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''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.
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''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, Platform/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Wait, wouldn't that just be Black then?]]
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-> '''NPC Scientist:''' If our king wills it, we can steal every Pokémon stored in a PC Box and release them all!
-> '''Twitch chat:''' Oh this guy can release Zekrom for us
-->-- '''''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'''''
''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.
''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'' is the eleventh run of the stream's tenth season, which began on December 27th, 2023, and ended on January 3rd, 2024. It featured a mostly unaltered version of ''VideoGame/PokemonWhite'', but like [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInversePlatinum the previous "Inverse" run]], threw in the added twist of all type matchups being inverted. In other words, any type resistance or immunity became a weakness, and any type weakness conversely became a resistance.
While the game was mostly unaltered aside from the inverse gimmick, it did also retain a few extra features from the [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite2Redux last Unova-based run]], specifically the disabling of releases from the PC, and the addition of custom C-Gear skins both returning and brand new. It also marked the first time Pokémon were obtained through Entree Forest as if [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Entralink#Entree_Forest transferred from the Dream World]], which here specifically served to receive [[TemporaryOnlineContent otherwise unobtainable Mythical Pokémon]].
About half a day after the end of the run, a short revisit entitled ''Pokémon Non-Inverse White'' took place, during which the save was transferred onto an actual non-modified ''Pokémon White'' game. While this meant the "inverse" gimmick was no longer in effect, this allowed the game to connect to [[OnlineGames a fan-maintained online server]] to let players trade and battle with the stream, as well as locally connect to a second 3DS to [[OldSaveBonus activate events]] by transferring data from ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'' and partake in multiplayer alongside the Host of the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack Black]]'' run.
A few hours after ''Non-Inverse White'' ended, ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInverseWhite2'' began, serving as a direct sequel to ''Inverse White''.
See also [[https://thatswhatyouget.github.io/tpp-progress/run-status.html?run=Inverse%20White here]] for the archived status of the run.
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!!''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'' contains examples of:
* ADogNamedCat: One Onix caught during the run was named "ABIRD".
* AscendedMeme: [[https://i.imgur.com/XLspZZs.png One of the custom C-Gear skins]] inserted into the game simply featured the caption "birds!" written in [[StylisticSuck large Comic Sans letters]], along with a few sprites of [[DummiedOut early Generation I designs of bird-like Pokémon]]. Bird Pokémon are infamously one of the most often-recurring subjects of arguing and infighting between ''TPP'' players, to the point of coining the term "Bird Wars"; this skin was added specifically while they were fighting each other over various topics while inside N's Castle, as a jab towards their tendency for such futile conflicts.
* BlackComedy: One of the boxes was at some point renamed to "OVEN", and as a result, every newly-caught Pokémon sent to it was referred to by the game as having been "transferred to OVEN".
* EverybodyLives: Just like in ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite2Redux Volt White 2 Redux]]'', this was {{enforced}} by disabling releases, as players responded favourably when asked prior to the run if said release block should be applied again.
* IHaveManyNames: Garbodor had its nickname changed multiple times, going from "Trub", to "Recy", to "Recycling", to "pepepopo", to "[=Garbodorn0=]", to "[=0Tyruba.y=]", to "Trpuebp". That last one stuck for good, and was kept until the end of the run.
* MythologyGag:
** Solosis was named "[[TyopOnTheCover Cellmadioz]]", a reference to the round-shaped "-madio" Pokémon that became highly memetic during ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonSnakewoodDX''.
** A caught Marowak was named "HOPIUM", in reference to the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedBlack Randomized Black]]'' in which "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/copium copium]]" was frequently reference in reference to how the chat constantly tried to convince themselves that surely the next item they'd find would be the Thick Club, which would greatly boost the offensive capabilities of their Marowak, only to always end up disappointed.
** During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, Geonet was used to set QZO's country of origin as Australia, a deliberate reference by players to this being the country in which lived the original Streamer of ''Twitch Plays Pokémon''.
* {{Nerf}}: Meloetta was captured in the Entree Forest at Lv.100; however, to avoid it making subsequent parts of the game too easy, it was manually brought down all the way to Lv.1 right afterwards.
* OldSaveBonus: During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, the [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Relocator Relocator]] feature was used to transfer the event Shiny Celebi, Shiny Raikou, and Lock Capsule from the save file of the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'' run, in turn granting access to the in-game events in ''White'' to obtain Zorua, Zoroark, and [=TM95=] Snarl.
