History YMMV / AshesOfThePast

** One of the most notable in the series is Squirtle being a Kamina {{Expy}}, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by about a decade (and had Kamina's sunglasses first).

* TakeThatScrappy: Whitney's Miltank is quite hated by those who played the second generation games and their remakes due to [[ThatOneBoss how difficult it is to defeat]]. Then, in his gym battle with Whitney, Ash ''humiliates'' it when his Muk fires ''Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, Rock Tomb, Shock Wave, Fire Blast, Focus Blast, Secret Power, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Hyper Beam, Ice Punch, Hidden Power, Double Team, Round, Payback, Rain Dance, Sunny Day and Toxic '''at the same time''''', and later Raikou inflicts it a OneHitKO with a creative use of Nuzzle... That is, ''the weakest damage-dealing Electric-type move''. Though it ''is'' a Legendary using it, so "Weak" is still probably more than most 'mons can handle.

* TakeThatScrappy: Whitney's Miltank is quite hated by those who played the second generation games and their remakes due to [[ThatOneBoss how difficult it is to defeat]]. Then, in his gym battle with Whitney, Ash ''humiliates'' it when his Muk fires ''Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, Rock Tomb, Shock Wave, Fire Blast, Focus Blast, Secret Power, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Hyper Beam, Ice Punch, Hidden Power, Double Team, Round, Payback, Rain Dance, Sunny Day and Toxic '''at the same time''''', and later Raikou inflicts it a OneHitKO with a creative use of Nuzzle... That is, ''the weakest damage-dealing Electric-type move''.

* MarySue: There is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this. Saph attempted to fix this by [[spoiler:nerfing her reality marble in exchange for a therapy session that mentally stabilized her]]. Also, due to Team Rocket being more absent during Jhoto, their whole team (in addition to Cubone) was more OutOfFocus, helping a lot.

** The LighterAndSofter elements are played with interestingly; Ash and his team are shown to work ''very'' hard in order to ''get'' the Lighter and Softer elements- defeating criminals, winning Gym Battles and Leagues (where before, Ash had never won a single League, he has won multiple ones at this point), defeating various criminal teams...

* MarySue: There is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this. Saph attempted to fix this by [[spoiler:nerfing her reality marble in exchange for a therapy session that mentally stabilized her]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Since the fic was started before Generation VI, it originally lacked Fairy-types and Mega Evolution, and the author Retconned those elements into the story with [[spoiler:a TimeCrash, making it so that they always existed]]. Afterwards, [[WebVideo/GameTheoryWebShow The Game Theorists]] made a video, "The Pokémon Multiverse Explains Everything", which postulates that the games with Mega Evolution are actually in a different universe than the ones without it.

** One of the most notable in the series is Squirtle being a Kamina {{Expy}}, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by several years (and had Kamina's sunglasses first).

* HilariousInHindsight: Since the fic was started before Generation VI, it originally lacked Fairy-types and Mega Evolution, and the author Retconned those elements into the story with [[spoiler:a TimeCrash, making it so that they always existed]]. Afterwards, [[WebVideo/GameTheory The Game Theorists]] made a video, "The Pokémon Multiverse Explains Everything", which postulates that the games with Mega Evolution are actually in a different universe than the ones without it.

* BaseBreaker: While not that much of a Base Breaker and more of fandom dissonance, the fans reaction to [[spoiler:the Oogakari Pokémon cameo]] is split between those who enjoyed ''FanFic/YetAgain'' and loved the cameo, those who felt the inclusion of those characters made it seem like a badly written omake, and those who [[TakeAThirdOption simply loved the battle and didn't care much for the characters]] (mainly because they had never heard of ''Yet Again''.

* BaseBreaker: While not that much of a Base Breaker and more of fandom dissonance, the fans reaction to [[spoiler: The Oogakari pokemon cameo]] is split between those who enjoyed YetAgain and loved the cameo, those who felt the inclusion of those characters made it seem like a badly written omake, and those who [[TakeAThirdOption simply loved the battle and didn't care much for the characters]]

* DarkerAndEdgier or LighterAndSofter: Depends on where you look at. On one hand, there's TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, which makes the situation graver than the original anime. On the other hand, there are lots of FunnyMoments that lighten up the story; even the BadFuture doesn't seem to be a gloomy waiting time for Sir Aaron and Arceus (eg Legendary Pokemon Three Legged Race). It also helps that Ash is essentially revisiting his past and, with the benefit of hindsight and stronger Pokemon, averts/downplays some of the more unpleasant moments in the original anime.

* MarySue: There is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this.
* TakeThatScrappy: Whitney's Miltank is quite hated by those who played the second generation games and their remakes due to [[ThatOneBoss how difficult it is to defeat]]. Then, in his gym battle with Whitney, Ash ''humiliates'' it when his Muk fires ''Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, Rock Tomb, Shock Wave, Fire Blast, Focus Blast, Secret Power, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Hyper Beam, Ice Punch, Hidden Power, Double Team, Round, Payback, Rain Dance, Sunny Day and Toxic '''at the same time''''', and later Raikou inflicts it a OneHitKO with a creative use of Nuzzle... That is, ''the weakest damage-dealing Electric-type move''.

* BaseBreaker: While not that much of a Base Breaker and more of fandom dissonance, the fan's reaction to [[spoiler: The Oogakari pokemon cameo]] is split between those who enjoyed YetAgain and loved the cameo, those who felt the inclusion of those characters made it seem like a badly written omake, and those who [[TakeAThirdOption simply loved the battle and didn't care much for the characters]]

* BaseBreaker: While not that much of a Base Breaker and more of fandom dissonance, [[spoiler: The Oogakari pokemon cameo]] is split between those who enjoyed YetAgain and loved the cameo, those who felt the inclusion of those characters made it seem like a badly written omake, and those who [[TakeAThirdOption simply loved the battle and didn't care much for the characters]]

* TakeThatScrappy: Whitney's Miltank is quite hated by those who played the second generation games and their remakes due [[ThatOneBoss how difficult to defeat it is]]. Then in his gym battle Ash ''humiliates'' it when his Muk fires ''Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, Rock Tomb, Shock Wave, Fire Blast, Focus Blast, Secret Power, Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, Hyper Beam, Ice Punch, Hidden Power, Double Team, Round, Payback, Rain Dance, Sunny Day and Toxic '''at the same time''''', and later Raikou inflicts it a OneHitKO with creative use of Nuzzle... That is, ''the weakest damage-dealing Electric-type move''.

* MarySue: There is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this.

** One of the most notable in the series is Squirtle being a Kamina {{Expy}}, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by several years.

* One of the most notable in the series is Squirtle being a Kamina {{Expy}}, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by several years.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: One of the most notable in the series, considering that Squirtle predates ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' by several years.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Hunter J]], yet oddly enough not Giovanni, who has a few NobleDemon qualities.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: J]], yet oddly enough not Giovanni, who has a few NobleDemon qualities

* MarySue: [[spoiler: there is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this]]

* MarySue: [[spoiler; there is a general view of Jessie's Cubone as this]]

* DarkerAndEdgier or LighterAndSofter: Depends on where you look at. On one hand, there's TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, which makes the situation graver than the original anime. On the other hand, there are lots of FunnyMoments that lighten up the story; even the BadFuture doesn't seem to be a gloomy waiting time for Sir Aaron and Arceus (eg Legendary Pokemon Three Legged Race). It also helps that Ash is essentially revisiting his past and, with the benefit of hindsight and stronger Pokemon, averts/downplays some of the more unpleasant moments in the original anime.