History Trivia / PokemonBlackAndWhite

* IKnewIt:
** Castelia City, at least, [[http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=135756 is officially based off New York]], confirming the speculation of many fans.
** For some, [[spoiler:N being Team Plasma's king (and[=/=]or [[UnwittingPawn a pawn]])]] was this as well.
** Many people called Tepig's final evolution being called Emboar.

** [[Creator/ShokoNakagawa]] accidentally revealed Zekrom's type in May 2010 while she was gushing about Electric being her favorite type on her blog.

*** Meloetta has a Shiny skin, but it can't be legitimately obtained as of 2018, since every Meloetta event to date has used its regular colors.

* GeniusBonus: The four ascending arpeggios at the start of N's battle themes correspond to the first eight prime numbers (D, E, G, B, F', A', E'', G'' = 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19). In general, N's characterization (who is canonically a math genius, although it isn't explored much in the actual games) carries plenty of mathematical {{Easter Egg}}s.

* AscendedFanNickname: The term "Shiny Pokémon" had been used by the fandom for years before finally becoming official in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. An NPC in Nimbasa City uses it when telling the player that they sparkle when encountered.

* AscendedFanon: The term "Shiny Pokémon" had been used by the fandom for years before finally becoming official in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. An NPC in Nimbasa City uses it when telling the player that they sparkle when encountered.

* NamesTheSame:
** Bianca (the rival) has the same name as Bianca (a character from [[Anime/PokemonHeroes the fifth movie]] of the anime).
** "Pokémon Black Version" was the name of the game from a popular [[HauntedTechnology Haunted Cartridge]] CreepyPasta. The 'pasta itself was later renamed "Pokémon Creepy Black" in the wake of the Gen 5 games' release.
** N is the main antagonist of Black and White. After 2012, N is now also associated with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_(singer) Cha Hakyeon]], leader of [[Main/KoreanPopMusic K-pop]] group [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/VIXX VIXX]]
** Durant's number #632[[note]]#138, #194, or #106 in other Dexes[[/note]], not [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation #35]].

* AscendedFanon: The term "Shiny Pokémon" became canonical in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. An NPC in Nimbasa City uses it when telling the player that they sparkle when encountered.

** Dataminers initially believed that Bianca was the Champion, when this isn't the case (presumably, her post-League team was misinterpreted as a Champion team).

** Originally, Frillish and Jellicent were supposed to be just a pure Water-type species, but were changed to be Water/Ghost (a type combination that hasn't been seen prior to Generation V) for the sake of distribution. This resulted in their creator (a new artist working at Creator/GameFreak) being disappointed with the scary aspects (such as causing ships that cross its habitat to be sunken and all of the passengers on board to end up missing) being added to what was supposed to just be some normal jellyfish based on princes and princesses.

*** Petilil was going to be part of a three-stage evolutionary line, but this was changed to two because there already too many Grass-types in the game.

** Corocoro hinted that Zorua would evolve into Zoroark by a different evolution method. In the final game and all mainline sequels, Zorua merely evolves via level-up.

* AscendedFanon: The term "Shiny Pokémon" became canonical here. An NPC in Nimbasa City uses it when telling the player that they sparkle when encountered.

* DoingItForTheArt: The developers went out of their way to give ''every single Pokémon'' in the game unique idle animations.