* PaletteSwap:
** Just like in ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInversePlatinum Inverse Platinum]]'', the type icons and Gym Badges in the stream overlay had their colors inverted during the run.
** During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, the C-Gear skin used featured the protagonist and his starter Tepig with inverted colors.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: The ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit featured several appearances by previous protagonists:
** One of the players encountered through online play was using the save file of AAQ from the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite Volt White]]'' run, allowing QZO to receive a Lileep from her during a trade, then battle her in a Triple Wonder Launcher Battle, before finally receiving her Staraptor in a second trade. She was later seen again on the Afghanistan floor of Unity Tower, where she inquired about how her Staraptor was doing.
** The revisit briefly switched to ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'', putting the Voices back in control of [=11 CCvu=] just long enough to get her Celebi to forget Cut so that it could be transferred to ''Inverse White'' using the Relocator feature.
** Using the Entralink's wireless connection features, QZO was able to cross into the world of the original ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack Black]]'' run, in which he met GMYC to deliver special Pass Powers and items to him and battle against some of his Pokémon. Later on, GMYC joined QZO again through local wireless to partake in a multiplayer Musical and team up on the Battle Subway.
* PunctuationShaker: The name of the Host, QZO, is actually spelt in-game with two spaces in front of it and after it.
* SdrawkcabName: A [[OneLetterName one-letter]] variation with N, who throughout this run was regularly referred to by players as "Z" or "á´Ž" to reflect the Inverse gimmick, as evidenced by the "[=#PokemonTrainerZ=]" and "[=#PokemonTrainerá´Ž=]" hashtags that appeared on stream during battles against him.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The Meloetta encountered in the Entree Forest was manually set to appear in Pirouette Form. As a result, it stayed in that form after being captured even outside of battle, rather than reverting to its Aria Form.
* ShoutOut:
** Among the Pokémon caught during the course of the run were a Cubchoo named "[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear YOGI]]", a Beheeyem named "[[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} MEGAMINDZ]]", and a Foongus that was later renamed to "[[VideoGame/AmongUs Amon Gus]]".
** Zekrom was at some point renamed "Zekenator", which is one of the self-given nicknames that Zeke from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' goes by.
* TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup: The first visit to N's Castle had players arguing, fail to coordinate, and borderline sabotaging each other all the way throughout.
** The whole mess [[IncitingIncident began]] with a series of misaimed inputs causing Stoutland to get its most powerful move Return overwritten by the much more [[AwesomeButImpractical impractical]] Giga Impact. Learning it back took longer than it should have not only due to some minor disagreements regarding other moves to learn, but also because a few people deliberately stalled the process just to listen to [[LongSongShortScene the unique song that plays before entering N's Castle]] for longer. Then once inside, an other input war broke between players wanting to progress immediately and those who wanted to talk to every NPC first, resulting in ten minutes of running all over the room and [[{{Wallbonking}} bonking every wall]].
** Conflict calmed down on the way to the final battle, aside from an argument over whether or not to talk to Anthea to heal, but rose back to full force when facing Zekrom; some players wanted to add it to the party due to it never having made it to an endgame party before and to celebrate the [[EasternZodiac Year of the Dragon]], while others didn't want to sacrifice an existing team member for it. Conflicting inputs led to it being accidentally KO'd on the first attempt, then to running all over the room before managing to challenge it again, and finally to Beartic being sent to the PC after A inputs outmatched B inputs upon capture.
** After losing to Ghetsis (ironically in part due to two consecutive misses with [[ChekhovsSkill Giga Impact]]), players unsurprisingly began to fight each other over the PC, resulting in the accidental deposit of Carracosta before teleporting back into N's Castle, where players ran around looking for a PC and then began fighting all over again to either keep or replace Zekrom, eventually just teleporting back outside and only coming back after finally depositing Zekrom and fixing some of the mistakes made when attempting to learn new moves earlier.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Wait, wouldn't that just be Black then?]]
[[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Source]][[https://www.deviantart.com/krizste/art/TPP-InverseWhite-pre-run-poster-1005625942 "(TPP-InverseWhite) pre run poster" by [=krizste=]]][[/labelnote]]]]
-> '''NPC Scientist:''' If our king wills it, we can steal every Pokémon stored in a PC Box and release them all!
