History VideoGame / PokemonMagikarpJump

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: When your Magikarp is at its max level, you have no choice but to enter the league and compete as many battles as you can. Only by losing a battle you can allow your maxed-out Magikarp to retire.

* PunnyName: Opponent Magikarp in a league's final battle are named based on carp-related puns, like ''Koi''chiro and ''Karp''en.

* [[AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecorating And Your Reward Is Pond Decorating]]: Some story events, once cleared, will reward you with pond decorations and themes. However, to obtain the rest of the decorations, you have to buy them from the [[BribingYourWayToVictory Diamond]] Shop. Keep in mind that decorations aren't just there as a, well, plain decoration. They provide bonuses that can help you raise your Magikarp easier and quicker.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: While your Magikarp can grow in size relative to a certain percentage of its max possible JP, you have to invoke this by keeping an Everstone in your inventory as long as possible in order to keep it from evolving into Gyarados, which automatically puts it into retirement. If you have no Everstone because you broke it (easy to do if you're careless in tapping or navigating the home screen), your Magikarp will begin to have a random chance of evolving at every level up (starting at level 20, just like in the main games).

* RandomNumberGod: Raising Magikarp in general. Training can either give you a small boost to JP or bigger depending on the training type (randomly) picked and whether the effort is "Good", "Great", or "Amazing" (again, randomly decided). Random events can happen between activities, some good and some bad, with the latter having a possibility of either JP loss ("All That Glitters" event if you're unlucky when investigating the "sparkling item") or [[FinalDeath you actually losing your current Magikarp forever]] (infamously, "Out of Nowhere..." if you fail).
** It's worth noting that Select Button's previous game, ''Survive! Mola Mola!'' runs on this exact concept even more strongly than ''Magikarp Jump'', with that game's fish of choice (the similarly MemeticLoser ocean sunfish) able to be killed by ''everything''. Be thankful your Magikarp doesn't run the risk of choking on berries or going into shock if you change your screen brightness too fast.

** One of the [=NPCs=] is called ''Rod''dy Tackle, with the surname both referencing one of Magikarp's moves and the term "tackle," which is the term for a full set of fishing equipment.

** One of the [=NPCs=] is called ''Rod''dy Tackle, with the surname both referencing one of Magikarp's moves and the term "rod" and "tackle," which are parts of fishing terminology.

** One of the [=NPCs=] is called ''Rod''dy Tackle, with the surname possibly referencing one of Magikarp's moves.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The "Magikarp Jump" battle involves your Magikarp and the opponent's Magikarp jumping as high as they can reach before ''crashing down'' to the ground with enough force to leave Magikarp-shaped holes.

* MythologyGag: Aside from the "jump" command (which can be interpreted as Splash/Hop), other commands issued to your Magikarp during training include "tackle" and "flail", both being moves that Magikarp can learn legitimately in the main games.

* PaletteSwap: Like in the main games, there's a rare possibility of you reeling up a Shiny Magikarp.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: While your Magikarp can grow in size relative to a certain percentage of its max possible JP, you have to invoke this by keeping an Everstone in your inventory as long as possible in order to keep it from evolving into Gyarados, which automatically puts it into retirement. If you have no Everstone because you broke it (easy to do if you're careless in tapping or navigating the home screen), your Magikarp will begin to have a random chance of evolving at every level up.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Literally. If you lose a Magikarp you can just get another with no penalty, and the game actually ''rewards'' you for letting them die off, but you'll probably feel rather sour when getting a new Magikarp this way.

* PunnyName: Opponent Magikarp in a league's final battle are named based on fish-related puns, like ''Koi''chiro and ''Karp''en.

''Pokémon: Magikarp Jump'' (はねろ！コイキング, ''Jump! Koiking!'' in Japan) is a spin-off ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game for mobile devices developed by Select Button and released in May 2017. It is a virtual pet game revolving around the lowly fish [[MagikarpPower Magikarp]], which must be bred and trained generation after generation to jump as high as possible.

''Pokémon: Magikarp Jump'' is a spin-off ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game for mobile devices developed by Select Button and released in May 2017. It is a virtual pet game revolving around the lowly fish [[MagikarpPower Magikarp]], which must be bred and trained generation after generation to jump as high as possible.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: If you want a free way of getting a new Magikarp (subsequent fishing attempts after getting a Magikarp costs diamonds) when the Magikarp you just fished up isn't your liking, you can force it to retire. And there are many ways to do this (though some don't seem "cruel"). In fact, there's no VideoGameCrueltyPunishment for this. See ReplacementGoldfish above.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: While your Magikarp can grow in size relative to a certain percentage of its max possible JP, you have to invoke this by keeping an Everstone in your inventory as long as possible in order to keep it from evolving into Gyarados, which automatically puts it into retirement. If you have no Everstone because you broke it (easy to do if you're careless in tapping or navigating the home screen), your Magikarp will begin to have a random chance of evolving starting at level 20.

* InASingleBound: As weak as they may be, Magikarps sure can jump good.