* FanNickname: Lots and lots of them:
** Snivy is known as [[SmugSnake Smugleaf/SmugSnake]]. It was called Snivy even then, but the name wasn't nearly as popular as Smugleaf (which [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e3/NZAU_Magazine_Scan.jpg even the game journalists were asking for!]]). Some also call Snivy [[Manga/SoulEater "Excalibur"]]. Alternatively, [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM Snively]].
** Snivy's final evolution, Serperior, is known as "Smuglord" by the fans.
** Oshawott was known as [[TheWoobie Wotter]]/[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Derpderp]]/Sno{{woobie}}/[[CuteLittleFangs Vampijumaru]]. With the reveal of its English name, we have [[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Oshawott]], which then inspired "Solid Snivy" and "Tepig Boss", as seen [[http://www.halolz.com/2010/11/24/revolver-oshawatt/ here.]]
** Samurott was called Shellgun towards the beginning of the Generation.
** [[http://www.pokecommunity.com/group.php?groupid=2435 Seed Bby]], also known as Petilil/Churine, is gathering quite a following on the PokéCommmunity Forums.
** Braviary is known as [[Series/TheColbertReport Colbeagle]], [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Keith]], [[IncrediblyLamePun Tomahawk]], [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Dyna Blade]], and [=AmeriCAW=]! Its pre-evo, Rufflet, is referred to as Freeglet.
** Alomomola is known as Sexdisc/Luvhands/Hatedisc.
** Sandile is known as Swagodile/Cool Croc/Crocostyle/Gaterrain. Its final form, Krookodile, is commonly called [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]croc because of his sunglasses and overall badassery.
** Excadrill is known as [[VideoGame/BioShock Big Daddy]]. Many of the people who refer to Krookodile as Kaminacroc call Excadrill [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simole the Digger]].
** The Dragon-type Haxorus is known as Axeface.
** [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Blue Eyes White Dragon & Red Eyes Black Dragon]] for Reshiram and Zekrom. Unfortunately, there is no third dragon nickname for Kyurem.
** Reuniclus is known as Gummy Bear/Booger/Jelly Green Ghost/Flying Salad Monster.
** Tepig had too many puns to have a generally agreed nickname. Popular ones include [[PunnyName Pignite, Pignition, Boarbecue, Hamferno, Burncon, Piglit, Spork, Keroswine and Blazorback]]. Pignite ended up becoming the official name of its second stage.
** Emboar has been called [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon, Ganonpork, Gammondorf]], and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Hamdalf]].
** The female PlayerCharacter is known as White. It has also been used in screenshots of her as another player; Black visits her World.
** Don George and Swanna have both been called "Carl" for their slight resemblance to the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' character while the new early bug, Sewaddle, is going by Countapillar, Bugleaf, Smugbug, Fraterpie, Collarpillar and Vampillar. [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7r15zjti1qfkq3ro1_500.jpg A comparison.]]
** Bouffalant already [[IHaveManyNames has too many nicknames to count]], but all of them note [[FunnyAfro a particular feature in its appearance]]. [[AscendedMeme Its official English name even uses said feature as a name basis.]]
** Sarcophaghost for Cofagrigus. However, that exceeds the games' character limit, so coming up with shorter names is a bit of a pastime. Another is Koffin.
** Thanks to people mishearing his battle theme, Ghetsis is often jokingly called "DENNIS". For a short while, it also applied to Genesect when dataminers assumed Ghetsis' battle music belonged to it. Other nicknames for Ghetsis include [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Geechisu, Geetis]], and (thanks to Website/FourChan) Gaycheese.
** "Pokémon Gray/Grey" for the third game that never happened.
** "Plankster", "Jokirder", and "Clowncrete" for Timburr, Gurdurr, and Conkeldurr respectively. Timburr is also called [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Jonny]] quite a bit for that plank it carries around all the time.
** The member of the Elite Four who uses Fighting types is Westley Snipes.
** The Elite Four was nicknamed "Mystery Inc." due to a few resemblances to the titular ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' characters. Shauntal being Velma, Grimsley being Shaggy, Caitlin being Daphne, and Marshal being Fred.
** Swoobat is the Derp Bat.
** Stunfisk is Derpfish.
** Ghetsis's Hydreigon has been dubbed [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Haxdreigon]] and variations thereof.
*** Similarly, quite a few fans have taken to calling Elesa's Emolgas [[ThatOneBoss "demons"]]. Although this isn't so much a nickname as it is an insult.
** Also from 4chan, Galvantula has been dubbed "Tarantesla".
** Throh and Sawk get called [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]] a lot due to their resemblance to the ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters. Alternatively, Judo Jim and Karate Carl.
** Thundurus is often referred to as "Thundy", while Landorus is often called [[Franchise/StarWars Lando]] or ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.
** PONY for Keldeo and its resemblance to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s character designs.
** Elesa is often known as Music/LadyGaga.
** "Reimu" was used for Cilan prior to his official name being revealed.

** Throh and Sawk get called [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]] a lot. Alternatively, Judo Jim and Karate Carl.

** Thanks to [[{{Mondegreen}} people mishearing his battle theme]], Ghetsis is often jokingly called "DENNIS". For a short while, it also applied to Genesect when dataminers assumed Ghetsis' battle music belonged to it. Other nicknames for Ghetsis include [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Geechisu, Geetis]], and (thanks to Website/FourChan) Gaycheese.

* DummiedOut: In both ''Black and White'' and its sequels the Johto starters had data for their Hidden Abilities, but they wouldn't be accessible to players until Gen VI.

* DoingItfortheArt: The developers went out of their way to give ''every single Pokémon'' in the game unique idle animations.

** Snivy is known as [[SmugSnake Smugleaf/SmugSnake]]. It was called Snivy even then, but the name wasn't nearly as popular as Smugleaf (which [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e3/NZAU_Magazine_Scan.jpg even the game journalists were asking for!]]). Some also call Snivy [[Manga/SoulEater "Excalibur"]]. Alternatively, [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM Snively]].

* GeniusBonus: The four ascending arpeggios at the start of N's battle themes correspond to the first eight prime numbers (D, E, G, B, F', A', E'', G'' = 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19). In general, N's characterization (who is canonically a math genius, although it isn't explored much in the actual games) carries plenty of mathematical EasterEgg{{s}}.

** N's final design was initially a lot more horrifying than his final {{Bishonen}} look. [[http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-4/ See for yourself.]]

*** N's final design was initially a lot more horrifying than his final {{Bishonen}} look. [[http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-4/ See for yourself.]]

** Stunfisk was also supposed to be a Electric/Water-type. This was changed for the sake of type distribution.