-> '''Twitch chat:''' Oh this guy can release Zekrom for us
-->-- '''''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'''''
''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'' (''TPP'') is a series of social experiments in which commands representing buttons on an original Nintendo DS (up, down, left, right, A, B, X, Y, L, R, start, and select) and touchscreen coordinates are entered into a chat on Website/{{Twitch}}, and then translated into a game of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' via an IRC bot. In short, [[HilarityEnsues hundreds of people are fighting over a controller]]. Throughout its life, ''Twitch Plays Pokémon'' has spawned hilarious characters, memorable moments, and even a few religions.
''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'' is the eleventh run of the stream's tenth season, which began on December 27th, 2023, and ended on January 3rd, 2024. It featured a mostly unaltered version of ''VideoGame/PokemonWhite'', but like [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInversePlatinum the previous "Inverse" run]], threw in the added twist of all type matchups being inverted. In other words, any type resistance or immunity became a weakness, and any type weakness conversely became a resistance.
While the game was mostly unaltered aside from the inverse gimmick, it did also retain a few extra features from the [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite2Redux last Unova-based run]], specifically the disabling of releases from the PC, and the addition of custom C-Gear skins both returning and brand new. It also marked the first time Pokémon were obtained through Entree Forest as if [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Entralink#Entree_Forest transferred from the Dream World]], which here specifically served to receive [[TemporaryOnlineContent otherwise unobtainable Mythical Pokémon]].
About half a day after the end of the run, a short revisit entitled ''Pokémon Non-Inverse White'' took place, during which the save was transferred onto an actual non-modified ''Pokémon White'' game. While this meant the "inverse" gimmick was no longer in effect, this allowed the game to connect to [[OnlineGames a fan-maintained online server]] to let players trade and battle with the stream, as well as locally connect to a second 3DS to [[OldSaveBonus activate events]] by transferring data from ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'' and partake in multiplayer alongside the Host of the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack Black]]'' run.
A few hours after ''Non-Inverse White'' ended, ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInverseWhite2'' began, serving as a direct sequel to ''Inverse White''.
See also [[https://thatswhatyouget.github.io/tpp-progress/run-status.html?run=Inverse%20White here]] for the archived status of the run.
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!!''Twitch Plays Pokémon Inverse White'' contains examples of:
* ADogNamedCat: One Onix caught during the run was named "ABIRD".
* AscendedMeme: [[https://i.imgur.com/XLspZZs.png One of the custom C-Gear skins]] inserted into the game simply featured the caption "birds!" written in [[StylisticSuck large Comic Sans letters]], along with a few sprites of [[DummiedOut early Generation I designs of bird-like Pokémon]]. Bird Pokémon are infamously one of the most often-recurring subjects of arguing and infighting between ''TPP'' players, to the point of coining the term "Bird Wars"; this skin was added specifically while they were fighting each other over various topics while inside N's Castle, as a jab towards their tendency for such futile conflicts.
* BlackComedy: One of the boxes was at some point renamed to "OVEN", and as a result, every newly-caught Pokémon sent to it was referred to by the game as having been "transferred to OVEN".
* EverybodyLives: Just like in ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite2Redux Volt White 2 Redux]]'', this was {{enforced}} by disabling releases, as players responded favourably when asked prior to the run if said release block should be applied again.
* IHaveManyNames: Garbodor had its nickname changed multiple times, going from "Trub", to "Recy", to "Recycling", to "pepepopo", to "[=Garbodorn0=]", to "[=0Tyruba.y=]", to "Trpuebp". That last one stuck for good, and was kept until the end of the run.
* MythologyGag:
** Solosis was named "[[TyopOnTheCover Cellmadioz]]", a reference to the round-shaped "-madio" Pokémon that became highly memetic during ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonSnakewoodDX''.
** A caught Marowak was named "HOPIUM", in reference to the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedBlack Randomized Black]]'' in which "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/copium copium]]" was frequently reference in reference to how the chat constantly tried to convince themselves that surely the next item they'd find would be the Thick Club, which would greatly boost the offensive capabilities of their Marowak, only to always end up disappointed.
** During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, Geonet was used to set QZO's country of origin as Australia, a deliberate reference by players to this being the country in which lived the original Streamer of ''Twitch Plays Pokémon''.
* {{Nerf}}: Meloetta was captured in the Entree Forest at Lv.100; however, to avoid it making subsequent parts of the game too easy, it was manually brought down all the way to Lv.1 right afterwards.
