the Big Bad, while Cyrus turned into a GreaterScopeVillain instead.
** Team Cipher is the main visible threat of the oneshots and are strongly hinted to they will join the main story ensemble later, while Team Galactic appears to be the overall BigBad for the The Wild Boy of Sinnoh spinoff. And then there's Lusamine, who is manipulating events from the shadows of the Alola oneshots (including keeping contact with Team Skull through Guzma) and is aware of Cipher's actions, splitting the antagonist role with them in Alola. [[spoiler: Not to mention that it's hinted that she played a large role in the BadFuture [=MissingNo=] showed to Ash.]]