History Webcomic / SuperEffective

%% * HeroicBSOD: Happens to Red when he spots a Pikachu but [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=21 has no pokeballs]].
* InnocentInnuendo: Brock wants to go with Red on his journey and breed.

* KindaBusyHere: Red's attempt to sneak past a swarm of sleeping Zubats is interrupted by [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=41 a call from his mother]].

* FakeDifficulty: Lampshaded. The comic pretty much [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=71 points out]] how cheap it is of the game to have an encounter with Blue ''right'' outside of [[ThatOneLevel Mt. Moon]], meaning that the player's Pokémon are all weakened and unprepared for battle (meaning that they get their asses kicked). It should be noted, however, that this doesn't happen in the games. The player's next battle with Blue in the games (after Professor Oak's lab and optionally, Route 22) doesn't occur until Cerulean City and the player can heal their Pokémon at the Pokémon Center first.

* KindaBusyHere: Red's attempt to sneak past a swarm of sleeping [[GoddamnedBats Zubats]] is interrupted by [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=41 a call from his mother]].

* ThisJustIn: As delivered by [[MemeticMutation Slowpoke]] whenever a famous person dies, utilizing DelayedReaction.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential[=/=]VideogamePerversityPotential: Running themes with naming. Red [[HelloInsertNameHere names his rival]] "Douche," and his Pokédex tends to suggest perverse or simply childish names for the Pokémon Red captures. So far, his Pidgey is named Butts ("Butts used Gust!"), but he's decided against naming Metapod Penis ("Penis used Harden!"). Then there's Green's reaction to Oak's revelation that the only Pokémon he has left for her is a Bulbasaur.

* FakeDifficulty: Lampshaded. The comic pretty much [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=71 points out]] how cheap it is of the game to have an encounter with Blue ''right'' outside of [[ThatOneLevel Mt. Moon]], meaning that the player's Pokémon are all weakened and unprepared for battle (meaning that they get their asses kicked). It should be noted, however, that this doesn't happen in the games. The player's next battle with Blue in the games doesn't occur until Cerulean City and the player can heal their Pokémon at the Pokémon Center.

* FakeDifficulty: Lampshaded. The comic pretty much [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=71 points out]] how cheap it is of the game to have an encounter with Blue ''right'' outside of [[ThatOneLevel Mt. Moon]], meaning that the player's Pokémon are all weakened and unprepared for battle (meaning that they get their asses kicked).

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Red tries to forcefully capture Clefairy, but it escapes and looks sternly back at him. Can't blame a guy for trying... Clefairy shrugs it off and willingly captures itself afterward.

** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=4 Douche has a moment here, pointing out how getting kids to do Pokémon research is dangerously irresponsible.]] But overall, he's a petty, obsessive asshole to Red.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Pikachu is reimagined into an AxCrazy serial killer.

A ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-based {{webcomic}} by [[Webcomic/VGCats Scott Ramsoomair]]. The series was not updated on a set schedule. The comic is a [[AffectionateParody humorous take]] on the plot of the ([[VideoGameRemake remakes]] of the) [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue first generation]] of ''Pokémon'' games (specifically, being based on the creator's run through his own ''[[VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen Pokémon Fire Red]]'' game). It can be seen [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=0 here]].

The series went on an unscheduled hiatus along with ''VG Cats'' in 2018. In 2020, Scott stated that ''Super Effective'' would not continue.

%% * LiteralMetaphor: "[[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=17 Smell ya later!]]"

** [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} ahem...]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=57 "Prepare for trouble."]]

** [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=4 Douche has a moment here, pointing out how getting kids to do Pokemon research is dangerously irresponsible.]] But overall, he's a petty, obsessive asshole to Red.
* OrganTheft: [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=85 In case you wonder what happened when all your Pokemons fainted, and how you're suddenly in a Poke-Center.]]

* VideogameCrueltyPotential[=/=]VideogamePerversityPotential: Running themes with naming. Red [[HelloInsertNameHere names his rival]] "Douche," and his Pokédex tends to suggest perverse or simply childish names for the Pokémon Red captures. So far, his Pidgey is named Butts ("Butts used Gust!"), but he's decided against naming Metapod Penis ("Penis used Harden!"). Then there's Green's reaction to Oak's revelation that the only Pokemon he has left for her is a Bulbasaur.

%% * CannedLaughter: [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=7 Ratata was just pretending to be caught!]]

* AnachronismStew: The strip mixes elements from both the Gen I originals (UI elements, battle screen, black and white presentation) and the Gen III remakes (character and building designs, Green, movesets).

%% * TheMissingno: [[http://www.vgcats.com/super/?strip_id=11 In this stri-[=GUFY3W4578GTWUFBIOEUDOFJOE45=]#%219^&$nnnnnnnnnnn]]