* OldSaveBonus: During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, the [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Relocator Relocator]] feature was used to transfer the event Shiny Celebi, Shiny Raikou, and Lock Capsule from the save file of the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'' run, in turn granting access to the in-game events in ''White'' to obtain Zorua, Zoroark, and [=TM95=] Snarl.
* PaletteSwap:
** Just like in ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonInversePlatinum Inverse Platinum]]'', the type icons and Gym Badges in the stream overlay had their colors inverted during the run.
** During the ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit, the C-Gear skin used featured the protagonist and his starter Tepig with inverted colors.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: The ''Non-Inverse White'' revisit featured several appearances by previous protagonists:
** One of the players encountered through online play was using the save file of AAQ from the ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonVoltWhite Volt White]]'' run, allowing QZO to receive a Lileep from her during a trade, then battle her in a Triple Wonder Launcher Battle, before finally receiving her Staraptor in a second trade. She was later seen again on the Afghanistan floor of Unity Tower, where she inquired about how her Staraptor was doing.
** The revisit briefly switched to ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRandomizedSoulSilver Randomized SoulSilver]]'', putting the Voices back in control of [=11 CCvu=] just long enough to get her Celebi to forget Cut so that it could be transferred to ''Inverse White'' using the Relocator feature.
** Using the Entralink's wireless connection features, QZO was able to cross into the world of the original ''[[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonBlack Black]]'' run, in which he met GMYC to deliver special Pass Powers and items to him and battle against some of his Pokémon. Later on, GMYC joined QZO again through local wireless to partake in a multiplayer Musical and team up on the Battle Subway.
* PunctuationShaker: The name of the Host, QZO, is actually spelt in-game with two spaces in front of it and after it.
* SdrawkcabName: A [[OneLetterName one-letter]] variation with N, who throughout this run was regularly referred to by players as "Z" or "á´Ž" to reflect the Inverse gimmick, as evidenced by the "[=#PokemonTrainerZ=]" and "[=#PokemonTrainerá´Ž=]" hashtags that appeared on stream during battles against him.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The Meloetta encountered in the Entree Forest was manually set to appear in Pirouette Form. As a result, it stayed in that form after being captured even outside of battle, rather than reverting to its Aria Form.
* ShoutOut:
** Among the Pokémon caught during the course of the run were a Cubchoo named "[[WesternAnimation/YogiBear YOGI]]", a Beheeyem named "[[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} MEGAMINDZ]]", and a Foongus that was later renamed to "[[VideoGame/AmongUs Amon Gus]]".
** Zekrom was at some point renamed "Zekenator", which is one of the self-given nicknames that Zeke from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' goes by.
* TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup: The first visit to N's Castle had players arguing, fail to coordinate, and borderline sabotaging each other all the way throughout.
** The whole mess [[IncitingIncident began]] with a series of misaimed inputs causing Stoutland to get its most powerful move Return overwritten by the much more [[AwesomeButImpractical impractical]] Giga Impact. Learning it back took longer than it should have not only due to some minor disagreements regarding other moves to learn, but also because a few people deliberately stalled the process just to listen to [[LongSongShortScene the unique song that plays before entering N's Castle]] for longer. Then once inside, an other input war broke between players wanting to progress immediately and those who wanted to talk to every NPC first, resulting in ten minutes of running all over the room and [[{{Wallbonking}} bonking every wall]].
** Conflict calmed down on the way to the final battle, aside from an argument over whether or not to talk to Anthea to heal, but rose back to full force when facing Zekrom; some players wanted to add it to the party due to it never having made it to an endgame party before and to celebrate the [[EasternZodiac Year of the Dragon]], while others didn't want to sacrifice an existing team member for it. Conflicting inputs led to it being accidentally KO'd on the first attempt, then to running all over the room before managing to challenge it again, and finally to Beartic being sent to the PC after A inputs outmatched B inputs upon capture.
** After losing to Ghetsis (ironically in part due to two consecutive misses with [[ChekhovsSkill Giga Impact]]), players unsurprisingly began to fight each other over the PC, resulting in the accidental deposit of Carracosta before teleporting back into N's Castle, where players ran around looking for a PC and then began fighting all over again to either keep or replace Zekrom, eventually just teleporting back outside and only coming back after finally depositing Zekrom and fixing some of the mistakes made when attempting to learn new moves earlier.
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